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The writers : portraits
- Title
- The writers : portraits / by Laura Wilson ; foreword by Charles McGrath ; introduction by Louise Erdrich.
- Author
- Wilson, Laura, 1939-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
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- Description
- 263 pages : illustrations; 30 cm
- Summary
- We've all seen writers on the dust jackets of their books. These portraits, it seemed to me, generally failed to convey either character or personality. Writers deserve better. I wanted to make compelling pictures that would stick in the mind's eye."-Laura Wilson. Inspired by the classic photo essays that once appeared in Life magazine, renowned photographer Laura Wilson presents dynamic portraits of thirty-eight internationally acclaimed writers. Through her photos and accompanying texts, she gives us vivid, revealing glimpses into the everyday lives of such luminaries as Rachel Cusk, Edwidge Danticat, David McCullough, Haruki Murakami, and the late Carlos Fuentes and Seamus Heaney, among others. Margaret Atwood works in her garden. Tim O'Brien performs magic tricks for his family. And Louise Erdrich, who contributes an introduction, speaks with customers in her Minneapolis bookstore. At once inviting and poignant, the book reflects on writing and photography's shared concerns with invention, transformation, memory, and preservation. With 220 duotone images, 'The Writers: Portraits' will appeal to fans of literature and photography alike.
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Works.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Portraits.
- Photobooks.
- Note
- "In association with the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin" -- Title page.
- Call Number
- JQG 23-107
- ISBN
- 9780300257786
- 0300257783
- OCLC
- 1338670066
- Author
- Wilson, Laura, 1939- photographer.
- Title
- The writers : portraits / by Laura Wilson ; foreword by Charles McGrath ; introduction by Louise Erdrich.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- McGrath, Charles, writer of foreword.Erdrich, Louise, writer of introduction.Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
- Research Call Number
- JQG 23-107