{"product_id":"whos-writing-this-fifty-five-writers-on-humor-courage-self-loathing-and-the-creative-process","title":"Who's Writing This?: Fifty-Five Writers on Humor, Courage, Self-Loathing, and the Creative Process","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter seeing a new translation of Jorge Luis Borges′s mini-essay \"Borges and I\" (included here), Halpern asked numerous writers to muse briefly on \"the fictional persona ′behind the scenes,′\" the alter(ed) ego that accompanies creation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He asked some 50 well-known authors-such as Margaret Atwood, Pat Conroy, William Gass, Czeslaw Milosz, James Michener, Joyce Carol Oates, and Cynthia Ozick-to write pieces on this idea. The essays are mostly one- to two-page snapshots and vary widely as to approach. Some are touching, others delightfully silly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Edward Gorey anagrams his name into those of characters including Ogdred Weary. Others, such as Cecil Brown, posit earthier personas: \"He is the proper Negro who is ashamed of me, the nigger.\" And still others are reflective: Susan Sontag recalls her longtime disavowal of her work and finally comes to feel that \"the writer is me: not my double\" and thus she is \"both Dr. Frankenstein and the monster.\" Each contributor also submitted a whimsical self-portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Halpern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061782220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHalpern, Dan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Halpern is the author of eight collections of poetry and editor of numerous anthologies, most recently \u003cem\u003eThe Art of the Story\u003c\/em\u003e. He has received numerous grants and awards, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53324434702634,"sku":"9780061782220","price":18.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_fd8e2e4f-cdda-4318-92f1-9fb553851c9f.jpg?v=1793059015","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/whos-writing-this-fifty-five-writers-on-humor-courage-self-loathing-and-the-creative-process","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}