Like Shaking Hands with God: a Conversation about Writing by Kurt Vonnegut

Like Shaking Hands with God: a Conversation about Writing by Kurt Vonnegut

Like Shaking Hands with God details a collaborative journey on the art of writing undertaken by two distinguished writers separated by age, race, upbringing, and education, but sharing common goals and aspirations. Rarely have two writers spoken so candidly about the intersection where the lives they live meet the art they practice. That these two writers happen to be Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer makes this a historic and joyous occasion.
The setting was a bookstore in New York City, the date Thursday, October 1, 1998. Before a crowd of several hundred, Vonnegut and Stringer took up the challenge of writing books that would make a difference and the concomitant challenge of living from day to day. As Vonnegut said afterward, It was a magical evening.
A book for anyone interested in why the simple act of writing things down can be more important than the amount of memory in our computers.

LEE STRINGER's journey from childhood homelessness in the '60s, to adult homelessness in the '80s, to his present career as a writer and lecturer, as told in Sleepaway School and Grand Central Winter, is one of the great odysseys of contemporary American life and letters. Stringer is the only board member of Project Renewal who is also a former patient of the facility. He is the two-time recipient of the Washington Irving Award and, in 2005, a Lannan Foundation Residency. He is a former editor of and columnist for Street News. His essays and articles have appeared in a variety of other publications, including the Nation, the New York Times, and Newsday. He lives in Mamaroneck, New York, where he also serves on the board of the Mamaroneck Public Libraries.

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ISBN 13	9780743410588
ISBN 10	0743410580
Title	Like Shaking Hands with God: a Conversation about Writing
Author	Kurt Vonnegut
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Ltd
Year published	2000-12-01
Number of pages	80
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