Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style

"Practicing an art form is a way to grow your soul." He would screw up his lips into a prune face right after he said this because of how important he believed this idea to be. Pity the Reader is the very embodiment of that idea, a book about writing and life and who the two go together. Generous to a fault, idiosyncratic, a bit tortured and always creative, here is Kurt Vonnegut as human being and author. He first writing rule: "Find a subject you care about." Full of ineffable intimate, teachable moments, Pity the Reader is a joy indeed. With unpublished photos and rare reproductions, this new paperback edition also features an entirely new chapter of writing exercises, or "practices."