{"product_id":"9781889330594","title":"Passing the Word: Writers on Their Mentors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Discipline, humility, kindness. These qualities cohere in the best mentors, bundled into an overarching approach to the art of writing. It is not, I think, coincidence that the writers in this collection remember these qualities best when speaking of their mentors as people, as fellow pilgrims who helped them on the way. In some sense, whether consciously or not, we seek out mentors who learn how to live—as an artist, and as a human being.\"—from the Introduction by Jeffrey Skinner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Martin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Least You Need to Know\u003c\/i\u003e (Sarabande, 1996), a memoir \u003ci\u003eFrom Our House\u003c\/i\u003e (Dutton 2000), and a novel \u003ci\u003eJust Enough Haughty\u003c\/i\u003e, also forthcoming from Dutton. He teaches in the creative writing program at the University of North Texas where he also edits the American Literary Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Skinner\u003c\/b\u003e is currently Director of Creative Writing at the University of Louisville. His published collections of poetry include \u003ci\u003eThe Company of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992), \u003ci\u003eLate Stars\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University Press, 1985), and \u003ci\u003eA Guide to Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e (Graywolf Press, 1988), which was a National Poetry Series selection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include:\u003cbr\u003e Michael Collier on William Meredith Jay McInerney on Raymond Carver Tess Gallagher on Theodore Roethke and Stanley Kunitz Reginald Shepherd on Alvin Feinman Dana Gioia on Elizabeth Bishop Maura Stanton on Vert Rutsala and John Berryman Elizabeth Graver on Annie Dillard, Angela Carter, Stanley Elkin, and others Sylvia Watanabe on Dorothy Vella David Huddle on Peter Taylor David Wojahn on James L. White Erin McGraw on John L’Heureux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE by Lee Martin, vii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION: The Scrupulous Philanthropy of Expertise by Jeffrey Skinner, xi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMICHAEL COLLIER An Exact Ratio, 3\u003cbr\u003e The Farrier, 12\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAY MCINERNEY Raymond Carver: A Still, Small Voice, 15\u003cbr\u003e Getting in Touch with Your Child, 24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTESS GALLAGHER Two Mentors: From Orphanhood to Spirit-Companion, 39\u003cbr\u003e Behave, 45\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAVID HUDDLE What about Those Good People?, 51\u003cbr\u003e Backstory, 57\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eREGINALD SHEPHERD T\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062750691568,"sku":"9781889330594","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781889330594_p0.jpg?v=1763607491","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781889330594","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}