As the first Kapnick Writer-in-Residence at the University of Virginia, James Salter delivered these three lectures just months before his passing: "The Art of Fiction," "Writing Novels," and "Life into Art." Now compiled in this book, readers will be inspired and heartened by Salter's candid thoughts on the inevitable rejection, criticism, and struggle with best practices that accompany the writer's life. Salter also shares the books and authors that informed him throughout the years, and his personal beliefs in the value of the written word.
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