Poets & Writers Theater
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In a short video from earlier this year, the author of three essay collections, including his most recent, Half Empty (Doubleday, 2010), and a frequent contributor to This American Life, talks about why he writes, the nature of creativity, and why writing only gets harder. Rakoff died on Thursday night after a battle with cancer. He was forty-seven.
Tags: Doubleday | 2010 | David Rakoff | This American Life | Half Empty | Creative Nonfiction
