Writers on Writing: More Collected Essays from the New York Times

Description: In a second volume of original essays drawn from the long-running "New York Times" column, another group of contemporary literature's finest voices muse on the challenges and gifts of language and creativity. Contributors include Elmore Leonard, Arthur Miller, Amy Tan and Edmund White.

Brief description: The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. Founded in 1851, the newspaper has won 112 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization. Its website receives 30 million unique visitors per month.

Review Quotes:

"Why write, what about, for whom, and in whose voice are crucial concerns addressed by some of the finest living practitioners of this noble art, and readers will love being privy to their ruminations."
--Booklist

"More than the sum of its parts . . . a thoughtful examination of writers' concerns about the creative process and the place of literature in America."
--Publishers Weekly

"Glimpses into writers and the circumstances that shape them . . . Valuable gleanings."
--Kirkus Reviews