Ebook {Epub PDF} Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation About Writing by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Like Shaking Hands with God A Conversation about Writing. by Kurt Vonnegut, Kurt Jr Vonnegut, Lee Stringer. New Trade Paperback. $ Welcome To The Monkey House. by Kurt Vonnegut. Used Trade Paperback. Pity the Reader On Writing with Style. by Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell. New Trade Paperback. $  · Like Shaking Hands with God: a transcription of two moderated conversations between Vonnegut and Stringer--one before a bookstore audience, one over lunch. Shaking Hands has a slender profile and a pretty cover. But the only thing slight about these conversations is that they leave the reader wanting more/5(1K).  · Like Shaking Hands with God details a collaborative journey on the art of writing undertaken by two distinguished writers separated by age, race, upbringing, and education, but sharing common goals and aspirations. Rarely have two writers spoken so candidly about the intersection where the lives they live meet the art they www.doorway.ru: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Like Shaking Hands With God. Lee Stringer. 27 Jan Paperback. US$ Add to basket. Kurt Vonnegut () was among the very few grandmasters of late-twentieth-century American letters, one without whom the very term "American literature" would mean much less than it does now. Vonnegut's other books from Seven Stories Press include his last major bestseller A Man Without a Country, as well as God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian and, with Lee Stringer, Like Shaking Hands. In this elegantly produced, extended conversation celebrating the writing craft, Kurt Vonnegut and acclaimedGrand Central Winterauthor Lee Stringer explore what it means to be a writer -- and what it means to be www.doorway.ru is an increasingly rare occasion these days to find two writers willing to speak candidly, thoughtfully, and concretely about the intersection of life and art.

A review of “Like shaking hands with God”, Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer – a conversation about writing¹ Preamble Is writing a craft, a calling – a curse? According to Vonnegut and Stringer, more a conversation and a conviction. What kind of conversation and what kinds of convictions? That’s what the book is about. Summary. Before a crowd of several hundred, Vonnegut and Stringer took up humanity, writing, salvation, art, and the challenge of living from day to day.A book for Vonnegut fans, Stringer fans, and anyone interested in why the simple act of writing things down can be more important than the amount of memory in our computers, Like Shaking Hands with God. LIKE SHAKING HANDS WITH GOD is the perfect way to "eavesdrop" on the Vonnegut and Stringer, as they discuss why they write, how they came to write and value of being writers. This wonderful slim volume is a must-read for anyone who wishes to become a writer and for any one who loves Vonnegut's work.