In Their Lives by Andrew Blauner

A wide-ranging anthology of personal essays in which distinguished writers recall and analyze the people who shaped their lives and work—mentors, friends, rivals and family—offering intimate scenes, literary reminiscence and candid reflection that illuminate both the subjects and the writers’ own creative development; the pieces vary in tone and form but cohere around themes of influence, memory, obligation and the tangled interplay between private life and artistic identity.

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