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'This Monkey, My Back'

Published by Stan on June 5, 2012 - 22:47

I recommended this to someone else earlier and have just re-read it. T C Boyle's essay on how he became a writer. It's quite a laugh and is worth a look if you haven't read it. You'll probably identify with a lot of it. I've never thought much of his novels, but I love his short stories.

http://www.tcboyle.com/author/essay.html

It's hard to read online, but if you copy and paste it into Word it comes up nicely formatted.

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ItsSteveDave | June 6, 2012 - 11:19

Thanks for posting Stan - t'was really funny, informative, and probably very reassuring to many, who are 'writers who don't write', at various times in their lives. I will have to get after some of his work now...

JessicaA | June 7, 2012 - 19:07

Hey Stan, I had already finished reading it. It's probably the only essay that had the power to keep me intrigued the entire way through. It was a laugh, and quite interesting. Thanks for recommending it!