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Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from the New York Times, by New York Times

eve81's review

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

A few of the authors have used the essays to write about issues that aren’t directly about their writing process, which I found frustrating.

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kelseyorzel's review

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3.0

2.5/5 stars. It is a little difficult for me to review this as it is an anthology of essays. In general, I dislike anthologies such as this one - they're just not my cup of tea. However, compared to other similar anthologies I have read, this one is better than many. There were several authors in here whose work I really enjoy, which sparked my interest in specific essays. I found numerous essays in here really interesting or entertaining, however there were also plenty that I did not particularly like. I cannot fault this particular book however, because that is to be expected with a collection of any works. Overall, I think I benefitted from several of the essays, but was left unimpressed/uninterested in (probably) close to the same number.
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