Writing America

This edition of Writing America, published by the Nat. Endow. for the Arts (NEA), features the work of 50 NEA Literature Fellowship winners -- one from each state -- who paint a vivid portrait of the U.S. in the last decades of the 20th cent. They evoke the magnificent spectrum of people, places, & experiences that define America. Their biographies & personal narratives are stories in & of themselves, revealing each writer's own unique path to fulfill the call to write. The selections, which include a mix of poetry & prose, serve as inspiration to emerging writers & provide a glimpse of the tremendous vitality & diversity of contemporary American literature.Donohue, Keith is the author of 'Writing America' with ISBN 9780756707620 and ISBN 0756707625.