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Article: Writers' other creative outlet: art.(THE HOME FORUM)(Book review)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- December 14, 2007
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Byline: April Austin
A fortuitous encounter in college sparked Donald Friedman's fascination with well-known writers who also make art. He came across paintings by D.H. Lawrence and Henry Miller, which surprised him. He had not imagined that these iconic writers possessed such skills in the visual realm. The discovery set him on a decades-long search for other examples of writers' art. This background enriches his recent book, "The Writer's Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers."
The subject of writers who also paint has been touched on intermittently over the years, in print and in a smattering of exhibitions, but "The Writer's Brush" ...