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Article: Shop Talk
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 16, 2001
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By Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin. $23.
For most writers, there is something irresistible about books on
writing, especially ones published by renowned authors.
Last year, Stephen King's On Writing offered practical advice on
craft and the writing life. The Paris Review has published a series
of interviews with acclaimed writers, called Writers at Work.
Visit the reference section at your local bookstore and you may
see dozens of how-to manuals with tips on adding suspense to your
short stories or beginning your first novel.
Despite what its title suggests, Philip Roth's Shop Talk is a
different kind of book and difficult to categorize.
Roth has assembled a diverse collection of his ...