{"product_id":"attack-of-the-copula-spiders-essays-on-writing-9781926845463","title":"Attack of the Copula Spiders: Essays on Writing","description":"A GLOBE \u0026amp; MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR 2012 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Glover is a master of narrative structure.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Wall Street Journal \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tradition of E.M. Forster, John Gardner, and James Wood, Douglas Glover has produced a book on writing at once erudite, anecdotal, instructive, and amusing. \u003ci\u003eAttack of the Copula Spiders\u003c\/i\u003e represents the accumulated wisdom of a remarkable literary career: novelist, short story writer, essayist, teacher and mentor, Glover has for decades been asking the vital questions. How does the way we read influence the way we write? What do craft books fail to teach aspiring writers about theme, about plot and subplot, about constructing point of view? How can we maintain drama on the level of the sentence--and explain drama in the sentences of others? What is the relationship of form and art? How do you make words live?\u003cbr\u003eWhether his subject is Alice Munro, Cervantes, or the creative writing classroom, Glover's take is frank and fresh, demonstrating again and again that graceful writers must first be strong readers. This collection is a call-to-arms for all lovers of English, and \u003ci\u003eAttack of the Copula Spiders\u003c\/i\u003e our best defense against the assaults of a post-literate age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Glover \u003c\/b\u003eis the award-winning author of five story collections, four novels, and two works of non-fiction. He is currently on the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing program. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Douglas Glover\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA master of narrative structure. - Darin Strauss, author of \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo sharp, so evocative, that the reader sees well beyond the tissue of words into ... the author's poetic grace. - \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGlover invents his own assembly of critical approaches and theories that is eclectic, personal, scholarly, and smart ... a direction for future literary criticism to take. - \u003ci\u003eThe Denver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA ribald, raunchy wit with a talent for searing self-investigation. - \u003ci\u003e The Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKnotty, intelligent, often raucously funny. - \u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassionately intricate. - \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarkly humorous, simultaneously restless and relentless. - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781926845463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Douglas Glover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41071728033973,"sku":"9781926845463","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_32c06c5f-191e-4c8e-9702-db809e35744f.jpg?v=1632232606","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/attack-of-the-copula-spiders-essays-on-writing-9781926845463","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}