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Lives of the Writers
Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)
Kathleen Krull
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 1, 2014
Reading lane: Writers' Lives for Kids
Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink; Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen; Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Writers Offstage
A writer’s life includes more than the writing—and sometimes a tossed shirt or an odd breakfast.
Come here for
- Quills, fountain pens, and a Yiddish typewriter
- Curious questions about writers’ everyday habits
Expect
- Literary names seen through their off-page lives
- A mix of comedies, tragedies, and neighborly reactions
Book Details
- Authors
- Kathleen Krull
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 1, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Writers' Lives for Kids · Writers' Lives
- Reading lane
- Writers' Lives for Kids
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Kids Biographies
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Creative Writing
Artists' Lives
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Lives in History
Writers' Lives
Music Biographies
United States History for Teens
About This Book
Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink; Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen; Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter. But what did such writers do when they weren't writing? What did Jane Austen eat for breakfast? What could make Mark Twain throw his shirts out the window? Why would Zora Neale Hurston punch a fellow elevator passenger? Lives of the Writers tells all that and more.
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