{"product_id":"my-trade-is-mystery-seven-meditations-from-a-life-in-writing-paperback","title":"My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Illuminating, deeply endearing essays.\"--Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A lovely, loving letter to aspiring writers.\"--Diego Báez, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these intimate and eloquent meditations, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an \"apprenticeship to what can never fully be mastered.\" Drawing on forty years of teaching and mentoring emerging writers, he weaves his experiences as a poet with the necessary survival skills, including ambition, stamina, silence, politics, practice, audience, and community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the tradition of Anne Lamott's \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, Rainer Maria Rilke's \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, and Marcus Aurelius's \u003ci\u003eMeditations\u003c\/i\u003e, this is an invaluable companion for writers at every stage of their journey. Phillips's book serves as a partner in speculation and an invitation to embrace mystery.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of sixteen books of poetry. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 2023 for \u003ci\u003eThen the War: And Selected Poems, 2007\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e2020.\u003c\/i\u003e His most recent prose book is \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Daring: Risk, Restlessness, Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e. Phillips lives in St. Louis, where he teaches at Washington University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8.06 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52945229283552,"sku":"9780300274141","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/B97jbdJr6J9780300274141.webp?v=1781389850","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/my-trade-is-mystery-seven-meditations-from-a-life-in-writing-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}