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Additional authors

1. McGrath, Charles
2. Erdrich, Louise
3. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.

Description

1. 263 pages : illustrations; 30 cm

Summary

1. We've all seen writers on the dust jackets of their books. These portraits, it seemed to me, generally failed to convey either character or personality. Writers deserve better. I wanted to make compelling pictures that would stick in the mind's eye."-Laura Wilson. Inspired by the classic photo essays that once appeared in Life magazine, renowned photographer Laura Wilson presents dynamic portraits of thirty-eight internationally acclaimed writers. Through her photos and accompanying texts, she gives us vivid, revealing glimpses into the everyday lives of such luminaries as Rachel Cusk, Edwidge Danticat, David McCullough, Haruki Murakami, and the late Carlos Fuentes and Seamus Heaney, among others. Margaret Atwood works in her garden. Tim O'Brien performs magic tricks for his family. And Louise Erdrich, who contributes an introduction, speaks with customers in her Minneapolis bookstore. At once inviting and poignant, the book reflects on writing and photography's shared concerns with invention, transformation, memory, and preservation. With 220 duotone images, 'The Writers: Portraits' will appeal to fans of literature and photography alike.

Uniform title

1. Works. Selections

Alternative title

1. Works.

Subject

1. Wilson, Laura, 1939-
2. Authors > Portraits
3. Portraits
4. Portrait photography
5. Authors

Genre/Form

1. Portraits.
2. Photobooks.

Call number

1. JQG 23-107

Note

1. "In association with the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin" -- Title page.

Author

1. Wilson, Laura, 1939- photographer.

Title

1. The writers : portraits / by Laura Wilson ; foreword by Charles McGrath ; introduction by Louise Erdrich.

Publisher

1. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Added author

1. McGrath, Charles, writer of foreword.
2. Erdrich, Louise, writer of introduction.
3. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.

ISBN

1. 9780300257786 hardcover
2. 0300257783 hardcover

Research call number

1. JQG 23-107