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As We Were Saying

By Wyatt Prunty & Megan Roberts &
As We Were Saying by Wyatt Prunty & Megan Roberts &  digital book - Fable

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Every summer for the past thirty years, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference has gathered a community of writers for two weeks of workshops, readings, talks, and meetings focused on the craft and art of writing. This book is a selection of craft talks delivered during the conference over the last several years. Some essays focus on one or two authors, some focus on texts, while others cast their regard more broadly. All are written in response to questions generated by the process of writing, as masters of the craft candidly report challenges they confront and the means by which they work to resolve such issues. The eighteen essays encompass poetry, fiction, and playwriting, investigating questions of language, character, design, and meaning, with nuanced readings of particular authors and works alongside more wide-ranging reflections on craft.

Designed for audiences of writers and readers across multiple levels and backgrounds, the essays collected in As We Were Saying offer original, insightful arguments about the craft of writing and the power of literature.

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About Wyatt Prunty

Wyatt Prunty is the Carlton Professor of English at the University of the South and the founding director of the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, most recently Couldn’t Prove, Had to Promise, and the critical work “Fallen from the Symboled World”: Precedents for the New Formalism. He edits the Johns Hopkins Poetry and Fiction series.

Megan Roberts teaches language arts at Athens Academy in Athens, Georgia. She previously served as the associate director of programs and finance for the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Her fiction has appeared in Slice, NELLE, and elsewhere.

Adam Latham is the associate director of marketing and admission for the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. His fiction has appeared in Blackbird, the Cincinnati Review, Mississippi Review, and storySouth.

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