The
Hudson Valley Writers' Center presents a reading with
| William Zinsser | |
| Catherine Wald | |
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| Thursday, July 14, 2005, 7:30 pm | |
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| Be True To Yourself
He will be introduced by novelist Ben Cheever of Pleasantville.
All readings include a question & answer period and a reception with books by the author(s) for sale. | |
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The readings at the HVWC are made possible in part by a grant from the Bydale Foundation; the David G. Taft Foundation; the Orchard Foundation; and the Thendara Foundation; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and by Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government, corporations and individuals. |
Here’s
a reading with practical advice and plenty of inspiration for all writers, even
those of us who don’t write professionally. On Writing Well, which William
Zinsser wrote in 1976 has sold more than a million copies, and his books about
memoirs, most recently Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past
(Marlowe & Co., 2004), have only added to his fame as a guiding light and a man
you would clearly love to know. All in all this fourth generation New Yorker has
written a total of 17 books, and he has also been an editor (New York Herald
Tribune and Book-of-the- Month Club), columnist (Life), and teacher
(Branford, Yale, New School).
"Opening"
for Zinsser will be Catherine Wald of Shrub Oak, editor of The Resilient
Writer: Tales of Triumph and Rejection by 20 Top Authors (Persea Books, 2005).
Of the many fine writers she interviewed (including Wally Lamb, Esmeralda Santiago,
and Amy Tan) Zinsser was a favorite. Wald maintains an engaging website,