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Lit from Within offers creative writers a window into the minds of some of America’s most celebrated contemporary authors. Witty, direct, and thought-provoking, these essays offer something to creative writers of all backgrounds and experience. With contributions from fiction writers, poets, and nonfiction writers, this is a collection of unusual breadth and quality. 

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. vii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. ix-xii
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  1. The Wrong Answer
  2. pp. 2-7
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  1. Confessions of a Navel Gazer
  2. pp. 8-19
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  1. Gesture
  2. pp. 20-39
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  1. The Myth of Craft: Thoughts on the Writing of Poetry
  2. pp. 40-47
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  1. Only Collect: Something about the Short Story Collection
  2. pp. 48-65
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  1. Stillness
  2. pp. 66-85
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  1. Thirteen Things I Hate about Poetry
  2. pp. 86-99
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  1. Some Questions about Questions
  2. pp. 100-117
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  1. The Poem, Its Buried Subject, and the Revisionist Reader: Behind “The Guardian Angel”
  2. pp. 118-127
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  1. Thirteen Things about the Contemporary Short Story That Really Hack Me Off
  2. pp. 128-137
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  1. Litany, Gamesmanship, and Representation: Charting the Old to the New Poetry
  2. pp. 138-153
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  1. All That Is the Case: Some Thoughts on Fact in Nonfiction and Documentary Poetry
  2. pp. 154-163
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  1. A Poem of Character
  2. pp. 164-173
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  1. Good Fortune Befell Me: Notes on the Writer/Editor Relationship
  2. pp. 174-179
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  1. Someone Reading a Book Is a Sign of Order in the World
  2. pp. 180-192
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  1. Credits
  2. pp. 193-194
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