{"title":"William Zinsser","description":"William Zinsser began his career with the New York Herald Tribune and wrote regularly for leading magazines. His seventeen books, in addition to On Writing Well, include Writing to Learn, American Places, Mitchell \u0026amp; Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz, and Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs. He taught writing at Yale and at the New School. William Zinsser died in 2015.","products":[{"product_id":"on-writing-well-the-classic-guide-to-writing-nonfiction-paperback","title":"On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eOn Writing Well\u003c\/em\u003e is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose.\" -\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beloved classic, this definitive volume on the art of writing nonfiction celebrates its thirtieth anniversary.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Writing Well\u003c\/em\u003e, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts, or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, \u003cem\u003eOn Writing Well\u003c\/em\u003e offers you both fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner. With over a million copies in print, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers and would-be writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376102572255,"sku":"9780060891541","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8sT469s8U59780060891541.webp?v=1789214198"},{"product_id":"writing-to-learn-paperback","title":"Writing to Learn - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of On Writing Well comes a book on how to write clearly aboutany subject--and how to use writing as a means of learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376113418463,"sku":"9780062720405","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/k4ImcIuFvw9780062720405.webp?v=1789214224"},{"product_id":"writing-about-your-life-a-journey-into-the-past-paperback","title":"Writing about Your Life: A Journey Into the Past - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ingeniously constructed teaching memoir from the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eOn Writing Well\u003c\/i\u003e -- \"You learn without knowing it.\" (Frank McCourt, author of \u003ci\u003eAngela's Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with elegance, warmth, and humor, this highly original \"teaching memoir\" by William Zinsser--renowned bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOn Writing Well\u003c\/i\u003e gives you the tools to organize and recover your past, and the confidence to believe in your life narrative. His method is to take you on a memoir of his own: 13 chapters in which he recalls dramatic, amusing, and often surprising moments in his long and varied life as a writer, editor, teacher, and traveler. Along the way, Zinsser pauses to explain the technical decisions he made as he wrote about his life. They are the same decisions you'll have to make as you write about your own life: matters of selection, condensation, focus, attitude, voice, and tone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376132817119,"sku":"9781569243794","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/w4Qrs8HWLA9781569243794.webp?v=1789214273"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/william-zinsser.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}