Word by Word, Anne Lamott
Word by Word, Anne Lamott
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Word by Word

Author: Anne Lamott

Narrator: Anne Lamott

Unabridged: 2 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/1996


Synopsis

Your writing, and your life, will be good and get better if you just take it word by word, says Anne Lamott in this live seminar recording that won a 1997 Audie Award for Best Educational/How-to Audiobook. Based on Lamott's acclaimed book Bird by Bird, this workshop was recorded at a presentation given for the Writers' League of Texas.

About Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott is the author of the bestsellers Traveling Mercies, Operating Instructions, and Bird by Bird, as well as six novels, including Crooked Little Heart and Rosie. Her column in Salon magazine was voted Best of the Web by Newsweek. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Lamott lives in Northern California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bon Tom on June 30, 2019

I rarely feel envy, but I do right now. Because verbal capabilities of this woman are beyond of whatever I'll be able to achieve during my lifetime. I'm not sure how good I can write, but I'm sure of how good - or bad, I can speak. I have one of those long tongues capable of licking the tip of my no......more

Goodreads review by Beth on October 11, 2013

Really whet my appetite for "Bird by Bird." It's high time to FINALLY READ IT!......more

Goodreads review by RuthAnn on April 11, 2019

This recording of a lecture is a distillation of Lamott's wonderful Bird by Bird, which is one of my very favorite books about writing. And now I'm all messed up from the thought that writing is really about questioning how alive I am willing to be. THANKS A LOT, ANNE. (No, but really, thanks.)......more

Goodreads review by Vannetta on July 17, 2020

I'm a fan of Lamott's influential book on writing, Bird by Bird - so when I saw this audio of her conference in Austin, I jumped right on it. And it doesn't disappoint. Lamott shines a candle in the darkness for every person that has a dream of writing. Much of what she says focuses on using the exp......more

Goodreads review by Marcia on August 07, 2011

I am a huge fan of Lamott's Bird by Bird ever since I discovered it while sitting on the cool tile floor on a hot summer day, checking out my poet aunt's bookshelves. So I was just delighted to stumble across this while browsing the Overdrive for Ipod downloadable selections at the also very cool Lo......more