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9780826340610 Academic Inspection Copy

Hot Coffee and Cold Truth

Living and Writing the West
  • ISBN-13: 9780826340610
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
  • Edited by W.C. Jameson
  • Price: AUD $34.99
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  • Local release date: 30/12/2006
  • Format: Paperback 256 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Prose: non-fiction [DN]
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This collection of essays is from some of Western Americana's best-loved and most-read writers, including Margaret Coel, Elmer Kelton, Don Coldsmith, Robert Utley, and David Dary. Editor W C Jameson began the project after reading Elmer Kelton's ""The Time it Never Rained"". ""I longed to ask Kelton how he did what he did. Where did he come up with the words? How did he know how to coax them onto the page and arrange them with such skilful expertise? I wanted to ask him how the Western landscape sparked his imagination, inspired his ideas, and influenced his style. I yearned to know more about him, about his obvious, intimate connection to the land, a relationship that he adroitly manifested between the covers of his books."" Jameson encountered many authors, some successfully published and some just beginning their careers, who had similar questions for other known writers. There are three basic threads that run through these pieces: first, each writer has an intense and memorable connection to the land; second, each possesses a keen curiosity, a desire to seek out other people and times, a wanderlust to discover what lies beyond the limits of the cities; and finally, they all have a passion to write.
W. C. Jameson is an award-winning author of forty-six books, a songwriter, and he recently premiered his one-man musical, ""Whatever Happened to the Outlaw,Jesse James?""When not on the road, Jameson lives in Woodland Park, Colorado.
"Anybody interested in writing should take a look at "Hot Coffee and Cold Truth,"" "If you're already a writer, this is a treat to read. If you want to be a writer, this gives you a good glimpse at the road ahead."
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