With these words, written long before his Iowa Writers' Workshop became world famous, much imitated, and academically rich, Paul Engle captured the spirit behin

Since 1969, the prestigious Squaw Valley Community of Writers has helped develop the craft of many who are now household names. Such noted authors as Michael Ch

"We do not pretend to have produced the writers included in this book. Their talent was inevitably shaped by the genes rattling in ancestral closets. We did giv

"Featuring: writer's workshop teaching techniques ; activities directly linked to writing standards."--Cover