{"product_id":"writers-and-their-teachers-9781350272262","title":"Writers and Their Teachers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy turns reflective, entertaining and moving, this book reveals how some of the most influential and best loved writers of our time were shaped by their inspirational teachers. \u003c\/b\u003eNobel laureate J. M. Coetzee, Margaret Drabble, Stephen Greenblatt, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Andrew Motion, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina and Paul Theroux are among the twenty contributors of original essays to this landmark volume celebrating masters of the teaching profession. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat makes a good teacher? What lights the writer's creative fire? How can the teacher shape the writer? This book answers these questions and more, describing the powerful influence of mentors at an impressionable time of life, portraying the heart-warming transition from pupil to friend, and exploring the lasting impact that truly great teachers can have on their students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo have teachers who care, and to have such notable writers capture their spirit, is ample reason to read Dale Salwak's elegant celebration of the 'noble profession' and the world-renowned writers that it helped to hone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDale Salwak\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English Literature at Southern California's Citrus College, USA. His 28 books include \u003ci\u003eLiving with a Writer \u003c\/i\u003e(2004), \u003ci\u003eTeaching Life: Letters from a Life in Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), \u003ci\u003eWriters and Their Mothers \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), and studies of Kingsley Amis, John Braine, A. J. Cronin, Philip Larkin, Barbara Pym, Carl Sandburg, Anne Tyler, and John Wain. He is a recipient of Purdue University's Distinguished Alumni Award as well as a research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is also a frequent contributor to the (London) \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and the \u003ci\u003eTimes Educational Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509022167314,"sku":"9781350272262","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4343ba9f-adc2-42d4-a8df-3c82dfb18cfc.jpg?v=1730885838","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/writers-and-their-teachers-9781350272262","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}