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McKerracher, Adrian, 1981-
Subjects
Metaphor.
Creative writing.
Creative ability.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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McKerracher, Adrian, 1981-
Metaphor.
Creative writing.
Creative ability.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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What
it
means
to
write
:
creativity
and
metaphor
/ Adrian McKerracher.
by
McKerracher, Adrian, 1981-
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.
Call #:
808.032 M478w
Subjects
Metaphor
.
Creative writing.
Creative ability.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
ISBN:
9780773556331 (hc.)
Description:
224 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Think outside the box. Have a breakthrough. Avoid writer's block. In a time when people are increasingly curious about how to stand out from the crowd, the word '
creativity
' can seem over-used and vague.
What
is it, really? In
What
It
Means
to
Write
, Adrian McKerracher examines the creative person in us all. His search takes him from Vancouver to Havana to Buenos Aires, where his mantra--I'm here to meet writers--leads to poignant new insights into a life of letters. Through encounters with artists of all kinds, famous or pedestrian, McKerracher traces a socio-cultural history of the meaning of writing, each vignette a meditation on the way that
metaphor
limits and liberates understanding.
Creativity
is a process, a possession, a relation, an algorithm, a game, and more. But the result goes far beyond an archive of the figurative. Along the way, a labyrinth of chance reunites him with old friends, threatens him with violence, and teases the invitation to remain forever in a place that is both real and imagined. His journey from cafés to libraries to late night living rooms embodies the structure of a bold new methodology for interpreting the complexity of
creativity
, demonstrating the tools for working productively with ambiguity and rebuilding meaning, one
metaphor
at a time. Told in character-driven narrative pulses that reflect on the nature of belonging, understanding, and loving,
What
It
Means
To
Write
is a celebration of the possibilities of both language and silence." --From publisher.
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