An anthology of memoirs, essays, and literary journalism offers a candid look at the influence of family and friends on the lives and work of some of America's best-loved writers, from Raymond Carver to Joyce Carol Oates. Original. 15,000 first printing.,Provides examples by Joyce Carol Oates, John McFee, Alice Hoffman, and others of autobiographical writings about family and friends done in the style of fiction,Offering readers insight and wisdom as it sparks their memories of remarkable people in their lives, Connecting chronicles the personal and familial relationships of some of America's best-loved authors. Among the writers contributing to this compelling anthology are Joyce Carol Oates, who writes about the end of a friendship and the beginning of adulthood; Alice Hoffman, who reveals how her grandmother's legacy of advice is a testament to her immortality; and Alec Wilkinson, who explores a woman's coping with the murder of her husband.
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