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A Dangerous Profession by Frederick Busch
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Nov 02, 1999 | ISBN 9780767903981

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Praise

"Read this book if you are a beginning writer who wants the assurance that others, too, have written, submitted, and been rejected over and over again. Read it if you are an established writer and want to see the continuing doubt and despair of those who have produced great books."
The New York Times Book Review

"Animated ruminations on the risks and rewards of writing. . . . By conveying with passion and insight why a literary work moves him, Busch excites the reader to read or reread books that have long gone stale in our imaginations. Writing and reading are reunited by an author who shows himself to be a sharp reader, too."
Kirkus Reviews

"Few literary aficionados are better qualified than Busch to write about the writing life. . . . Busch knows fiction inside and out, both as a perceptive reader and a versatile writer, and he forges a powerful philosophy of literature over the course of sixteen vibrant essays."
Booklist

"Think of a more cerebral version of Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird and you’ll have some notion of this valuable hybrid, which combines heartfelt memoir with an ardent love of literature."
Publishers Weekly

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