\u003cB\u003eAn \u0026ldquo;entertaining collection of tributes and insights\u0026rdquo; from Jay McInerney and other novelists and poets about the writers who inspired them (\u003cI\u003eBooklist\u003c/I\u003e).\u003c/B\u003e\u003cBR /\u003e \u0026#160;\u003cBR /\u003e In this \u0026ldquo;significant contribution to our understanding of how an older generation of writers\u0026#160;.\u0026#160;.\u0026#160;. affected its students\u0026rdquo;, an assembly of diverse and distinguished talents explore the relevance of their mentors. Together, in this unique anthology of illuminating essays and poetry, they give a unique sense of the forces that shape, encourage, and nurture a writer\u0026rsquo;s craft and vision (\u003cI\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c/I\u003e).\u003cBR /\u003e \u0026#160;\u003cBR /\u003e For Jay McInerney, national bestselling author of \u003cI\u003eBright Lights, Big City\u003c/I\u003e, \u0026ldquo;falling under the spell\u0026rdquo; of Raymond Carver\u0026rsquo;s fiction was a \u0026ldquo;transforming experience\u0026rdquo;; Dana Gioia, recipient of the American Book Award, shares the thrill of having Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Bishop teach\u0026mdash;in her own unique way\u0026mdash;a class in writing at Harvard. Here too is Tess Gallagher\u0026rsquo;s ode in verse to Theodore Roethke; Elizabeth Graver analyzing her relationship with Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Dillard; Erin McGraw on novelist John L\u0026rsquo;Heureux; David Wojahn\u0026rsquo;s exalting memoir of James L. White, and more.\u003cBR /\u003e \u0026#160;\u003cBR /\u003e Delivering new and rich definitions of mentor and prot\u0026eacute;g\u0026eacute;, \u003cI\u003ePassing the Word\u003c/I\u003e is \u0026ldquo;a fine collection that honors writing teachers and showcases the talents of the next generation\u0026rdquo; (\u003cI\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c/I\u003e).
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