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100 1  Smiley, Jane,|eauthor. 
245 14 The questions that matter most :|breading, writing, and 
       the exercise of freedom /|cJane Smiley. 
264  1 Berkeley, California :|bHeyday,|c[2023] 
300    243 pages ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 00 |tMy absent father --|tIceland made me --|tCan mothers 
       think? --|tThe most important question --|tMarguerite, 
       Queen of Navarre, gives Desdemona some advice --|tThe one 
       and only --|tI am your "Prudent Amy" --|tWhy go on? --
       |tSay it ain't so, Huck --|tThoughts on My Ántonia --
       |tGregor: my life as a bug --|tMeet Jessica Mitford --
       |tThe other Nancy Mitford --|tLaughing to the end --
       |tFarewell, Alice Munro, and thanks for everything --
       |tHistory vs. historical fiction --|tReflections on St. 
       Louis --|tWriting is an exercise in freedom. 
520    "Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across
       literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the 
       authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles 
       Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa 
       May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor
       Laxness, and Jessica Mitford"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Smiley, Jane. 
600 10 Smiley, Jane|xBooks and reading. 
650  0 Novelists, American|y20th century|vBiography. 
650  0 Novelists, American|y21st century|vBiography. 
650  0 Authorship. 
650  0 Fiction|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Fiction|xAuthorship. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 Literary criticism.|2lcgft 
655  7 Essays.|2lcgft