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The article titled "What They Say..." from Enterprise (Pakistan) features quotes from various notable figures such as the Dalai Lama, Will Smith, John Lennon, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, Frank Sinatra, Mae West, Leo Burnett, Thomas A. Edison, and Oprah Winfrey. Each quote offers insights on happiness, success, life, creativity, and resilience. This collection of diverse perspectives may provide valuable inspiration and wisdom for individuals seeking motivation and guidance in their own lives. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on Anita Lobel, a prominent figure in the world of picture books since 1965. Topics include Lobel's illustrated works for children, her nonfiction writings based on her own life, and her latest book "Stone Soup: Morsels of an Unsettled Life" which continues her life story from her previous memoir.

"Notes from Planet Widow: Finding My Way After Loss" is a personal account by Gwen Suesse, a life coach and author, who shares her experiences and insights after the death of her husband. Suesse describes the emotional journey of navigating grief and offers guidance on how to cope with loss. The book combines Suesse's own practices and reflections with wisdom from philosophers and writers. It is recommended for individuals who are dealing with profound loss and offers comfort, guidance, and proof that it is possible to survive and thrive after grief. [Extracted from the article]

"Expatriates of No Country: The Letters of Shirley Hazzard and Donald Keene" is a collection of letters that chronicles the 30-year friendship between novelist Shirley Hazzard and Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene. The two bonded over their nomadic lifestyles and shared a belief in the importance of avoiding nationalism. The letters touch on the challenges of the writing life, including Hazzard's struggles with publishers and Keene's disputes with a copy editor. While the letters offer some insights into Hazzard's creative process, the frequent discussions of mundane details make for dull reading. This collection will primarily appeal to dedicated fans of Hazzard. [Extracted from the article]

"Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life" by Sofia Samatar is a collection of musings about writing, publishing, and life. The book includes critiques of the "tyranny of identity" in the publishing industry and the unfair expectations placed on authors from marginalized backgrounds. However, the rest of the book lacks a clear purpose and the ideas are not fully developed. The author includes extensive quotes from other writers, but they are presented with minimal commentary, making the book feel more like a collection of quotations. Overall, the book fails to cohere and falls flat in its aimlessness. [Extracted from the article]

In this article, the author shares her experience of memoir writing focused on her mother. Topics discussed include interviewing her mother with a tape recorder, challenges in moving from fiction to memoir, writing a memoir revealed emotional truths, and reality of lives lived in the spotlight of Cold War Washington.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of writing a memoir.

For 22 years prior to signing with Harris, Palahniuk was represented by Edward Hibbert at Donadio & Olson. For months, Palahniuk says, he asked his former agent about the advance he was owed for Adjustment Day, which his previous publisher, Norton, released in May 2018. Palahniuk repeats a lesson from Consider This: "If you're going to work on something as long as a novel, it has to explore some unresolved aspect of you, so that even if it never sells, never makes any money, never gets any attention, you still have a therapeutic benefit of fully exploring and exhausting that unresolved part of you". [Extracted from the article]

An interview with poet and publisher Kwame Alexander is presented. Topics of the interview include the influence of his literary parents in developing his passion for language and literature, his inspiration of the book "Solo" focusing his struggles during his teenage life and his plan of constructing a library in Ghana.

Palahniuk (Adjustment Day) delivers a fine book on writing, full of advice and anecdotes garnered from his career as a novelist, that will help both those aspiring to write bestsellers and those hoping to write from the heart. Palahniuk also writes about his own life, in recurrent "Postcards from the Tour" sections on the joys and trials of being a famous author (the latter including an incident when a book-signing attendee, angered that Palahniuk refused to sign a Don DeLillo novel, attacked him with a tube full of live mice). The book finally rises to a moving emotional crescendo, in a final chapter that shares moments of serendipity from Palahniuk's time on the road. [Extracted from the article]