Letters to a Young Writer

**From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner *Let the Great World Spin *comes the perfect graduation gift: a lesson in how to be a writer, and so much more.**

Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear.

A paean to the power of language, both by argument and by example, *Letters to a Young Writer* is fierce and honest in its testament to the bruises delivered by writing as both a profession and a calling. It charges aspiring writers to learn the rules and even break them.

These fifty-two essays are ultimately a profound challenge to a new generation to bring truth and light to a dark world through their art.