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    <title>Zen in the art of writing</title>
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    <namePart type="date">1920-2012</namePart>
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    <publisher>Simon &amp; Schuster</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2025</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xv, 138 pages : illustrations ;  22 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>In a series of essays, Bradbury discusses his career and his compulsion to write. Nine essays discuss the joy of writing, the writing process, inspiration, creativity, and the circumstances surrounding the writing of several of his works</abstract>
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The joy of writing
Run fast, stand still, or, The thing at the top of the stairs, or, New ghosts from old minds
How to keep and feed a muse
Drunk, and in charge of a bicycle
Investing dimes : Fahrenheit 451
Just this side of Byzantium : Dandelion wine
The long road to Mars
On the shoulders of giants
The secret mind
Shooting haiku in a barrel
Zen in the art of writing
On creativity</tableOfContents>
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