Break, Blow, Burn, and Make
A Writer's Thoughts on Creation
$54.08
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
13 August 2024
Summary
When a writer and the Creator work together, the universe is set in order.
Centuries ago, sound theology and good fiction were friends and not strangers. Decades ago, authors strove not for self-expression and self-disclosure but for a mastery of craft and language and books that transformed the reader with wisdom and love. In more recent years, the old ideals have been exchanged for lesser ones.
Few guides to writing, which tend to focus on mechanics, point o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781546005490 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1546005498 |
| Author: | E. Lily Yu |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Worthy Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 13 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 138mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
“To read Break, Blow, Burn & Make is to behold - to gaze upon the beauty of the fragments and broken remains of our art and our lives, to be gifted the courage to be faithful makers. It is an invitation to hope, to persevere, to recalibrate through despair, to pray and ultimately to love. At times in reading this gem filled book, I wanted to pause and weep, and at other times I wanted to stand up and applaud…. I follow her into that sacred, darkened space, and sojourn into our daily discipline of making there.”–Makoto Fujimura, Artist and author of Art+Faith: A Theology of Making
About The Author
E. Lily Yu
E. Lily Yu is the author of the novel On Fragile Waves, which won the Washington State Book Award, and the story collection Jewel Box. She received the Artist Trust LaSalle Storyteller Award in 2017 and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2012. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.
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