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| What It Is | 
 enlarge | Author: Lynda Barry
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 3142
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 209
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1897299354
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781897299357
ASIN: 1897299354
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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A guide on remembering June 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
One of the most important aspects of writing anything-- memoir, fiction, poetry--is the ability to remember. Sounds simple, but we forget so much naturally and are actively encouraged to forget what doesn't suit the needs of any particular group, usually family. Lynda Barry's wonderful primer on how to being to probe the images of your life is just grand
and will doubtless serve many artists and writers as they explore their lives and the lives of others. An exercise as simple as try to recall the earliest phone number you had and try to picture that phone seem so simple, but take you to places that you'd long forgotten.
Like everything by Barry, it's humane and masterful and compassionate and smart. A wonderful addition to any artist's desk.
Way exceeded my expectations! The coolest book I own! August 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I ordered this after reading about it on Kelly Kilmer's blog, where she highly praised this repeatedly and made me think that I was missing out on something wonderful if I didn't buy it.
So I bought it, and what I found out is that I had been missing out on something wonderful!!
I couldn't be more happy that I bought this book! First of all this book surprised me in that it is nicely sized 8.5 x 11 (approx) and it's much THICKER than I had imaged it, and it's HARDCOVER.(I was expecting a soft cover magazine type book)So, after I admired the outside, and opened it up, I was even more impressed and excited with what I found!! Yes, I thought I was in comic book/collage/art journal/writing prompt heaven!! With so much to look at, I just about wore myself out trying to look at/read everything. -Which is also a nice thing about this book, I am highly doubting that you'd run out of things to look at or read here.
This is kinda like looking at one of your school friends notebook, or journal, except SO MUCH BETTER! There are comic book pictures, random thoughts, journal prompts, drawings, ideas, etc, etc, etc. This is an awesome and inspiring book. This tops the list of coolest books that I own!!
Writing as Adventure June 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book. I have had the privilege of studying writing with Lynda Barry and all her encouragement, her insight, her quirky humor and unique exercises are right in this book. It is part comic, part collage, and part writing workshop. No other writing book takes the same creative approach or challenges our tired assumptions in the same liberating way. Every page delights with both art and heart. Buy it, treasure it, spend long afternoons examining and playing. Not a moment will be wasted.
what it is July 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recommend this to anyone who loves Linda Barry. This book is supposedto be a condensed version of her wrtining workshop. Mostly, it is L. B. collages and drawings. It explores many of the issues that arise during the creative process.
A Reminder to PLAY! June 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lynda Barry is such an inspiration and all her publications are moving, hysterical, intense and inspiring. Her latest, "What It Is" is no exception. Through pages of wild collage, drawings, and her signature comic style Lynda guides us through a wild journey of creation. She asks us all to step out of the usual boxes we put ourselves in and try new ways of writing and creating. The main focus of the book is writing, but I find it visually so stimulating that I immediately want to go make some art after looking at it. It's a really fun book full of many invitations to play. I think it would be great for any creative person who is feeling stuck!
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