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Zinsser, William Knowlton was born on October 7, 1922 in New York City. Son of William Herman and Joyce (Knowlton) Zinsser.
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Spring training, a time when every team is in first place, is an American tradition dating back to the early years of the twentieth century. William Zinsser vividly brings to life the unique, once-a-year relationship between Bradenton, Florida, and its adopted team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1988 the Pirates were an unproven yet promising bunch with high hopes of competing for the National League pennant. Given rare access to players, management, scouts and umpires, Zinsser sought to discover how a team prepares for the longest season in professional sports. As valid today as it was when first published, Spring Training reveals how the fundamentals of baseball are taught and learned. The author has added a new introduction and postscript, which includes a lengthy interview with manager Jim Leyland about the lessons that can be learned from losing.
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"This inspiring guide includes places everyone means to go to some day, all described with the usual clarity of the author of On Writing Well."—The New York Times "A fascinating take on 'the search for memory' and how certain places have come to symbolize deep American principles."—Kirkus Reviews Join William Zinsser as he visits sixteen of our nation's most treasured historic sites—unlearning cliched assumptions and rediscovering fundamental truths about America. American Places—and the ideals that Zinsser discovers these places represent—will never go out of fashion. "Speaking across the centuries with stone and symbol, narrative and myth, America's iconic places remind us of our anchoring principles and best intentions. 'This is where we started and what we believed and who we hoped to become,' these places say. At least that's what they said to me." "Niagara Falls existed only in the attic of my mind where collective memory is stored: scraps of songs about honeymooning couples, vistas by painters who tried to get the plummeting waters to hold still, film clips of Marilyn Monroe running for her life in Niagara, odds and ends of lore about stuntmen who died going over the falls, and always, somewhere among the scraps, a boat called Maid of the Mist, which took tourists…where? Behind the falls? Under the falls? Death hovered at the edge of the images in my attic, or at least danger. But I had never thought of going to see the place itself. That was for other people. Now I wanted to be one of those other people."—from American Places "American Places paints vivid word pictures that put you in those places and make you feel that you've been there, but it also encourages each of us to take our own trek through history."—Riverside Press-Enterprise "Zinsser's choices and descriptions are refreshing because of the obvious thought that went into the selections. It's also fun to read Zinsser's observations."—Chicago Tribune William Zinsser is a lifelong journalist and nonfiction writer—he began his career on the New York Herald Tribune in 1946—and is also a teacher, best known for his book On Writing Well, a companion held in affection by three generations of writers, reporters, editors, teachers, and students. His 17 other books range from memoir (Writing Places) to travel (American Places), jazz (Mitchell & Ruff), American popular song (Easy to Remember), baseball (Spring Training) and the craft of writing (Writing to Learn). During the 1970s he was at Yale University, where he was master of Branford College and taught the influential nonfiction workshop that would start many writers and editors on their careers. He has taught at the New School, in New York, his hometown, and at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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Based on a course William Zinsser taught at Yale and his long experience as a writer, editor and teacher, On Writing Well has been praised by journalists, teachers, writers, students, and grateful users since its publication in 1976. Read by Zinsser with warmth, humor, and encouragement, On Writing Well shows how to apply the author's four principles of writing: Clarity; Simplicity; Brevity; and Humanity. He stresses the importance of reading your writing aloud to hear how it sounds and illustrates the difference between good and bad nouns, and good and bad verbs. Specific examples are given throughout the recording that show how writing can be improved.
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On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sold, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.
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In this companion for anyone beguiled by memoirs or embarking on writing one, nine authors, including Ian Frazier and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., reflect on the writing process.
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On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.
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In this companion for anyone beguiled by memoirs or embarking on writing one, nine authors, including Ian Frazier and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., reflect on the writing process.
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Zinsser, William Knowlton was born on October 7, 1922 in New York City. Son of William Herman and Joyce (Knowlton) Zinsser.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1944; Doctor of Humane Letters, Rollins College, 1984; Doctor of Letters, Indiana State University, 1985; Doctor of Letters, Wesleyan University, 1988.
He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic and editorial writer He was a longtime contributor to leading magazines. Zinsser is a graduate of Princeton University.
The Zinssers lived in Manhattan and in Niantic, Connecticut.
Throughout the 1970s, Zinsser taught writing at Yale University, where he was the fifth master of Branford College (1973–1979). He served as executive editor of the Book-of-the-Month Club from 1979 to 1987.
He lived in New York City. He retired from teaching at The New School and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism because his glaucoma had advanced.
His 18 books include On Writing Well, which is in the seventh edition
Writing to Learn. Writing with a Word Processor. Mitchell & Ruff (originally published as Willie and Dwike).
Spring Training; American Places.
Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs. Writing About Your Life. And most recently, Writing Places, an autobiography.
The American Scholar ran William Zinsser"s weekly web posting, "Zinsser on Friday," featuring his short essays on writing, the arts, and popular culture.
In his books, Zinsser emphasizes the word "economy". Author James J. Kilpatrick, in his book The Writer"s Art says that if he were limited to just one book on how to write, it would be William Zinsser"s On Writing Well.
He adds, "Zinsser"s sound theory is that "writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of lieutenant"
Zinsser interviewed Woody Allen in 1963 for the Saturday Evening Post. Zinsser died at the age of 92 in Manhattan on May 12, 2015.
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Board directors Brooklyn Museum, 1967-1972. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Member of Century Assn, Coffee House.
Married Caroline Fraser, October 10, 1954. Children: Amy Fraser, John William.