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SHOW & TELL: WRITERS ON WRITING,
Sixth Edition, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Creative Writing
Trade paperback, 5.5 x 8.5, 432 pages. $19.95
Published August 2009 
ISBN: 978-0-9823382-0-9

Revised and expanded anthology of creative writing by UNCW faculty

What began eight years ago as a textbook featuring the writing of 11 University of North Carolina Wilmington faculty members is now a 432-page anthology of award-winning published works and essays on how to create them. Illuminating the fundamentals of writing fiction, creative
nonfiction and poetry, the sixth edition of Show & Tell: Writers on Writing guides readers through practical and inspiring conversations with faculty, visiting writers and alumni.

Now featuring more than 30 contributors, the sixth edition constitutes virtually a new book and reflects a thriving creative community, collecting side by side the work of 18 faculty members (Wendy Brenner, Clyde Edgerton, Philip Gerard), five visiting writers (Virginia Holman, George Singleton, Peter Trachtenberg) and five published alumni (Brad
Land, Derek Nikitas). Many of the book's longtime contributors, among them some of the finest contemporary American writers, have replaced previous selections with recent, award-winning work. New stories, essays and poems
have been anthologized in the Best American and Pushcart Prize series and have garnered the prestigious National Magazine Award.

Editors working with the UNCW publishing laboratory director Emily Smith solicited and added essays on grammar, revision and the art of editing, as well as aglossary of essential terms. MFA students Tom Dunn, Corinne Manning, Erin
Sroka and Jennifer Weathers shepherded the book through the copyediting, proofreading and design process.

Although Show & Tell  has wide application in the classroom, it will appeal to all readers of contemporary literature. The creative selections alone-more than 30 stories, essays and groups of poems-provide an excellent introduction to the department's growing and talented community
of writers. Also new to the sixth edition, "After Words" reveal the authors' fascinations and vulnerabilities, offering rare glimpses into how the selections came to fruition.

Still the primary textbook for students in the popular introductory writing course, the book has now been adopted by several other universities and is available to general readership in both regional bookstores and national chains. The book is distributed to the trade by John F. Blair.