Writer? | What "Normal" People Think of Writers | Writers on Writers

Part of the Writers' Confessions series

Michael Glassbourg
TickleScratch Productions
24 minutes • 2005
Also available on DVD

Camilla Gibb finds that people assume writers must have monumental egos to make their thoughts so public. Tim Lilburn believes writing, like any contemplative act, resists the dominant North American culture of constant activity. Guy Vanderhaeghe wryly observes, "Fuzzy notions of celebrity, wealth or the sage's role still perplexingly attach themselves to the word 'writer.'" These and other authors explore what it means to identify as a writer, how other people react to writers, and how they themselves perceive fellow writers.

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Subject(s): Artists, Identity, Literature