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The Resilient Writer

Edited by Catherine Wald

Persea, 234 pages, $14.95 paper

Twenty-three authors, including Amy Tan, Edmund White and Kathryn Harrison, share their stories of rejection along the way to publication and glory. The snubs, rejection letters and humiliation from editors, publishers, agents–and even perceived friends and loved ones–recounted here end up working out pretty well–well enough to contribute to this collection.