"Bianca likes sending letters. Bianca likes stamps, too, and she collects them. She likes drawing and writing and dogs and watering her plants. But she does not like Yolanda who works at the post office. Will Yolanda ruin Bianca's Five-Letter Day? Or will Bianca find a way to solve her Yolanda problem?" -- Dust jacket.

Inside you'll find thought-provoking prompts, intriguing exercises, and plenty of space to write. It's everything you need to play with prose and rediscover the joys of writing. Along the way, you'll develop compelling plots, sketch out fascinating characters, conquer writer's block, and feed your adventurous writing spirit.

"Every day I write the book, a guide to style and writing for academics, is Amitava Kumar's fifth book of creative nonfiction with Duke University Press. Written in short first-person vignettes, this book melds form and content to explore the writing process both in and out of the academy, while offering a portrait of Kumar's writing life throughout. Kumar, whose background is in literary theory, cultural studies, and postcolonial theory, has long...

A visiting author teaches five friends about the power of words and writing.