What It Is
by Lynda Barry
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Book Reviews of What It Is
Book Review: Writing as Adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an amazing book. I have had the privilege of studying writing with Lynda Barry and all her encouragement, her insight, her quirky humor and unique exercises are right in this book. It is part comic, part collage, and part writing workshop. No other writing book takes the same creative approach or challenges our tired assumptions in the same liberating way. Every page delights with both art and heart. Buy it, treasure it, spend long afternoons examining and playing. Not a moment will be wasted.Book Review: My New Fave Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this book and have already bought 3 more as gifts. I'm pretty sure that if I just walk around with this book or sit looking at it in coffeshops, bars and car repair waiting rooms, cool things are going to happen to me, mysterious images, strangers, forgotten childhood toys and monsters will come to visit. How can one book be so practical and so mystical at the same time? I'm so grateful to Lynda Barry and the magic cephalapod for making this book.Book Review: Unspeakably Fun: A cheering treasure chest of fully operational mood transformers!
Summary: 5 Stars
This life enhancing activity toybox of a book does not merely instruct, it transcends, uplifts, jumps levels, like a good fairy tale. Follow Lynda Barry's breadcrumb trail through the tangled forest of Creativity to uncover your own treasure chest of images, stories, and creative insights. This book is Lynda Barry's Gingerbread Cottage---with full instructions on how to bake and decorate your own. Five stars? Not nearly enough!
Book Review: Great book for teachers, parents, and young adults!
Summary: 4 Stars
Wonderful work from the extremely talented Ms. Lynda Barry. This is the first time I have read one of her books and I was duly impressed. A terrific book that acts as a teaching tool, best used by parents and those seeking self knowledge, which I guess covers a lot of ground. I heartily and fully encourage all parents of young teenagers and tweeners to buy this book and work it together with their kids. Enlightening and fun at the same time!Book Review: Great resource
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great resource for the English teacher. (I am one.) It would also make a lovely gift for a teen, pre-teen, or adult of any age who is interested in writing, or who SHOULD be interested in writing. My 11 year old wanted to do the exercises in this book. Just looking at her space for lists or doodles--the blank space floating in her interesting sea of artwork--makes you want to fill it in.