For more than forty years, author Roger Rosenblatt has also been a teacher of writing, and here details one semester in his "Writing Everything" class. In a series of funny, personal conversations, a diverse group of his students grapple with the questions and subjects most important to narrative craft. Rosenblatt delves into their varied lives, bringing readers closer to them, emotionally investing us in their failures and triumphs. The result is a deeply felt and impassioned plea for the necessity of writing in our lives.

"Roger Rosenblatt is the teacher you always wished you had…. Adept and inventive, Rosenblatt encourages his students to write with moderation but think with grandiosity."—Boston Globe