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Original Title:	I Have Words to Spend: Reflections of a Small-Town Editor
ISBN:	0385312040 (ISBN13: 9780385312042)
Edition Language:	English

I Have Words to Spend: Reflections of a Small-Town Editor Paperback | Pages: 224 pages

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Title	:	I Have Words to Spend: Reflections of a Small-Town Editor
Author	:	Robert Cormier
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	January 1st 1994 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers (first published 1991)
Categories	:	Nonfiction

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In the tradition of those by William Allen White and Russell Baker, Robert Cormier's essays, originally written as newspaper columns, offering touching, humorous, and intensely personal observations and anecdotes about small-town life in America. Cormier explores those things that interest and excite him--from current events to the movies--as well as things that touch his heart--a daughter's wedding, the shape of his mother's hands.

"I have words to spend, and I do not always spend them wisely." Cormier writes--a surprising confession from a novelist hailed as a master craftsman and noted for his spare and controlled prose. It is also the confession of a writer unafraid to submit to the rigors of writing under deadline and of an observer who sees with his heart as well as with his eyes. I Have Words to Spend is a splendid collection of pieces about the small-town visions and values that have particular poignancy in a time of turmoil. This is a volume to treasure and to return to over and over again.

"Cormier's economical style of writing stories with a twist is evident in this collection of eighty-five short essays that were originally written as newspaper columns."--The Book Report

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Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925November 2, 2000) was an American author, columnist and reporter, known for his deeply pessimistic, downbeat literature. His most popular works include I Am the Cheese, After the First Death, We All Fall Down and The Chocolate War, all of which have won awards. The Chocolate War was challenged in multiple libraries. His books often are concerned with themes

This is a great collection of Cormier's contributions as a columnist. It really gave me a feel of knowing him better, his personal thoughts and experiences. It made me want all the more to sit down and meet him in person which, alas, can never be.

Those who expect this book to be Robert Cornier's autobiography will be dissapointed... at least sort of. It's a collection of colums Cornier wrote for different newspapers. As such it is very entertaining. What makes me really fond of this book is the fact that you can read one or two of the stories, then put away the book and start reading it again even a week or two later without having to think about what happened last, where did I stop or something like that.The stories themselves vary.

I was first introduced to Robert Cormier's works when I began teaching 7th grade Language Arts over twenty years ago. I, like many others, started with titles such as I Am the Cheese, The Chocolate War, and We All Fall Down. Eventually I read Tunes for Bears to Dance To and Beyond the Chocolate War. Last year, after a rather lengthy hiatus, I picked up After the First Death, The Rag and Bone Shop, and Heroes. I had so much fun reacquainting myself with Cormier's tightly woven plot lines,

The second book to make me cry.

These reflections are so beautiful they're life changing. And some of them are shockingly relevant for being written over 40 years ago. Cormier has been teaching me how to write stories for years, but this book is even more than that. These are lessons on how to live, and how to love. How to properly savor the people, places, and words in your life. Words like cellophane, said slowly. (cel-lo-phane)

I thought this book was going to be Cormier's memoir, but it was really just a collection of the different newspaper columns he wrote over a couple of decades. That being said, by compiling them by theme, it does have a memoir-like feel to it at times. I thought the collection was brilliant. Cormier's writing is so upbeat and flowly compared to his novels. He is a well-read, observant, quirky, and funny person. I really appreciated that about him. I was able to glimpse into his mind and