Ensouling Language

Stephen Buhner shows that non-fiction writing, especially how-to and self-help, can take on the same power as great fiction. By following the "golden threads" of inspiration, the non-fiction writer too can generate duende--the response to art that can give the chills, or resonate in the soul.

Stephen Harrod Buhner is the author of 13 books of nonfiction and 1 of poetry. His books have been translated into 14 languages and have been nominated for 11 awards, winning 8. A member of PEN and the Authors Guild, he lives in Silver City, New Mexico.

Before Buying This Book	p. xi
The Touch of a Golden Thread
The Bookman	p. 2
The Secret All Beginning Writers Want to Know	p. 12
Inhabiting the Word
On the Art of Nonfiction	p. 22
You Must Begin with Something Deeper in the Self	p. 35
"The Road of Feeling"	p. 51
"It Burns the Blood Like Powdered Glass"	p. 62
The Skill of Duende	p. 79
Following Golden Threads	p. 90
Dreaming and the Journey to the Imaginal
"A Certain Adjustment of Consciousness"	p. 115
"The Secret Kinesis of Things"	p. 126
Aisthesis	p. 138
Synaesthetic Writing and the Beginnings of Analogical Thought	p. 149
Analogical Thinking	p. 166
The Dreamer and the "Secret Room where Dreams Prowl"	p. 183
The Imaginal Realm	p. 209
Poesis	p. 223
On Technique
The First Draft, Revision, Clariv, and Refinement
The First Draft and the Beginnings of Revision	p. 233
Problems and Further Revisioning	p. 252
Clichéd Thinking and Killing the Genuine	p. 264
Hidden Baggage	p. 284
Some Subtle Refinements of the Art	p. 302
Grammar Nazis and Editors-from-Hell	p. 346
Some Final Words on the Writing Life	p. 363
Epilogue	p. 375
The Appendices-On the Business of Writing
The People in Publishing and the Business End of the Profession	p. 380
The Art of the Book Proposal (Training in the Big Lie)	p. 407
Further Reading, Resources, and Recommendations	p. 425
Notes	p. 433
Bibliography	p. 448
Index	p. 457
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