How Did I Get Here? A Writer’s Education

by David Homel

A new essay collection by award-winning author David Homel. Award-winning author David Homel mixes memoir and fiction, truth and make-believe in these mediations on his youth in Chicago, his education, and the influences that led to his career as a writer. Literary Nonfiction. Essay.

106 pages, Paperback

Published September 16, 2023

About the author

David Homel was born and raised in Chicago in 1952. He has been a journalist, editor, literary translator, and teacher, and has won numerous awards for translation, including the Governor General’s Award for Literature, Canada’s highest literary honor.

He is the author of several novels, including The Speaking Cure, which won the J.I. Segal Award from the Jewish Public Library, and the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Best Fiction from the Quebec Writer's Federation. He has also written children's books, including Travels with my Family, which was co-authored with his wife, Canadian children's author Marie-Louise Gay. He has translated several French works, receiving two Governor General's Literary Awards for translation. Homel was born and raised in Chicago and currently resides in Montreal.

Reviews

[Jim Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like David Homel as a writer and here we have a collection of essays around the topic of writing and how he developed as a writer. Interesting little book with good tips for writers of any age or accomplishment.