The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom

"Clear, vibrant" essays on reading and writing by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author: "A reader feels smarter just taking it in" (The Boston Globe).

From the author of A Dangerous Business, A Thousand Acres, and Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel, this volume "gathers essays (and two stories) composed with wit, enthusiasm, expertise, and candor" (Booklist).

Long acclaimed as a preeminent American novelist, Jane Smiley is also an unparalleled observer of the cr...