W-3 : a memoir
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New York, NY : A Public Space Books, 2021.
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First A Public Space Books edition.
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0998267538, 9780998267531
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xii, 204 pages ; 21 cm
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Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 362.21 HOWLAND 2021
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Published
New York, NY : A Public Space Books, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First A Public Space Books edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0998267538, 9780998267531

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"First published by The Viking Press, 1974"--Title page verso.
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From the author of the acclaimed collection Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage comes W-3, the account of a brilliant mind on the brink. In 1968, Bette Howland was thirty-one, a single mother of two young sons, struggling to support her family on the part-time salary of a librarian; and laboring day and night at her typewriter to be a writer. One afternoon, while staying at her friend Saul Bellow's apartment, she swallowed a bottle of pills. W-3 is both an extraordinary portrait of the community of Ward 3, the psychiatric wing of the Chicago hospital where she was admitted; and record of a defining moment in a writer's life. The book itself would be her salvation: she wrote herself out of the grave. First published in 1974, the memoir that launched Bette Howland's career is being reissued as part of A Public Space's ongoing revival of "one of the significant writers of her generation." (Saul Bellow) With a new introduction by Yiyun Li.--,Publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Howland, B., & Li, Y. (2021). W-3: a memoir (First A Public Space Books edition.). A Public Space Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Howland, Bette and Yiyun Li. 2021. W-3: A Memoir. A Public Space Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Howland, Bette and Yiyun Li. W-3: A Memoir A Public Space Books, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Howland, Bette,, and Yiyun Li. W-3: A Memoir First A Public Space Books edition., A Public Space Books, 2021.

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