Beg, Borrow, Steal: A Writer's Life, (Paperback)

from Sean191

This collection of short stories, actually written for the most part as short newspaper columns isn't really a hit-or-miss. Rather, it's a gradual build-up. To explain, when I first began reading, I wasn't enjoying the stories too much. They weren't horrible, they weren't great. But, they were sh...

from LauraBrook

This was a fairly quick, easy to read, and interesting book of essays from writer Michael Greenburg. Being unfamiliar with his work I wasn't sure what to expect - sarcastic, humorous, a word-snob - and was pleasantly surprised with the what I found. I liked that it didn't quite have a reading "fl...

from ellynv

In Beg,Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg paints a vivid (and a bit harsh) portrait of the writer's life. Having dodged a life in his family's metal business to pursue ambitions both "self-destructive and pretentious," Greenberg embarked on a career that was colorful, to say the least. The portrait ...

from ellynv

In Beg,Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg paints a vivid (and a bit harsh) portrait of the writer's life. Having dodged a life in his family's metal business to pursue ambitions both "self-destructive and pretentious," Greenberg embarked on a career that was colorful, to say the least. The portrait ...

from Sean191

This collection of short stories, actually written for the most part as short newspaper columns isn't really a hit-or-miss. Rather, it's a gradual build-up. To explain, when I first began reading, I wasn't enjoying the stories too much. They weren't horrible, they weren't great. But, they were sh...