A review by cbendixe
Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word by Toni Morrison

3.0

There are a few good essays in this book--I especially liked Russell Banks's essay on the role of writers as activists (John Updike's essay touches on this issue also, but I like the way Banks wrote his better). The essays by Paul Auster and Orhan Pamuk were also good, i.e. thought-provoking without being too academic, realistic about writing as a lifestyle, and appreciative of the opportunities provided to writers in rich Western democracies. Pamuk should know! I recommend this if you are a writer, especially an unmotivated one.