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Don't Forget Who You Are as a Writer
Video lecture | 50 minutes
Luis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Description
Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea,born to an Anglo mother and Hispanic father, shows you through poignant family stories what inspired him to write, and to keep writing. After the tragic death of his father while Luis was working as a missionary in Mexico, he applied for a job as a janitor at Harvard and was hired. "Don't forget who you are," he admonishes in this uplifiting lecture. Urrea's first book was rejected nonstop for ten years by every major publishing house in America. The book is now in its 19th printing. "Don't forget what you believe," he encourages. "If it's in your heart, that is what you must do. This is a lecture you won't want to miss.
Here, you'll learn:
- How family can inspire your stories
- How to take rejection
- How to believe in your writing
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