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Letters to a Young Artist audiobook

  • By: Anna Deavere Smith
  • Narrator: Anna Deavere Smith
  • Length: 4 hours 28 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2006
  • Language: English
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Letters to a Young Artist Audiobook Summary

From “the most exciting individual in American theater” (Newsweek), here is Anna Deavere Smith’s brass-tacks advice to aspiring artists of all stripes. In the manner of Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, Deavere Smith mentors her young artist over a period of five years, sharing her hard won wisdom about the challenges and rewards of the artistic life. Drawing on her own life experiences as an actor, teacher, and playwright, Deavere Smith provides a motivating example for how to pursue one’s art without compromise, while addressing the full spectrum of issues that people starting out will face—from questions of confidence, discipline, and self-esteem, to fame, failure, and fear, to staying healthy, presenting yourself effectively, building a diverse social and professional network, and using your art to promote social change. Honest, passionate, and inspiring, this audiobook has life-changing potential.

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Letters to a Young Artist Audiobook Narrator

Anna Deavere Smith is the narrator of Letters to a Young Artist audiobook that was written by Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith is an actress, teacher, playwright, and the creator of the acclaimed On the Road series of one-woman plays, which are based on her interviews with diverse voices from communities in crisis. She is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President Obama and two Obie Awards, and her work also been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award. Onscreen, she has appeared in many films and television shows, including Philadelphia, The West Wing, Black-ish, and Nurse Jackie. She is a professor in the department of art and public policy at New York University, where she also directs the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue. In 2019, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Letters to a Young Artist Full Details

Narrator Anna Deavere Smith
Length 4 hours 28 minutes
Author Anna Deavere Smith
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Release date April 24, 2024
ISBN 9781481542159

Subjects

The publisher of the Letters to a Young Artist is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Business & Economics, Careers, General

Additional info

The publisher of the Letters to a Young Artist is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781481542159.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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