Unless It Moves the Human Heart

Multiple award-winner Roger Rosenblatt has received glowing critical acclaim for his exceptional literary worksfrom the hilarious novels Lapham Rising and Beet to his poignant, heartbreaking, ultimately inspiring memoir Making Toast. With Unless It Moves the Human Heart, the revered novelist, essayist, playwright, and respected writing teacher offers a guidebook for aspiring authors, a memoir, and an impassioned argument for the necessity of writing in our world. In the tradition of Anne Lamotts Bird by Bird, Rosenblatts Unless It Moves the Human Heart provides practical insights and advice on the craft, exquisitely presented by one of contemporary literatures living treasures.