First Draft - James Salter

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing by Mitzi Rapkin

Aug 31, 202632:22Arts

James Salter grew up in New York City and was a career officer and Air Force pilot until his mid-thirties, when the success of his first novel, The Hunters(1957), led to a fulltime writing career. Salter’s potent, lyrica...

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