"Anne Truitt's frankness and intellectual curiosity about the hows and whys of a working artist's life" (Megan O'Grady, The New Yorker ) are compiled in this one e-volume of all three of her journals, the illuminating, inspiring record of reconciling the call of creative work with the demands of daily life. Anne Truitt kept a journal throughout her adult life, from her early years as one of the…
A “touchstone for aspiring artists and writers” (Megan O’Grady, The New Yorker), Daybook is a classic work about reconciling the call of creative work with the demands of daily life. Renowned American artist Anne Truitt kept this illuminating and inspiring journal over a period of seven years, determined to come to terms with the forces that shaped her art and life. Her range…