If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways

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If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways
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First edition
Author Daniel Quinn
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Steerforth Press
Publication date
2007
Pages198 p.
ISBN 1-58642-126-3
OCLC 74353617
153 22
LC Class GN502 .Q85 2007

If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways is a book by Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael . It is presented as a dialog between Quinn and a reader of his books, and is intended to answer the question, "How do you do what you do?"

The title is quite similar to a quotation attributed to Juan Ramón Jiménez (24 December 1881 – 29 May 1958): "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."

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