From the Mirror is the first installment of what is to be a four-part autobiography of critically acclaimed author Randall Silvis. With more than three hundred brief reflections and observations, none longer than a single typed page, this intimate and revealing collection considers not just the art of creative writing but also the writing life, fatherhood, academia, politicians, introversion, the afterlife, solitude, romantic love, and more. Silvis spares no victims, including himself, in this brutally honest consideration of his life and career, and of the failings and potential of the human species in general. A must-read for lovers of life, literature, and the pursuit of happiness. From $5.99 SHOP NOW /