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Read. We are not alone. Writers are our teachers. 
As you read, notice how a book is structured. 
Examine the writer's mind. 
If you want to deepen your writing, 
read widely and often.
The House at Otowi Bridge,
the story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos - 
Peggy Pond Church

The Book of Delights
 - Ross Gay

The Five Wounds - Kirsten Valdez Quade

Late Migrations - Margaret Renkl


The Beautiful Struggle: a memoir - Ta-Nehisi Coates

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings- a memoir - Maya Angelou

Words Under The Words, selected poems - Naomi Shihab Nye

Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin

How We Became Human, new and selected poems - Joy Harjo

Loon: A Marine Story - Jack McLean 

This is the Story of a Happy Marriage - Ann Patchett

Erosion - Essays of Undoing - Terry Tempest Williams

Homebird: Four Seasons on Martha's Vineyard -Laura Wainwright

The Song of the Lark- Willa Cather

Hour of Land - Terry Tempest Williams
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