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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 Book of Delights by Ross Gay

Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl


The Beautiful Struggle: a memoir by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehishi Coates


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

Untamed by Glennon Doyle


Words Under The Words, selected poems by Naomi Shihab Nye

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

Loon: A Marine Story by Jack McLean 

This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

Erosion - Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams

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

When Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Hour of Land by Terry Tempest Williams
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