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.

​Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Documentary film about Didion 2017: The Center Will Not Hold (Netflix)

Under a Wing: A Memoir by Reeve Lindbergh

Against Wind and Tide: Letters and Journals 1947-1986 by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

Loon: A Marine Story by Jack McLean 

This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi

Safekeeping: Some True Stories From a Life by Abigail Thomas

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice by Terry Tempest Williams

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

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

When Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Hour of Land by Terry Tempest Williams