At Aspen Summer Words, I was constantly writing down names of books I wanted to read, buying books, getting authors’ signatures and now, my to-read-pile has grown and my to-read-list has too. Thought I would share some of the titles recommended there. I can’t speak to them yet, but, be assured if I wrote it down, I respected the person giving the recommendation enough to give it a try.
Writing Craft Books
Two books by William Stafford were recommended:
Writing the Australian Crawl and You Must Revise Your Life
Both of these books, though focused on poetry, were recommended by fiction authors. I was reminded of Amber Dermont’s advice that short story writers and novelists should read poetry every day. I still don’t read it daily, but I am increasing my poetry reading.
The Writer’s Home Companion: An Anthology of the World’s Best Writing Advice, From Keats to Kunitz, by Joan Bolker, Ed.D.
Exploring Poetry
The Summer of Black Widows, Sherman Alexie
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Narrow Road to the Interior, Matsuo Basho
Risking Everything, Roger Housden, ed.
Recommended Fiction (none by Aspen authors – that’s for another post 
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Sirena Selena: A Novel, Mayra Santos-Febres, Stephen A. Lytle (trans.)
So, if your summer reading list needs a few things to check out, maybe something here will intrigue you. What’s on your to read list these days??
Happy #writing.
