{"id":15169,"date":"2021-05-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/jessicaconoley\/?p=15169"},"modified":"2021-05-17T17:16:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:16:01","slug":"thank-you-for-all-the-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/jessicaconoley\/thank-you-for-all-the-book-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You for all the BOOK recommendations!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/jessicaconoley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15140 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/jessicaconoley\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15140 lazyload\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>I asked you to <a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/jessicaconoley\/books-on-writing-rec-request\/\">help me find books<\/a> about writing that read like memoir, &amp; you all came through in the most spectacular fashion.  Thank you! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I only need one book, but so many great and highly recommended titles came through I thought it best to share the whole list with everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>The Poetry Home Repair Manual <\/em>by Ted Kooser<\/li><li><em>On Writing Well<\/em> by William Zinsser <\/li><li><em>Save the Cat<\/em> Jessica Brody<\/li><li><em>Pity the Reader<\/em> by Kurt Vonnegut<\/li><li><em>How to Write: Advice and Reflections<\/em> by Richard Rhodes<\/li><li><em>The Writing Life <\/em>by Annie Dillard<\/li><li><em>Daybook <\/em>by Anne Truitt. (It&#8217;s about her sculptural practice, but it&#8217;s so applicable to writing.)<\/li><li><em>On Writing <\/em>by Stephen King<\/li><li><em>Writing Brave &amp; Free <\/em>by Ted Kooser<\/li><li><em>Pilgrim at Tinker Creek <\/em>by Annie Dillard<\/li><li><em>Zen in the Art of Writing <\/em>by Ray Bradbury<\/li><li><em>Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One &amp; Never Lets Them Go<\/em> by Les Edgerton<\/li><li><em>A Moveable Feast <\/em>by Earnest Hemingway<\/li><li><em>Where the Past Begins: A Writer&#8217;s Memoir <\/em>by Amy Tan<\/li><li><em>The Wanting was A Wilderness <\/em>by Alden Jones<\/li><li><em>Wild <\/em>by Cheryl Strayed<\/li><li><em>The Art of Memoir <\/em>by Mary Karr<\/li><li><em>Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women<\/em> Edited by Jayne Ann Krentz <\/li><li>&#8220;The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir about Writing and Life&#8221; essay in Ann Patchett&#8217;s nonfiction collection\u00a0<em>This is the Story of a Happy Marriage.\u00a0<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We need two books for the secret project. I  already picked one, and now Imari &amp; I are combing through this list for our second one.  Thanks again for all of your help.  I appreciate you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I asked you to help me find books about writing that read like memoir, &amp; you all came through in the most spectacular fashion. Thank you! I only need one book, but so many great and highly recommended titles came through I thought it best to share the whole list with everyone. The Poetry Home&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[249,254],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thank You for all the BOOK recommendations! - Jessica Conoley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Writing craft books that read like memoir. 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