<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[&#039;Homecoming&#039; Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[sueannbowlingauthor]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/author/sueannbowlingauthor/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Writing Craft and Practice: Some Suggested&nbsp;Books.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>These books are from a list handed out the last day of the Summer Arts Festival. Rather than put in the publisher, I have linked whenever I could to the book&#8217;s Goodreads page.</p>
<p>Addonzio, Kim and Dorianne Laux: <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/266126.The_Poet_s_Companion" target="_blank">The Poet&#8217;s Commpanion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry.</a></em></p>
<p><em></em>Addonizio, Kim: <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3878581-ordinary-genius" target="_blank">Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within</a>.</em></p>
<p>Behn, Robin and Chase Twitchell, eds: <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320845.The_Practice_of_Poetry" target="_blank">The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach</a>.</em></p>
<p>Bernays, Anne and Pamela Painter. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/768531.What_If_Writing_Exercises_for_Fiction_Writers" target="_blank">What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers, 3rd Edition.</a> </em></p>
<p>Blythe, Will, Ed. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61126.Why_I_Write" target="_blank">Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction</a>.</em></p>
<p>Gerard, Philip, Ed. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/393728.Writing_Creative_Nonfiction" target="_blank">Writing Creative Nonfiction</a>. </em>(Not positive the link is right.)</p>
<p>Gerard, Philip, ed. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/702615.Creative_Nonfiction" target="_blank">Creative Nonfiction: Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life</a></em>.</p>
<p>Hugo, Richard. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67599.The_Triggering_Town" target="_blank">The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing</a>.</em></p>
<p>Kooser, Ted: <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239231.The_Poetry_Home_Repair_Manual" target="_blank">The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets</a>.</em></p>
<p>Kowit, Steve. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/327469.In_the_Palm_of_Your_Hand" target="_blank">In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet&#8217;s Portable Workshop</a>.</em></p>
<p>Lamott, Anne. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12543.Bird_by_Bird" target="_blank">Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life</a>.</em></p>
<p>Miller, Brenda and Suzanne Paola. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1552562.Tell_It_Slant" target="_blank">Tell it Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction</a>.</em></p>
<p>Moore, Dinty W. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8188783-crafting-the-personal-essay" target="_blank">Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-fiction</a>.</p>
<p>Rilke, Rainer Maria. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/539477.Letters_to_a_Young_Poet" target="_blank">Letters to a Young Poet., Stephen Mitchell translation</a>.</em></p>
<p>Root, Robert L, and Michael J. Steinberg. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6124692-the-fourth-genre" target="_blank">The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction, 5th Edition</a>. </em></p>
<p>Slager, Daniel, ed. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8538846-views-from-the-loft" target="_blank">Views From the Loft: A Portable Writer&#8217;s Workshop</a>.</em></p>
<p>Teachers and Writers collaborative books.  <a href="http://www.twc.org" target="_blank">http://www.twc.org</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Art of&#8221; Series by <a href="http://www.graywolfpress.org" target="_blank">Graywolf Press</a>. (Click on &#8220;creative writing&#8221; link.)</p>
<p>Wooldridge, Susan. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222035.Poemcrazy" target="_blank">Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words</a>.</em></p>
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