Monday, December 25, 2023

Holiday Reading

I write a lot about the value of reading in cultivating writing skills. After reading Kurt Vonnegut's  Complete Novels and Complete Stories, I have been on a rare bio binge, reading one autobiography and one biography of American musicians and two biographies of American playwrights, as well as my daily reading of poetry. Here is my most recent list.

Biography
Music Is My Mistress by Duke Ellington
Sam Shepard: A Life by John J. Winters
August Wilson: A Life by Patti Hartigan

Poetry
Poems, 1962 - 2012 by Louise Glück
Collected Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poems, 1959 - 2009 by Frederick Seidel

Each of these books is a fine investment of time. Read through the end of 2023 and far, far beyond. And happy holidays!
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