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Gwynne's 100 Formative Books - Page 2

Not every book I searched for was in the list, but these are all books that have meant a lot to me (from when I was a child through to my early thirties) and influenced me as a writer/reader.
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Vida (Marge Piercy)
Vida
41
Marge Piercy
Small Changes (Marge Piercy)
Small Changes
42
Marge Piercy
Braided Lives (Marge Piercy)
Braided Lives
43
Marge Piercy
Circles on the Water (Marge Piercy)
Circles on the Water
44
Marge Piercy
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
45
Doris Lessing
Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons (Marilyn Hacker)
Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons
46
Marilyn Hacker
The Motion of Light in Water
The Motion of Light in Water
47
The Dream of a Common Language (Adrienne Rich)
The Dream of a Common Language
48
Adrienne Rich
On Lies, Secrets and Silence
On Lies, Secrets and Silence
49
Work of a Common Woman (Judy Grahn)
Work of a Common Woman
50
Judy Grahn
The Shameless Hussy (Alta)
The Shameless Hussy
51
Alta
Haruko/Love Poems (June Jordon)
Haruko/Love Poems
52
June Jordon
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Mandarins
53
Simone De Beauvoir
She Came to Stay (Simone De Beauvoir)
She Came to Stay
54
Simone De Beauvoir
The Prime of Life (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Prime of Life
55
Simone De Beauvoir
Letters to Nelson Algren (Simone De Beauvoir)
Letters to Nelson Algren
56
Simone De Beauvoir
Le Batarde (Violette Leduc)
Le Batarde
57
Violette Leduc
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
58
James Joyce
A Moveable Feast (Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
59
Hemingway
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
60
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf
61
Ntozake Shange
Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser (Muriel Rukeyser)
Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser
62
Muriel Rukeyser
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (May Sarton)
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
63
May Sarton
Silences (Tillie Olsen)
Silences
64
Tillie Olsen
Sappho (Mary Barnard, Trans.)
Sappho
65
Mary Barnard, Trans.
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
66
Jack Kerouac
Visions of Cody (Jack Kerouac)
Visions of Cody
67
Jack Kerouac
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
68
Allen Ginsberg
Minor Characters (Joyce Johnson)
Minor Characters
69
Joyce Johnson
How I Became Hettie Jones (Hottie Jones)
How I Became Hettie Jones
70
Hottie Jones
Loba (Diane Di Prima)
Loba
71
Diane Di Prima
Recollections of My Life as a Woman (Diane Di Prima)
Recollections of My Life as a Woman
72
Diane Di Prima
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
73
Jorge Luis Borges
The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 (Anais Nin)
The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
74
Anais Nin
Tender Buttons (Gertrude Stein)
Tender Buttons
75
Gertrude Stein
Henry and June
Henry and June
76
A Literate Passion (Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller)
A Literate Passion
77
Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller
The Novel of the Future (Anaïs Nin)
The Novel of the Future
78
Anaïs Nin
The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara (Edited by Donald Allen)
The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara
79
Edited by Donald Allen
Standing Still and Walking in New York (Frank O'Hara - Edited by Donald Allen)
Standing Still and Walking in New York
80
Frank O'Hara - Edited by Donald Allen
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