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The Lives of Writers: Literary Biographies, Letters, Journals and Essays

Reading about the lives and and inspirations of writers I admire can spark my own inspiration to write the story inside me that has long been struggling to find its shape. I feel I am getting closer, I am finding my voice.
To keep the spark alive, I assembled a list of works by and about authors for whom writing has been a fundamental part of their life.
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Swing Low (Miriam Toews)
Swing Low (Miriam Toews)
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Frantumaglia (Elena Ferrante)
Frantumaglia (Elena Ferrante)
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Moments of Being (Virginia Woolf)
Moments of Being (Virginia Woolf)
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The Marriage Question (Clare Carlisle)
The Marriage Question (Clare Carlisle)
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I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys (Miranda Seymour)
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys (Miranda Seymour)
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Sontag: Her Life and Work (Benjamin Moser)
Sontag: Her Life and Work (Benjamin Moser)
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Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector (Benjamin Moser)
Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector (Benjamin Moser)
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A Horse at Night: On Writing (Amina Cain)
A Horse at Night: On Writing (Amina Cain)
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Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde (Alexis De Veaux)
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde (Alexis De Veaux)
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Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
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Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker (Jason McBride)
Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker (Jason McBride)
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Virginia Woolf (Hermione Lee)
Virginia Woolf (Hermione Lee)
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Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father (John Matteson)
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father (John Matteson)
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Giving Up the Ghost (Hilary Mantel)
Giving Up the Ghost (Hilary Mantel)
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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
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Reborn: Early Diaries, 1947-1964 (Susan Sontag)
Reborn: Early Diaries, 1947-1964 (Susan Sontag)
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As Consciousness: Journals and Notebooks (Susan Sontag)
As Consciousness: Journals and Notebooks (Susan Sontag)
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One Native Life (Richard Wagamese)
One Native Life (Richard Wagamese)
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The Source of Self-Regard (Toni Morrison)
The Source of Self-Regard (Toni Morrison)
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On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing (Stephen King)
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Haruki Murakami)
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Haruki Murakami)
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Proofs & Theories: Essays on Poetry (Louise Glück)
Proofs & Theories: Essays on Poetry (Louise Glück)
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Iris Murdoch: A Life (Peter J.Conradi)
Iris Murdoch: A Life (Peter J.Conradi)
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The Diary of Virginia Woolf (Virginia Woolf)
The Diary of Virginia Woolf (Virginia Woolf)
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The Brontë Myth (Lucasta Miller)
The Brontë Myth (Lucasta Miller)
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
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Easy Beauty (Chloe Cooper Jones)
Easy Beauty (Chloe Cooper Jones)
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Mary Shelley (Miranda Seymour)
Mary Shelley (Miranda Seymour)
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Becoming Beauvoir: A Life (Kate Kirkpatrick)
Becoming Beauvoir: A Life (Kate Kirkpatrick)
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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Ruth Franklin)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Ruth Franklin)
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A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
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The Written World and the Unwritten World (Calvino)
The Written World and the Unwritten World (Calvino)
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Goodbye to All That
Goodbye to All That
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Novelist as a Vocation (Haruki Murakami)
Novelist as a Vocation (Haruki Murakami)
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My Life in Middlemarch (Rebecca Mead)
My Life in Middlemarch (Rebecca Mead)
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Manifesto: On Never Giving Up (Bernardine Evaristo)
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up (Bernardine Evaristo)
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Poet Warrior (Joy Harjo)
Poet Warrior (Joy Harjo)
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The Unwritten Book (Samantha Hunt)
The Unwritten Book (Samantha Hunt)
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