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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
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Miriam Toews
Frantumaglia (Elena Ferrante)
Frantumaglia
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Elena Ferrante
Moments of Being (Virginia Woolf)
Moments of Being
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Virginia Woolf
The Marriage Question (Clare Carlisle)
The Marriage Question
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Clare Carlisle
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
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Miranda Seymour
Sontag: Her Life and Work (Benjamin Moser)
Sontag: Her Life and Work
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Benjamin Moser
Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector (Benjamin Moser)
Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector
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Benjamin Moser
A Horse at Night: On Writing (Amina Cain)
A Horse at Night: On Writing
8
Amina Cain
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde (Alexis De Veaux)
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde
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Alexis De Veaux
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
10
James Baldwin
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
11
Maya Angelou
Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker (Jason McBride)
Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker
12
Jason McBride
Virginia Woolf (Hermione Lee)
Virginia Woolf
13
Hermione Lee
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
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John Matteson
Giving Up the Ghost (Hilary Mantel)
Giving Up the Ghost
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Hilary Mantel
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
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Joan Didion
Reborn: Early Diaries, 1947-1964 (Susan Sontag)
Reborn: Early Diaries, 1947-1964
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Susan Sontag
As Consciousness: Journals and Notebooks (Susan Sontag)
As Consciousness: Journals and Notebooks
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Susan Sontag
One Native Life (Richard Wagamese)
One Native Life
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Richard Wagamese
The Source of Self-Regard (Toni Morrison)
The Source of Self-Regard
20
Toni Morrison
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
21
Stephen King
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Haruki Murakami)
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
22
Haruki Murakami
Proofs & Theories: Essays on Poetry (Louise Glück)
Proofs & Theories: Essays on Poetry
23
Louise Glück
Iris Murdoch: A Life (Peter J.Conradi)
Iris Murdoch: A Life
24
Peter J.Conradi
The Diary of Virginia Woolf (Virginia Woolf)
The Diary of Virginia Woolf
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Virginia Woolf
The Brontë Myth (Lucasta Miller)
The Brontë Myth
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Lucasta Miller
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
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Rainer Maria Rilke
Easy Beauty (Chloe Cooper Jones)
Easy Beauty
29
Chloe Cooper Jones
Mary Shelley (Miranda Seymour)
Mary Shelley
30
Miranda Seymour
Becoming Beauvoir: A Life (Kate Kirkpatrick)
Becoming Beauvoir: A Life
31
Kate Kirkpatrick
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Ruth Franklin)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
32
Ruth Franklin
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
A Tale of Love and Darkness
33
Amos Oz
The Written World and the Unwritten World (Calvino)
The Written World and the Unwritten World
34
Calvino
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
35
Robert Graves
Novelist as a Vocation (Haruki Murakami)
Novelist as a Vocation
36
Haruki Murakami
My Life in Middlemarch (Rebecca Mead)
My Life in Middlemarch
37
Rebecca Mead
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up (Bernardine Evaristo)
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
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Bernardine Evaristo
Poet Warrior (Joy Harjo)
Poet Warrior
39
Joy Harjo
The Unwritten Book (Samantha Hunt)
The Unwritten Book
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Samantha Hunt
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