On Writing // Writers Worth Reading
I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it. -Toni Morrison
Writers Worth Reading
- Martha Southgate
- Ishmael Reed
- Louise Erdrich
- Heidi W. Durrow
- Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Paulo Coelho
- Elizabeth Strout
- Michael Chabon
- Jane Smiley
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- David Sedaris
- Pearl Cleage
- Sandra Cisneros
- Brady Udall
- Uwem Akpan
- Ben Okri
- Zadie Smith
- Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
- Miranda July
- Vendela Vida
- Ernessa T. Carter
- Arthur Flowers
- Jane Ganahl
- Christina Garcia
- Ruth-Miriam Garnett
- Nelson George
- Kaye Gibbons
- Marita Golden
- Anthony Grooms
- Jessica Hagedorn
- E Lynn Harris
- Oscar Hijuelos
- John Holman
- Gish Jen
- Charles Johnson
- Guy Johnson
-
Tananarive Due
- Jewel Parker Rhodes
- Elizabeth Nunez
- Tina McElroy Ansa
- Edward P. Jones
- Gayl Jones
- Sarah Jones
- Solomon Jones
- Tayari Jones
- Nora Okja Keller
- Oonya Kempadoo
- Randall Kenan
- Jamaica Kincaid
- ZZ Packer
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Maxine Hong Kingston
- Kristin Hunter Lattany
- Victor D. LaValle
- Chang-Rae Lee
- Helen Elaine Lee
- William Henry Lewis
- Danielle Evans
- Yiyun Li
- Christine Lincoln
- Zelda Lockhart
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Brandon Massey
-
Amy Tan
- Bernice McFadden
- Diane McKinney-Whetstone
- Reginald McKnight
- Ana Menendez
- Mary Monroe
- Walter Mosely
- Quincy Troupe
- Colson Whitehead
- Dave Eggers
- Toni Morrison
- Alice Walker
- Jean Thompson
- Touré
-
Victoria Rowell
-
Portia Cosby
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