Recs if you like The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative...

Here's a list of every book I studied, read, or was reccomended to read as part of my Writing and Literature BA - for eager academics, fellow writers & nostagic graduates💕 Let's milk my education💪

writers writing about writing and, also about becoming and being a writer.

Instructional creative writing books.

poetry, writing, screenwriting and more

As I’m going through my phd comps reading list, I’ll add the books I’ve been reading. My major field is in oral history & memoir. This list is in the spirit of transparency for my research and accessibility for anyone who is interested in reading on this academic theme.

Further info: I’m in the dept of history and would like to write a food memoir as part of my dissertation, which is why you will see some of those on this list.