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Luc's Reading Recommendations

Books that a college professor of mine named Luc recommended for any aspiring writer. Enjoy and read away,
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After the Tall Timber: Collected Nonfiction (Renata Adler)
After the Tall Timber: Collected Nonfiction
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Renata Adler
Voices From Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl
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Svetlana Alexievich
White Girls (Hilton Als)
White Girls
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Hilton Als
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
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Agee
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
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James Baldwin
Blues People (Leroi Jones)
Blues People
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Leroi Jones
Berlin Childhood Around 1900 (Walter Benjamin)
Berlin Childhood Around 1900
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Walter Benjamin
The Songlines
The Songlines
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Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (Samuel Delany)
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
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Samuel Delany
Where I Was From (Joan Didion)
Where I Was From
10
Joan Didion
But Beautiful (Geoff Dyer)
But Beautiful
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Geoff Dyer
Negative Space (Manny Farber)
Negative Space
12
Manny Farber
Bury Me Standing by Isabel Fonseca
Bury Me Standing by Isabel Fonseca
13
This Young Monster (Charlie Fox)
This Young Monster
14
Charlie Fox
On Being Blue (William H. Gass)
On Being Blue
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William H. Gass
Sleepless Nights (Elizabeth Hardwick)
Sleepless Nights
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Elizabeth Hardwick
Dispatches
Dispatches
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Beyond a Boundary (C.L.R. JAMES)
Beyond a Boundary
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C.L.R. JAMES
The Emperor
The Emperor
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The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
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Norman Mailer
The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man (David W. Maurer)
The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man
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David W. Maurer
Up in the Old Hotel (Mitchell)
Up in the Old Hotel
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Mitchell
The Best of Myles (Flann O'Brien)
The Best of Myles
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Flann O'Brien
Running in the Family (Michael Ondaatje)
Running in the Family
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Michael Ondaatje
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
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Vladimir Nabokov
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
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Stephen Crane
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
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Ernest Hemingway
Testimony the United States 1885-1890 (Charles Reznikoff)
Testimony the United States 1885-1890
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Charles Reznikoff
Picture (Lillian Ross)
Picture
29
Lillian Ross
Classic Crimes (William Roughead)
Classic Crimes
30
William Roughead
American Humor (Constance Rourke)
American Humor
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Constance Rourke
The Family (Ed Sanders)
The Family
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Ed Sanders
The Emigrants (W.G. Sebald)
The Emigrants
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W.G. Sebald
Pulphead (John Jeremiah Sullivan)
Pulphead
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John Jeremiah Sullivan
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
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Rebecca West
In the American Grain (William Carlos Williams)
In the American Grain
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William Carlos Williams
THE ART OF MEMORY by Frances A. Yates
THE ART OF MEMORY by Frances A. Yates
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
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D.H. Lawrence
Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau)
Exercises in Style
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Raymond Queneau
Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
40
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