Deborah Dashow Ruth

Recommended Writing Resources

The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry, by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux

Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry in Traditional Forms, by Philip Dacey and David Jauss

The Poet's Craft: Interviews from "The New York Quarterly," edited by William Packard. The best interviews are with Galway Kinnell, Erica Jong, and Diane Wakoski. However, only 7 out of 25 are women.

The Dramatic Writer's Companion, by Will Dunne

Playwriting: The Merciless Craft (Comprehensive Techniques for Mastering Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Playwriting), by Carol Wolf

The Art and Craft of Playwriting, by Jeffrey Hatcher

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott

The Writing Habit, essays by David Huddle.





Poetry & Writing Links

Squaw Valley Writers

Squaw Valley Community of Writers: Alumni News

Sugartown Publishing

Will Dunne's San Francisco Playwriting Classes 

Poetry Flash



Literary Magazines

Canary, an online litzine featuring poetry about the environment, published by Orinda, California poet Gail Entrekin.

Favorite Book Stores

Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA

Orinda Books, Orinda, CA

Diesel Books, Oakland

Pegasus Books, Oakland and Berkeley

Mrs. Dalloway's, Berkeley

The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka, Illinois

Women & Children First, Chicago