Poet and Playwright
Kensington, CA
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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.
Squaw Valley Community of Writers: Alumni News
Will Dunne's San Francisco Playwriting Classes
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
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Kensington, CA
Joyridin