Nonfiction Advisory
The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois brings history, memory, story, grief, and song together in a book that asks readers to stay with what one form of writing cannot contain alone.
Worth Reading
Worth Reading
Independent reading selections for creativity, craft, curiosity, and meaning.
Worth Reading is AuthZ’s shelf of independent reading selections, not a collection of literary essays. We choose books that help people create, develop their craft, follow their curiosity, or find language for questions that matter to them. Each note explains what a book might make possible in a reader’s life.
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31 selectionsNonfiction Advisory
A Room of One’s Own
Virginia Woolf asks a practical, lasting question: what does a person need in order to think, write, and make work of their own?
Writing & Craft
The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr.’s brief handbook is most useful as a companion for revision: not a list of laws, but a way to notice what a sentence is doing.