Writers Recommend

In this online exclusive we ask authors to share books, art, music, writing prompts, films—anything and everything—that has inspired them in their writing. We see this as a place for writers to turn to for ideas that will help feed their creative process.

Amy Stuber

10.2.24
“The most sustaining practice for my writing over several decades has been being outside, walking.
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Kinsale Drake

9.4.24
“In moments when I give myself room to breathe, the idea for a poem that feels right often peeks through, and I catch a glimpse of a brighter world.
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Chris La Tray

8.21.24
“Going out into the wilder world reminds me it isn’t too late to remember; it isn’t too late to return.
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Asha Thanki

8.7.24
“Writing is about being alive. Go to your community. Stand with them. Build with them. Break bread and share and listen and march. That is the point of being alive.
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Uchenna Awoke

7.24.24
“When I get stuck, I treat writing as a deity that needs constant libation.
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Ruth Padel

7.10.24
“My deepest inspiration is being in the forest, watching the whole bright tangle—trees, wildlife, tracks, smells and birdsong—in which the elephants evolved to exist: the secret hush they move in.
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Eric Yip

6.5.24
“As I read the works of writers who were persecuted, censored, or killed, I am reminded of moments where language is truly at risk, and thus more necessary, more pressing.
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Wei Tchou

5.22.24
“Here’s what I recommend: Go to Baja California Sur. Avoid lingering in the airport towns of Cabo San Lucas or San José del Cabo.
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