Paul Crenshaw Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Paul Crenshaw on XFour time Best American Essayist. Newest collection Melt With Me https://t.co/Bj0uv8Mwur

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne LamottAnne Lamott has a chapter in Bird by Bird about writing for the trashcan, but don't sell yourself short--you can write for the whole landfill. I believe in you.
Paperback, 1995
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Baby's on Fire: Stories
Liz Prato@Liz_Prato I submit about 1/20th what I used to. Even when I’m writing essays or short stories now I’m shaping them into a book.
Paperback, 2015
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne LamottAnne Lamott has a chapter in Bird by Bird about writing for the trashcan, but don't sell yourself short--you can write for the whole landfill. I believe in you.
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Alligator Dance
Janet Peery@kslunstrum @LoriOstlund Several Peter Taylor stories come to mind, but it's been years since I read them, and, iirc, they are approaching novella length. A couple from Janet Peery's Alligator Dance too. Tom Franklin's Poachers (also very long).
Paperback, 1998
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Poachers: Stories
Tom Franklin@kslunstrum @LoriOstlund Several Peter Taylor stories come to mind, but it's been years since I read them, and, iirc, they are approaching novella length. A couple from Janet Peery's Alligator Dance too. Tom Franklin's Poachers (also very long).
Paperback, 2000
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Africa: As Performed by Toto (Percussion and Woodwind Feature), Conductor Score
TotoI didnt go to AWP because my panel proposal didnt get accepted. It was just going to be me alone on stage listing writing rules I hate in an increasingly angry tone while Toto's "Africa" plays softly in the background. Their loss.
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Don't Know Tough
Eli CranorGood mail day getting the new novel from my Arkansas buddy @elicranor who is tearing it up. Looking forward to this. If y’all haven’t read Eli’s first book, Don’t Know Tough, you should. https://t.co/iYkyGQpHb0
Paperback, 2023
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular: An Informal Textbook
L. Rust Hills@leila_mansouri @alexanderchee Highly recommend Rust Hills’ book Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular.
Paperback, 2011
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Pulphead
John Jeremiah Sullivan@starwuerdemann John Jeremiah Sullivan. It's the first essay in his collection Pulphead. Originally pubbed in GQ. https://t.co/Q82ZSk7MuA
Paperback, 2011
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Tapped Out: Water: The Coming World Crisis and What We Can Do About It
Paul SimonI don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but if you block Paul Simon’s face with your thumb on the Bridge Over Troubled Water album, it looks like Garfunkel has a giant Cossack mustache. https://t.co/RIpxn3CC7q
Paperback, 2022
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