In the knowing
At Ginosko Literary Journal, we’re so excited to launch our new In the Knowing series, where we step into the minds and craft of writers. Featuring author interviews, craft essays and more.
Adela Najarro | In the Knowing
At Ginosko Literary Journal, we’re so excited to launch our new In the Knowing series. We step into the minds and craft of writers. Kicking things off, Adela Najarro sits down with Ben C. Davies to talk life, language, and her latest poetry collection, Variations in Blue, published by Red Hen Press. Their conversation touches on the writing process, sources of inspiration, and the stories behind the poems.
BOOKS TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR WRITING
A selection of our favorite books to help guide and inspire your own writing. Also an indication of writers we admire at Ginosko and the type of submissions we are looking for.
| Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times The New York Times |
| On Writing Eudora Welty |
| Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Flannery O’Connor |
| Letters to a Fiction Writer Frederick Busch |
| The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction Frederick Buechner |
| The Practice of Writing David Lodge |
| Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York’s Acclaimed Creative Writing School Gotham Writers’ Workshop |
| Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft Janet Burroway |
| The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 3rd Edition Christopher Vogler |
| Sudden Fiction: American Short-Short Stories Robert Shapard |
| Finding Your Writer’s Voice: A Guide to Creative Fiction Thaisa Frank |
| Portable MFA in Creative Writing New York Writers Workshop |
| Creating Fiction: Instruction and Insights from Teachers of the Associated Writing Programs Julie Checkoway  |
| Fiction Writer’s Handbook Hallie Burnett |
| The Rhetoric of Fiction Wayne Booth |
| Story Logic and the Craft of Fiction Catherine Brady |
| Fiction Writer’s Workshop Josip Novakovich |
| Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide Ralph Fletcher |
| The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Texts David Lodge |
| Understanding Fiction Cleanth Brooks |
| Writing Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches (Approaches to Writing) Amanda Boulter |
| Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very Short Stories Robert Shapard |
| Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters Annie Dillard  |
| James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) (Library of America) James Thurber |
| The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction Ann Charters |
| Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) David L. Ulin |
| Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson Hunter S. Thompson |
| Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West (Modern Library Classics) Wallace Stegner |
| The Wisdom of the Native Americans Kent Nerburn |
| Prison Writings in 20th Century America H. Bruce Franklin |
| Ernest Hemingway on Writing Larry W. Phillips |
| Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You Ray Bradbury |
| Henry Miller on Writing Henry Miller |
| The Haunted Life: and Other Writings Jack Kerouac |
| The Artist’s Way Julia Cameron |
| J. M. Coetzee: A Life in Writing J. C. Kannemeyer |
| Writing to Wake the Soul: Opening the Sacred Conversation Within Karen Hering |
| The Art of Writing: Lu Chi’s Wen Fu Lu Chi |
| Turning Life into Fiction Robin Hemley |
| The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction John Dufresne |
| On Writing Fiction Edgar Allan Poe |
| Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing Margaret Atwood |
| How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice Pat Schneider |
| Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life Charles Baxter |
| SECRET WINDOWS. ESSAYS AND FICTION ON THE CRAFT OF WRITING. Stephen King |
| Method and Madness: The Making of a Story: A Guide to Writing Fiction Alice LaPlante |
| Finding Your Writer’s Voice: A Guide to Creative Fiction Thaisa Frank |
| The Writing of Fiction Theodore Goodman |
| James Baldwin : Collected Essays : Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays (Library of America) James Baldwin |
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The Art of the Short Story |
| Writing Fiction Linda Anderson |
| On Writing Short Stories Tom Bailey |
| The Art Of Creative Writing Lajos Egri |
| David Jauss, On Writing Fiction |
| The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature Ben Tarnoff |
| Collected Fictions Jorge Luis Borges |
| The Writings Of St. Francis of Assisi St. Francis Assisi |
| Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen |
| A Confession and Other Religious Writings Leo Tolstoy |
| Walden and Other Writings Henry David Thoreau |
| John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; Essays (Library of America) John Muir |
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