On Reading as a Writer: A Brevity Blog Round Up

By Andrea A. Firth

One of the gifts I gained from grad school* was learning how to read as a writer. I was immediately captivated and inspired by the iconic creative nonfiction writers we read: Brenda Miller, Bernard Cooper, Roxane Gay, Adrienne Rich, John McPhee—the list goes on and on. The discussions in craft classes showed me how to identify the art and craft at work in their writing. Add to that, weekly workshops in which we looked for the craft at work in our own writing and opportun...