What to Read After To show and to tell
Readers who loved To show and to tell by Phillip Lopate keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where To show and to tell is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
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The Faith of a Writer
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Wild mind
Writing Down the Bones
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