20) The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker

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The application deadline for this Assistant Teaching Professor job in our Creative Writing program at Arizona State is December 5! Please apply, if you're interested, and please feel free to pass it along to anyone who might be a great fit.

19) The Natural - Bernard Malamud

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It's so good. I think everyone reads Belle Starr, but I learned so much reading his others, too. "Wedlock" is one of my favorites.

18) The Stories of Richard Bausch - Richard Bausch

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17) Everyone at this Party Has Two Names - Brad Aaron Modlin

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16) Tenth of December - George Saunders

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15) Animal Farm - George Orwell

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14) The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien

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13) One-Hundred-Knuckled Fist - Dustin M. Hoffman

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12) The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson

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11) The Giver - Lois Lowry

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10) The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

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It's good! Definitely older now, but it has so many classic stories that use different forms.

9) Skeleton Crew - Stephen King

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Oh wow. This is incredible and heartbreaking.

I had major writer's block after having a baby. My life had changed and writing about it seemed at once too profound and too mundane. Eventually this is the story that came out. Would love it if you gave it a read! swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/an-...

8) Jesus' Son - Denis Johnson

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Proudest moment of the week so far: when I stumbled through an awkward weightlifting metaphor for my writing class and randomly asked a student for the name of a famous bodybuilder and he chucked out "Ronnie Coleman" like he's been waiting all semester for me to ask him. What took me so long?

7) Cities of the Plain - Cormac McCarthy

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6) The Adversary - Emmanuel Carrere

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5) The Dew Breaker - Edwidge Danticat

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4) A Prayer for the Dying - Stewart O'Nan

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3) The Haunting of Hajji Hotak - Jamil Jan Kochai

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Yes!

2) Time's Arrow - Martin Amis

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

1. Gilead - Marilynne Robinson

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