These books are all on my shelf in Washington, which displays only a tiny bit of my library ( except for the one is at my house in Boston and the one that is kidnapped by a friend). I have a lot of novels too; I was an English major after all, but the journalism and writing books are starting to get a little ridiculous (and slightly Washington Post heavy):
• Best American Political Writing of 2006
• Best American Science and Nature Writing of 2007
• Best Science Writing of 2007
• The Mammoth Book of Journalism edited by Jon E. Lewis
• Reporting by David Remnick
• Humor writing From the New Yorker edited by David Remnick
• Personal History by Katharine Graham
• Katharine Graham’s Washington edited by Katharine Graham (duh).
• The Good Life by Ben Bradlee
• The Making of an Inkstained Wretch by Jules Whitcover
• Boys on the Bus by Timothy Crouse
• Late to Work by David Tucker (poetry about being a city editor. I kid you not).
• How I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors by Dan Crowe and Philip Oltermann
• The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
• The Writing Life: Writers on How They Think and Work : A Collection from the Washington Post Book World by Marie Arana
• The Woman in the Washington Zoo by Marjorie Williams
I promise I'll return the one I kidnapped. Next time I see you. Really.