Episode · How I Write · 2025-07-23
Books mentioned on How to Create Beautiful Writing — David Whyte
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf's classic novel Mrs.
Discussed“Mrs. Delaware for instance when you were earlier you were saying as you were reading I think it was sweet darkness”
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The prelude
The Prelude by William Wordsworth is a monumental, book-length autobiographical poem that chronicles the spiritual and intellectual development of the renowned romantic poet.
Discussed“So he has this beautiful line at the beginning of this passage and the prelude is 300 pages of Blackber.”
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Songs of Innocence
Discussed“So, William Blake, who you quoted, he had he had songs of of innocence and songs of experience, but he didn't see innocence as a commodity that was replaced by experience.”
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Songs of innocence and of experience
Discussed“So, William Blake, who you quoted, he had he had songs of of innocence and songs of experience, but he didn't see innocence as a commodity that was replaced by experience.”
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