📚 6 Books mentioned in "Meet The Most Under-Rated Writing Professor in America (Ward Farnsworth)" of How I Write
Podcast: How I Write
Episode: Meet The Most Under-Rated Writing Professor in America (Ward Farnsworth)
Published on February 12, 2025
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Book of Jeremiah
Buy Book of Jeremiah by Susan Williams Smith on Amazon
uh I think there's also a usage of that phrase in in Jeremiah but I think he he probably took it from job
The speaker (Ward Farnsworth) mentions Jeremiah as another potential source for a phrase used by Abraham Lincoln, comparing it to The Book of Job.
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Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
and everyone who's serious about writing should have definitely rhetoric and style Just like lying over their house
David Perell recommends this book by the guest (Ward Farnsworth) as essential for anyone serious about writing.
King James Bible OLD TESTAMENT-PCE
Buy King James Bible OLD TESTAMENT-PCE by KJB Translators 1604-1611 on Amazon
and the King James Bible is very famous for that For the tremendous Simplicity of the language
The speaker mentions the King James Bible as an example of writing with tremendous simplicity and use of Saxon words.
Sonnets
Buy Sonnets by William Shakespeare on Amazon
I more or less OBS the King James Bible more or less obsessively that in shakes
The speaker mentions Abraham Lincoln's obsessive reading of Shakespeare as an influence on his writing.
The Book of Job
Buy The Book of Job by Harold S. Kushner on Amazon
that is a lifting from The Book of Job uh I think there's also a usage of that phrase in in Jeremiah
The speaker (Ward Farnsworth) identifies a phrase used by Abraham Lincoln as being lifted from The Book of Job.
Tom Jones
Buy Tom Jones by Henry Fielding on Amazon
from this beautiful novel called Tom Jones by Henry Fielding I just bring this out
The speaker (Ward Farnsworth) introduces a quote from this novel by Henry Fielding as an example of a chiasmus.