Top 5 Books by Women on the Art of Writing

These books, by 20th century women writers, are each about the art of writing. They'd make an interesting series for a reading group. Individual readers may also find them useful and, perhaps, inspirational, in their insights into the lives of women writers.

1. Writing for Your Life : A Guide and Companion to the Inner Worlds

by Deena Metzger

2. How to Suppress Women's Writing

by Joanna Russ

3. The Writing Life

by Annie Dillard

4. Dancing at the Edge of the World : Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

by Ursula K. Le Guin

5. Man-Made Language

by Dale Spender