What Do Writers Read? Each of the following writers has contributed by making a list of recommended books for us. Some are books they read for pleasure, others are books that have made a difference in their professional lives, and some they remember fondly from their childhoods. Yve-Alain Bois, author of Formless: A User's Guide and Professor of Modern Art at Harvard University Constance Buchanan, author of Choosing to Lead Scott DeVeaux, author of The Birth of Bebop and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Virginia -- His 9-year-old daughter, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, also contributes her recommendations! James O. Freedman, author of Idealism and Liberal Education, President, Dartmouth College Barbara Claire Freeman, author of The Feminine Sublime Alan Helms, author of Young Man From the Provinces, Professor of English, University of Massachusetts at Boston Noel Ignatiev, author of How the Irish Became White, Professor of History & Literature at Harvard University Jane Holtz Kay, author of Asphalt Nation Florence Ladd, author of Sarah's Psalm, Director of the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe Martha Minow, professor of law at Harvard Law School and author of Not Only For Myself and Making All the Difference Martha Nussbaum, author of Cultivating Humanity Stewart O'Nan, author of Snow Angels Clea Simon, author of Mad House Susan Rubin Suleiman, author of Budapest Diary, Professor of Romance & Comparative Literature, Harvard University Theoharis C. Theoharis, author of Ibsen's Drama, Harvard Extension School lecturer Barbara Ehrlich White, author of Impressionists Side by Side John Edgar Wideman, author of The Cattle Killing, Professor of English, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Howard Zinn, author of The Zinn Reader, Professor Emeritus of History, Boston University

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