Still Writing

Still Writing offers up a cornucopia of wisdom, insights, and practical lessons gleaned from Dani Shapiro’s long experience as a celebrated writer and teacher of writing. The beneficiaries are beginning writers, veteran writers and everyone in between

Jennifer Egan

A practical, wise, and inviting guide to [Shapiro’s] 20-year journey as an author and teacher

Elle

Writers need hope. Writers need help. Thank you, Dani Shapiro

Michael Cunningham

Dani Shapiro has written a wise, pragmatic, and soulful field guide to the writing life. Still Writing is filled with honest words to not only live by but write toward. Shapiro has created a well-drawn map for the lost, the weary, and the found. I loved it

Terry Tempest Williams

Her guidance is sound, and her imagery can be transporting

The New York Times Book Review

Honest and conversational, Shapiro provides an introspective look into the creative process and the value of persistence, offering insight to writers at any level

Booklist

Intimate, honest, clear-eyed, and grounded

Kirkus

One of those rare books that is both beautiful and useful. Still Writing is an exploration of the writing life, lit up by Shapiro’s luminous voice

Susan Orlean

A paean to discipline and solitude

New York Times