Penny Zang

Penny Zang is a writer and college professor who spends her spare time with her family. She graduated from WVU with her M.F.A in Creative Writing (Fiction). Her work has appeared in publications such as the Pank, Louisville Review, & New Ohio Review. She is the author of Mourning Pages on Substack: https://pennyzang.substack.com/

The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom What It Is Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping
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Favorite Books About Writing & Creativity

Killers of a Certain Age The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World All the Secrets of the World
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Favorite Books of 2022 (So far)

Self-Help
Lost & Found: Reflections on Grief, Gratitude, and Happiness
Dear Edward
Our Wives Under the Sea
Nothing to See Here: A Read with Jenna Pick
The Unwritten Book: An Investigation
Razorblade Tears
Such a Fun Age
Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated)
Such a Fun Age
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition (Anniversary)
Of Women and Salt
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts Razorblade Tears
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2022 Book Gift Guides

The Lies I Tell
The Devil Takes You Home
Exit West
Sing, Unburied, Sing
The Writing Retreat
Age of Vice
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Quietly Hostile: Essays
Age of Vice
Johanna Porter Is Not Sorry (Original)
Pineapple Street
I Have Some Questions for You
Big Swiss