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Tracey Enerson Wood is the author of two novels ― The War Nurse and The Engineer's Wife. She also co-authored a book for military spouses, and authored a cookbook. Not only that, she's also a playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer. At one time in her life, she started her own interior design company and for many years she worked as a registered nurse.
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Ekaterina Popova and Alicia Puig, run Create! Magazine® which covers the contemporary art world. They also co-authored The Complete Smartist Guide: Essential Business and Career Tips for Emerging Artists.
Here is a list of all the books mentioned in the interview:
Books that inspired Kat:
Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist by Lisa Congdon
The Art World Demystified: How Artists Define and Achieve Their Goals by Brainard Carey
Creative Block: Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas. Advice & Projects from 50 Successful Artists by Danielle Krysa
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks
No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love by Lisa Nichols
Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
Make Your Art No Matter What by Beth Pickens
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland
Books that changed their lives:
Harry Potter (series)
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
Choose Yourself! by James Altucher
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Books Kat likes reading for fun:
The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers
The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea by Barbara Sjoholm
The Palace of the Snow Queen: Winter Travels in Lapland by Barbara Sjoholm
Books Alicia likes reading for fun:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Crazy Rich Asians (series) by Kevin Kwan
Any books by Amy Tan
Dianne Castillo is a London-based graphic designer, illustrator, and writer, who also teaches English, Spanish, and yoga.
Here is a list of all the books mentioned in the interview:
To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
PLUS, any book by Oliver Jeffers, like Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Gabrielle A. Smith is a British-Grenadian designer, creative producer, and digital culturist in London.
Here is a list of all the books mentioned in the interview and many more:
Books that Inspire(d) your creativity:
Choice of Weapons, Gordon Parks
Back in the Days, Jamel Shabazz
Tina Fey and Issa Rae’s biographies
The War of Art, Steven Pressfield
The Alchemist, Paul Cohelo
The Spirit of Intimacy, Sobonfu Somé
Books that changed your life:
Sisters of the Yam/Salvation, bell hooks
Love after Love, Ingrid Persaud
Redemption, Stanley Tookie Williams
Is Town Say So, Paul Keens Douglas
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack, Paul Gilroy
Back in the Days, Jamel Shabazz
Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much, Anne Wilson Schaef
Books that you would recommend to other multi-passionate creatives:
The War of Art, Steven Pressfield
We Inspire Me, Andrea Pippins
More Than Enough, Elaine Welteroth
Let Love Rule, Lenny Kravitz
Books that you like to read for fun, or books that you’re reading now:
audiobooks:
Love in Colour, Bolu Babalola
Just As I Am, Cicely Tyson
Jonathan Sangster is an artist, designer, and educator in Chicago.
Here is a list of all the books that they mention:
Art Books:
Ficciones Typografika by Erik Brandt
Christopher Wool edited by Katherine Brinson
The Jean-Michel Basquiat Show edited by Gianni Mercurio
Fiction:
The Fall by Albert Camus
The Plague by Albert Camus
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
The Dumb House by John Burnside
Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Non-Fiction:
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Call Them by Their True Names by Rebecca Solnit
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
Whose Story Is This by Rebecca Solnit
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
Everything in its Place by Oliver Sacks