​Finally a book club for writers.

​Each month we’ll be reading either:

​A non-fiction book designed to help us become better writers. Books like: On Writing Well, Elements of Eloquence, The Artists Way, Big Magic.

​Or

​We’ll be reading an absolute classic, books like: The Sun Also Rises, A Handmaids Tale, East of Eden, or Jane Eyre. Books that we all can learn a thing or two from.

​Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar

​Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is the kind of book that feels deeply lived in. It’s tender, conflicted, and full of questions most of us spend our whole lives circling, about purpose, faith, and what it means to keep going when things fall apart.

​Akbar writes with the precision of a poet. It’s a novel that sits with the hard stuff and finds beauty in it.

​How this book will make you a better writer:

• ​Learn how to bring lyrical depth to everyday language.

• ​See how humor and heartbreak can exist in one voice.

• ​Learn how to use fragmented structure.

• ​Explore how inner conflict can pull a story forward.

• ​Understand how rhythm and word choice shape a reader’s emotional response.

​If you’re drawn to writing that wrestles with meaning, Martyr! is a reminder that honesty has a place in modern literature.