- Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction, by Jon Franklin; Plume Reprint Edition, 1994, paperback. ISBN: 0-45227-295-5
- The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century, by Studs Terkel, with Calvin Trillin (Forward) and Robert Coles (Introduction); New Press, 2007, paperback. ISBN: 1595581774
- Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present, by Lex Williford and Michael Martone (eds.); Touchstone, 2007, paperback. ISBN: 1416531742.
- The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing, by Alice LaPlante; W.W. Norton & Company, 2007, hardcover. ISBN: 0393061647.
- Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer, by Roy Peter Clark; Little, Brown and Company, 2008, paperback. ISBN: 0316014990
Recommended Texts:
Books on Craft
1. On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, by William K. Zinsser; Collins, 2006, paperback. ISBN: 0-06089-154-8
2. Tell it Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction, by Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola; McGraw-Hill Humanities, 2003, paperback. ISBN: 0-07251-278-4
3. Writing True: The Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction, by Sondra Perl and Mimi Schwartz; Houghton Mifflin, 2006, paperback. ISBN: 0-618-37075-7
4. The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction, by Robert L. Root, Jr., and Michael Steinberg; fourth edition, 2007, paperback. ISBN: 0-321-43484-6
5. Writing Creative Nonfiction: Instruction and Insights from Teachers of The Associated Writing Programs, by Carolyn Forche and Phillip Gerard (eds.); Writers Digest Books, 2001, paperback. ISBN: 1-88491-050-5
6. The Art of Creative Nonfiction: Writing and Selling the Literature of Reality, by Lee Gutkind; John Wiley & Sons, 1997, paperback. ISBN: 0-471-11356-5
7. The Truth of the Matter: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction, by Dinty W. Moore; Pearson Longman, 2007, paperback. ISBN:0-32127-761-9
8. Writing With Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing, 2nd edition, by John R. Trimble; Prentice Hall, 2000, paperback. ISBN: 0130257133
9. The Passionate, Accurate Story: Making Your Heart’s Truth into Literature, by Carol Bly; Milkweed Editions, paperback. 1990. ISBN: 0-91594-353-1
10. The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present, by Phillip Lopate; Anchor, 1997, paperback. ISBN: 0-38542-339-X
11. The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative, by Vivian Gornick; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001, paperback. ISBN: 0-37452-858-6
12. Intimate Journalism: The Art and Craft of Reporting Everyday Life, by Walt Harrington; Sage Publications Inc., 1997, paperback. ISBN: 0761905871
13. Keep It Real: Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction, by Lee Gutkind (ed.); W.W. Norton & Company, 2009, paperback. ISBN: 0393330982
14. Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir, by William Zinsser (ed.); Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin, 1998, paperback. ISBN: 0-39590-150-2
15. Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies, by Sol Stein; St. Martin’s Griffin, 2000, paperback. ISBN: 0-31225-421-0
16. Line by Line: How to Improve Your Own Writing, by Claire Kehrwald Cook; Houghton Mifflin, Modern Language Association series, 1985, paperback. ISBN: 0-395-39391-4
17. A Writer’s Workbook: Daily Exercises for the Writer’s Life, by Caroline Sharp; St. Martin’s Griffin 2002, paperback. ISBN:0-31228-621-X
18. A Manual of Writer’s Tricks, by David L. Carroll; Marlowe & Company, 1995, paperback. ISBN: 1-56924-877-X
19. The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying off the Rejection Pile, by Noah Lukeman; Fireside, 2000, paperback. ISBN: 0-68485-743-X
20. The Anatomy of a Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, by John Truby; Faber & Faber, 2008, paperback. ISBN: 0865479933
21. Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creative Writer, by Bret Anthony Johnston (ed.); Random House, 2008, paperback. ISBN: 0812975480
22. Now Write: Fiction Writing Exercises From Today’s Best Writers & Teachers, by Sherry Ellis (ed.); Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2006, paperback. ISBN: 1585425222
23. The Writer’s Idea Book: How to Develop Great Ideas for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Screenplays, by Jack Heffron; Writers Digest Books, 2000, paperback. ISBN: 158297179X
24. How to Write Funny: Add Humor to Every Kind of Writing, by John B. Kachuba (ed.), Writers Digest Books, 2001, paperback. ISBN: 1582970548
25. The Craft of Research, Third Edition, by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams; University of Chicago Press, 2008, paperback. ISBN: 0226065669
Books on Practice
26. Fingerpainting on the Moon: Writing and Creativity as a Path to Freedom, by Peter Levitt; Harmony, 2003, hardcover. ISBN: 0-60961-048-1
27. A Writer’s Time: Making the Time to Write, by Kenneth Atchity; W.W. Norton & Company, Revised and Expanded Edition, 1995, paperback. ISBN: 0-39331-263-1
28. The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing, by Richard Hugo; W.W. Norton & Company, Reissue Edition, 1992, paperback. ISBN: 0-39330-933-9
29. You Must Revise Your Life, by William Stafford; University of Michigan Press, 1987, paperback. ISBN: 0-47206-371-5
30. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them, by Francine Prose; Harper Collins, 2006, hardback. ISBN: 0-06077-704-4
31. The Unquiet Grave: A Word Circle by Palinurus, by Cyril Connolly; Persea Books, Reprint Edition, 2005, paperback. ISBN: 0-89255-058-9
32. Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing, by Charles Johnson; Scribner, 2003, hardback. ISBN: 0-74324-324-7
33. The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer’s Block, and the Creative Brain, by Alice W. Flaherty; Houghton Mifflin, 2004, paperback. ISBN: 0-61823-065-3
34. Writing for Your Life: A Guide and Companion to the Inner Worlds, by Deena Metzger; Harper San Francisco, 1992, paperback. ISBN: 0-06250-612-9
35. The Eleventh Draft: Craft and the Writing Life from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, by Frank Conroy (ed.); Harper Collins, 1999, hardback. ISBN: 0-06273-639-6
36. The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers, by Betsy Lerner; Riverhead Books, 2000, paperback. ISBN: 1-57322-152-X
37. Word Work: Surviving and Thriving as a Writer, by Bruce Holland Rogers; Invisible Cities Press, 2002, paperback. ISBN: 1-91322-917-1
38. Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity, by Ray Bradbury; Joshua Odell Editions, expanded edition, 1993, paperback. ISBN: 1-87774-109-4
39. On Writing, by Stephen King; Pocket, 2002, paperback. ISBN: 0-74345-596-7
40. Conversations with Robert Gaves, by Frank L. Kersnowski (ed.); University Press of Mississippi, Literary Conversations Series, 1989, paperback. ISBN: 0-87805-413-8
41. The Art of Writing: Lu Chi’s Wen Fu, by Sam Hamill (trans.); Milkweed Editions, 2000, paperback. ISBN: 1-57131-412-1
42. Rules of Thumb: 73 Authors Reveal Their Fiction Writing Fixations, by Michael Martone and Susan Neville (eds.); Writers Digest Books, 2006, hardcover. ISBN: 1582973911
Books on Grammar, Syntax, and Style
43. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition, by Willam Strunk Jr. and E.B. White; Longman, 1999, paperback. ISBN: 0-20530-902-X
44. The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, Fully Revised and Updated, by Norm Goldstein; Perseus Books Group, 2006, paperback. USBN: 0-46500-489-X
45. Writing Handbook, Second Edition, by Bernard J. Streicher, S.J.; Michael P. Kammer, S.J.; and Charles W. Mulligan, S.J.; Loyola Press, 1996, hardcover. ISBN: 0829409106
46. Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose, by Constance Hale; Broadway Books, 2001, paperback;. ISBN: 0-76790-309-9
47. Common Errors in English Usage, 2nd edition, by Paul Brians; William, James & Co., 2009, paperback. ISBN: 1590282078
48. Words on Words: The Columbia Dictionary for Writers, by John B. Bremner; MJF Books, 1998, hardcover. ISBN: 1-56731-282-9
49. The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed, by Karen Elizabeth Gordon; Pantheon Books, 1993, hardcover. ISBN: 0-67941-860-1
50. The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed, by Karen Elizabeth Gordon,; Houghton Mifflin, reprint edition, 2003, paperback. ISBN: 0-61838-201-1
51. Woe is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English, by Patricia T. O’Connor; Riverhead Books, 2004, paperback. ISBN: 1-59448-006-0
52. Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer’s Guide to Getting It Right, by Bill Bryson; Broadway, 2004, paperback. ISBN: 0767910435
53. Style, an Anti-Textbook, Second Edition, Revised, by Richard A Lanham; Paul Dry Books, 2007, paperback. ISBN: 1589880323
54. Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style by Virginia Tufte; Graphics Press, 2006, paperback. ISBN: 0961392185
Anthologies, Collections, and Essays
55. In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction, by Lee Gutkind (ed.); W.W. Norton and Company, 2004, paperback. ISBN: 0-39332-665-9
56. The Best Creative Nonfiction, by Lee Gutkind (ed.), two volumes, paperback; W,W. Norton & Company. Vol. 1, 2007; ISBN: 0393330036. Vol. 2, 2008: ISBN: 0393330249
57. The Norton Book of Personal Essays, by Joseph Epstein (ed.); W.W. Norton & Company, 1997, hardcover. ISBN; 0-39303-654-5
58. Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, by Studs Terkel; New Press, 1997, paperback. ISBN: 1565843428
59. Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression, by Studs Terkel; W.W. Norton & Company, 2000, paperback. ISBN: 1565846567
60. Voices of Our Time: Five Decades of Studs Terkel Interviews, by Studs Terkel; Highbridge Audio, Unabridged Edition, 2005, audio cd set. ISBN: 156511969X
61. John McPhee Reader, by John McPhee, William L. Howarth (ed.); Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982, paperback. ISBN: 0-37451-719-3
62. The Second John McPhee Reader, by John McPhee, Patricia Strachan, David Remnick; Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996, paperback. ISBN: 0-37452-463-7
63. The Braindead Megaphone: Essays, by George Saunders; Rverhead Trade, 2007, paperback. ISBN: 159448256X
64. Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker, by David Remnick; Modern Library, 2001, paperback. ISBN: 0-37575-751-1
65. The Next American Essay, by John D’Agata (ed.); Graywolf Press, 2003, paperback. ISBN: 1555973752
66. The Best American Essays of the Century, by Joyce Carol Oates and Robert Atwan (eds.); Houghton Mifflin reprint edition, 2001, paperback. ISBN: 0-618-15587-2
67. The Best American … Series published by Houghton Mifflin. See especially Essays (2007) and Magazine Writing (2006 and 2007) and Science and Nature Writing and Travel Writing.
68. In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction, by Judith Kitchen and Mary Paumier Jones (eds.); W.W. Norton & Co., 1996, paperback. ISBN: 0-39303-960-9
69. The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber, by Nicholson Baker; Vintage Books, 1997, paperback. ISBN: 0-67977-624-9
70. Best Newspaper Writing, by Aly Colon (ed.); The Poynter Institute, 2006-2007 edition (and subsequent), paperback. ISBN:0-87289-296-4. (Also other years and editions.)
71. Principal Products of Portugal: Prose Pieces, by Donald Hall; Beacon Press, 1996, paperback. ISBN: 0-0706-203-6
72. Having Everything Right: Essays of Place, by Kim R. Stafford, Sasquatch Books, 1997, paperback. ISBN: 1-57061-097-5
73. Crossing Open Ground, by Barry Lopez; Vintage, reprint edition, 1989, paperback. ISBN: 0-67972-183-5
74. About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory, by Barry Lopez; The Harvill Press, 1999, paperback. ISBN: 1-86046-565-X
75. The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies, by Robertson Davies and Judith Skelton Grant (ed.); Penguin, reprint edition, 1991, paperback. ISBN: 0-14012-659-7
76. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris; Back Bay Books, 2009, paperback. ISBN: 0316154687
77. The Disappointment Artist: Essays, by Jonathan Lethem; Vintage, 2006, paperback. ISBN: 1400076811
78. Only Love Can Break Your Heart, by David Samuels; New Press, 2008, hardcover. ISBN: 1595581871
79. The Irresponsible Self: On Laughter and the Novel, by James Wood; Picador, 2005, paperback. ISBN: 0312424604
80. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson; Anchor, 2nd ed., 2006, paperback. ISBN: 0307279464
81. The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose, by Woody Allen; Random House, 2007, paperback. ISBN: 0812978110
82. Don’t Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems, by David Rakoff; Broadway Books, 2005, paperback. ISBN: 0767916034
83. Fraud: Essays, by David Rakoff; Anchor, 2002, paperback. ISBN: 0767906314
84. The Areas pf My Expertise, by John Hodgman; Eiverhead Trade, 2006, paperback. ISBN: 1594482225
85. A Collection of Essays, by George Orwell; Mariner Books, 1970, paperback. ISBN: 0156186004
86. Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays, by George Orwell (George Packer, ed.); Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008, paperback. ISBN: 0151013616
87. The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage, by George Orwell; Mariner Books, 1961, paperback. ISBN: 0156701766
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