Wilson Library

Creative Writing Resources

Bibliographies &

• Writers' revisions : an annotated bibliography of articles and books about
  writers' revisions and their comments on the creative process / David Madden
  and Richard Powers. PN701 .M3
• Creative writing in the classroom : an annotated bibliography of selected
  resources (K-12) / Robert Day, editor, Gail Cohen Weaver, associate editor. Reference PE1404 .C7 1978
• Bibliography of creative African writing [by] Janheinz Jahn and Claus Peter
  Dressler. Reference PL8010 .J32

Autobiography/Biography:

• Autobiographical voices : race, gender, self-portraiture / Françoise Lionnet. PN471 .L56 1989
• The Challenge of feminist biography : writing the lives of modern American
  women / edited by Sara Alpern ... [et al.]. HQ1186.U6 C43 1992
• Essays on life writing : from genre to critical practice / edited by Marlene
  Kadar. CT25 .E87 1992
• The politics of representation : writing practices in biography, photography, and
  policy analysis / Michael J. Shapiro. P95.8 .S54 1988
• The thirsty muse : alcohol and the American writer / Tom Dardis. PS129 .D34 1989
• Writing lives : principia biographica / Leon Edel. CT21 .E33 1984

Databases/Indexes

• Proquest  Convenient search and retrieval, right from your desktop, to one of the world's largest collections of information, including summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, (including 9 national and 5 state newspapers) with many in full text, full image format. Also available via the Library Information System (LIS).
• MLA international bibliography of books and articles on the modern languages
  and literatures. 1921-25-  PB35 .A252 Reference.  Online: MLA (Modern Language Association) Database on Library Homepage
• Interviews and conversations with 20th-century authors writing in English : an
  index / by Stan A. Vrana. Reference PR471 .V7 1982
• Key sources in comparative and world literature : an annotated guide to
  reference materials / George A. Thompson, Jr. with the assistance of Margaret
  M. Thompson. Reference PN523 .T45
• The Relations of literature and science : an annotated bibliography of
  scholarship, 1880-1980 / edited by Walter Schatzberg, Ronald A. Waite,
  Jonathan K. Johnson. PN55 .R35 1987
• Directory of periodicals online : indexed, abstracted & full-text / edited by
  Catherine Chung. Reference PN4832 .D5
• The world of zines : a guide to the independent magazine revolution / by Mike
  Gunderloy and Cari Goldberg Janice. PN4878.3 .G86 1992

Dictionaries

• The Writer's Digest dictionary of concise writing / Robert Hartwell Fiske ReferencePE1460 .F47 1996
• Words on words : a dictionary for writers and others who care about words / John
  B. Bremner. PE1116.J6 B7
• Dictionary of Literary Biography Series: Various titles/subjects in numerous volumes located at Reference PN4871 .A49

Directories

• The AWP official guide to writing programs / edited by D.W. Fenza & Beth
  Jarock. PN181 .A8 1990
• Released into language : options for teaching creative writing / Wendy Bishop. PE1404 .B55 1990

Handbooks

• Writing across cultures : a handbook on writing poetry and lyrical prose ; (from
  African drum song to blues, Ghazal to Haiku, villanelle to the Zoo / Edna
  Kovacs. PN1101 .K68 1994
• Crafting a life in essay, story, poem / Donald M. Murray. PE1408 .M788 1996
• Craft so hard to learn; conversations with poets and novelists about the
  teaching of writing. Conducted by John Graham. Edited by George Garrett. PN143 .G7
• Creative writing in America : theory and pedagogy / edited by Joseph M.
  Moxley. PE1405.U6 C7 1989
• Parts of you : the critical-creative process of connecting poetry and composition
  studies / by Alicia Wilson. Wilson Library Oversize LD5778.9 .W543
• Therapy in writing : a psycho-educational enterprise / Alice Glarden Brand LB1576 .B58
• Writer's block : the cognitive dimension / Mike Rose ; with a foreword by
  Marilyn S. Sternglass. BF456.W8 R67 1984
• The writer's journal : 40 contemporary authors and their journals / edited by
  Sheila Bender. PE1417 .W664 1997
• Many other relevant materials may be found in literary criticism, and also in teaching creative writing to children.

Publication Directories

• The Writer's market. Ref. Desk Coll. PN161 .W83
• Northwest publishing market place : a comprehensive directory of markets,
  resources, and opportunities for writers / compiled by Marjorie Gersh. Reference
  PN161 .G47 1991
• Writing : getting into print : a business guide for writers / Jo
  Frohbieter-Mueller. PN161 .F76 1994

Research Methodology

• Writing culture : the poetics and politics of ethnography : a School of American
  Research advanced seminar / edited by James Clifford and George E. Marcus. GN307.7 .W75 1986
• Writing, research, theory, and applications / Stephen D. Krashen. PE1404 .K67 1984

Theses and Dissertations

• (Online) Digital Dissertations

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