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| Basic Skills |
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Blumenthal, Joseph C. English 3200 With Writing Applications: A Programmed Course in Grammar and Usage, International Thomson Publishing, Fourth edition (1994) |
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Blundell, William E. The Art and Craft of Feature Writing, Plume (1988) |
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Burroway, Janet. Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft, Longman Publishers (2002) |
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Burroway, Janet. Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Fifth edition (1999) |
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Cheney, Theodor. Writing Creative Nonfiction, Writers Digest Books (1987) |
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Field, Syd. Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, DTP Publishers, Third edition (1984) |
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Field, Syd. The Screenwriter's Workbook, DTP Publishers (1988) |
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Forche, Carolyn and Philip Gerard, eds. Writing Creative Nonfiction, Story Press (2001) |
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Franklin, Jon. Writing for Story, Plume, Reprint edition (1994) |
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Gardner, John. The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers, Vintage, Reissue edition (1991) |
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Hale, Constance. Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose, Broadway (1999) |
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Hart, Jack. A Writer's Coach: An Editor's Guide to Words That Work, Pantheon (2006) |
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LeGuin, Ursula. Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew, Eighth Mountain Press (1998) |
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MacAuley, Robie and George Lanning. Technique in Fiction, Writer's Library / St. Martin's Press (1990) |
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Meredith, Robert C. and John D. Fitzgerald. Structuring Your Novel - From Basic Idea to Finished Manuscript, Perennial (1990) |
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O'Conner, Patricia T. Woe is I, Riverhead Books, Expanded edition (2003) |
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O'Conner, Patricia T. Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know About Writing, Harvest Books (2000) |
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Scanlan, Christopher. Reporting and Writing: Basics for the 21st Century, Oxford University Press (1999) |
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Stewart, James B. "Follow the Story: How to Write Successful Nonfiction," Simon & Schuster (1998) |
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Strunk Jr., William and E. B. White. Elements of Style, Pearson Higher Education, Fourth edition (1999) |
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Vogler, Christopher. The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters, Michael Wiese Productions (1999) |
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Zinsser, William. On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, HarperResource (2001) |
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| Anthologies of Narrative Journalism |
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Atwan, Robert, series editor. Best American Essays, annual series, Houghton Mifflin Co.
Eggers, Dave, ed. "Best American Nonrequired Reading," Houghton Mifflin Co. (2002) |
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Garlock, David, editor. Pulitzer Prize Feature Stories, Iowa State University Press (1998) |
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Harrington, Walt. Intimate Journalism: The Art and Craft of Reporting Everyday Life, Sage Publications (1997) |
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Howarth, William L. The John McPhee Reader, Farrar Straus Giroux (1985) |
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Kerrane, Kevin and Ben Yagoda. The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism, Scribner (1998) |
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Klement, Alice and Caroline Matalene, eds. Telling Stories/Taking Risks: Journalism Writing at the Century's Edge, Wadsworth Publishing (1997) |
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Kramer, Mark and Norm Sims. Literary Journalism, Ballantine Books (1995) |
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Lewis, Anthony, ed. Written Into History: Pulitzer Prize Reporting of the Twentieth Century from the New York Times, Times Books (2001) |
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McPhee, John and Carol Rigolot, eds. The Princeton Anthology of Writing, Princeton University Press (2001) |
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Poynter Institute, eds. Best Newspaper Writing, annual series, Bonus Books |
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American Society of Magazine Editors. The Best American Magazine Writing, annual series, Harper Collins |
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Sims, Patsy. Literary Nonfiction: Learning by Example, Oxford University Press (2001) |
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| Critical Issues in Narrative Journalism |
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Berner, R. Thomas. The Literature of Journalism: Text and Context, Strata Publishing Company (1999) |
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Black, Jay, Bob Steele, Ralph Barney (The Poynter Institute). Doing Ethics in Journalism: A Handbook in Case Studies, Pearson Allyn & Bacon, Third edition (1998) |
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Hartsock, John. A History of American Literary Journalism: The Emergence of a Modern Narrative Form, University of Massachusetts Press (2001) |
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Lehman, Daniel. Matters of Fact: Reading Nonfiction over the Edge (The Theory and Interpretation of Narrative), Ohio University Press (1997) |
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Sims, Norman, ed. Literary Journalism in the 20th Century, Oxford University Press (1990) |
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| Book-Length Works of Narrative Nonfiction |
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Als, Hilton. The Women, Noonday Press (1998) |
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Blais, Madeleine, with intro from Geneva Overholser. The Heart is an Instrument, University of Massachusetts Press (1992) |
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Caro, Robert. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, Random House (1975) |
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Collins, Jim. The Last Best League, DeCapo Press (2004) |
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Ehrenreich, Barbara and Arlie Hochschild, eds. Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, Owl Books (2004) |
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Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures, Farrar Straus and Giroux (1998) |
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French, Thomas and Julie Rubenstein, ed. South of Heaven: Welcome to High School at the End of Twentieth Century, Pocket Books (1996) |
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Gourevitch, Philip. We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, Picador (1999) |
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Greene, Melissa Fay. Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster, Harcourt (2003) |
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Halberstam, David, with intro from John S. McCain. The Best and the Brightest, Modern Library (2001) |
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Hemingway, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon, Scribner (1996) |
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Hochschild, Adam. Finding the Trapdoor, Syracuse University Press (1999) |
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Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold's Ghost, Houghton Mifflin Co. (1999) |
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Hochschild, Arlie. The Commercialization of Intimate Life: Notes from Home and Work, University of California Press (2003) |
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Kramer, Mark. Travels with a Hungry Bear, Houghton Mifflin Co. (1996) |
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LeBlanc, Adrian. Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx, Scribner (2003) |
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Lehman, Daniel. John Reed and the Writing of Revolution, Ohio University Press (2002) |
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Lemann, Nicholas. Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy, Farrar Straus and Giroux (2000) |
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Martinez, Ruben. Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail, Picador USA (2002) |
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Orlean, Susan. The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People, Random House Trade Paperbacks (2002) |
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Power, Samantha. A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, Perennial (2003) |
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Rhodes, Richard. Looking For America, Viking Press (1980) |
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Rodriguez, Richard. Brown: The Last Discovery of America, Penguin USA (2003) |
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Williams, Patricia. The Alchemy of Race and Rights, Harvard University Press (1992) |
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| The Art of Writing |
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Dillard, Annie. The Writing Life, Perennial (1990) |
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Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Shambala Books (1986) |
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King, Stephen. On Writing, Scribner (2002) |
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Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anchor Books (1995) |
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The New York Times, and Darnton, John (introduction). Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times, New York Times (2002) |
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