Creative Writing: A Faith and Learning Bibliography Prepared by Randall A. Smith, Ph.D., Martha G. Krystaponis, Joy E. Patterson, and Deanna J. Vanderver While compiling the bibliography, the editors attempted to balance general and focused research. On the one hand, we included books related to the broad field of creative writing, from pedagogy to practice. On the other hand, we included many books related specifically to the intersection of a biblical, or Christian, worldview and creativity, composition, and aesthetics. Overall, the bibliography should prove useful to teachers, students, and writers regardless of worldview perspective. If you have suggestions for other works to include, please contact Dr. Randall Smith (Creative Writing Department Chair, Belhaven University, Jackson, MS) at rsmith@belhaven.edu. Parenthetical material at the end of individual bibliographical entries indicates call numbers or holdings for the Belhaven University Warren A. Hood Library. Reference Works for Writers Arp, Thomas R., and Greg Johnson. Perrine s Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. 11 th ed. Heinle, 2004. Beal, Peter. A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology, 1450-2000. Oxford UP, 2008. EBSCOhost ebook Collection Database. Bishop, Wendy, and David Starkey. Keywords in Creative Writing. Utah State U, 2006. (808.042/B541k) Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch s Mythology. Modern, 1998. (398.2/B8716) Dacey, Philip, and David Jauss. Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry In Traditional Form. Longman, 1997. (811.5408/St89D1) Drury, John. The Poetry Dictionary. 2 nd ed. Writer s Digest, 2005. (REF/808.103/D845p2)
Duetsch, Babette. The Poetry Handbook: A Dictionary of Terms. 4th ed. Harper, 1982. (808.1/D488p4) Einsohn, Amy. The Copyeditor s Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, with Exercises and Answer Keys. U of California, 2005. (808.027/Ei68c) Fargis, Paul. The New York Public Library Desk Reference. Hyperion, 2002. Flesch, Rudolf. The Classic Guide to Better Writing: Step-by-Step Techniques and Exercises to Write Simply, Clearly and Correctly. Collins, 1996. (808.042/F631c) Fussell, Paul. Poetic Meter and Poetic Form. McGraw, 1979. Garner, Bryant A. Garner s Modern American Usage. Oxford U, 2009. Gilad, Suzanne. Copyediting & Proofreading for Dummies. Dummies, 2007. Hale, Constance. Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose. Broadway, 2001. Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. Back Bay, 1998. (201.3/H18m) Harmon, William. A Handbook to Literature. 10 th ed. Prentice, 2005. (REF/803/H228h7) Harper, Graeme, ed. Creative Writing Guidebook. Continuum, 2008. Hollander, John. Rhyme s Reason: A Guide to English Verse. 3 rd ed. Yale UP, 2001. (821.009/H719r3) Hornstein, Lillian Herlands, G. D. Percy, and Clavin S. Brown, eds. The Reader s Companion to World Literature. Signet, 2002. Johnson, Burges. New Rhyming Dictionary and Poet s Handbook. Collins, 1991. Leland, Christopher T. Creative Writer s Style Guide: Rules and Advice for Writing Fiction and Creative Nonfiction. Writers Digest, 2002. (808.042/L538c)
Lennard, John. The Poetry Handbook: A Guide to Reading Poetry for Pleasure and Practical Criticism. Oxford UP, 2005. (808.1/L547p2) Lerner, Betsy. The Forest for the Trees: An Editor s Advice to Writers. Riverhead, 2010. Lindberg, Christine, ed. The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus. Oxford UP, 2004. McKean, Eric, ed. The New Oxford American Dictionary. Oxford UP, 2005. Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster s Collegiate Dictionary. 11 th ed. Merriam-Webster, 2003. EBSCOhost ebook Collection Database. Morrison, Matt. Key Concepts in Creative Writing. Palgrave, 2010. New York Times, The. The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind. St. Martin's, 2004. Norton, Donna. Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children s Literature. Prentice, 2006. (808.899/N822t5) The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (Free resources for writers, including MLA and APA guides). Packard, William. The Poet s Dictionary: A Handbook of Prosody and Poetic Devices. Harper Resource, 1994. (808.1014/P125p) Padgett, Ron. The Teachers and Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms. TWC, 2007. Plotnik, Arthur. Spunk and Bite: A Writer s Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style. Random, 2007. (808.042/P724s) ---. The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists. Macmillan, 1986. Rose, Carol. Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth. Norton, 2001. (398.2/R72g)
Shapiro, Karl, and Robert Beum. A Prosody Handbook: A Guide to Poetic Form. Dover, 2006. (808.1/Sh22p) Shertzer, Margaret. Elements of Grammar. Longman, 1996. Siegal, Allan, and William Connolly. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World s Most Authoritative Newspaper. Three Rivers, 2002. Strand, Mark, and Eavan Boland, eds. The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms. Norton, 2001. (821.008/M289) Strunk, William, Jr., E. B. White, and Roger Angell. The Elements of Style. 4 th ed. Longman, 2000. Sullivan, K. D., and Merilee Eggleston. The McGraw-Hill Desk Reference for Editors, Writers, and Proofreaders. McGraw, 2006. EBSCOhost ebook Collection Database. Trimble, John R. Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing. 2 nd ed. Prentice, 2000. Turco, Lewis. The (New) Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics. UP of New England, 1986. (808.1/T843b3) U of Chicago P. The Chicago Manual of Style, 16 th Edition. U of Chicago, 2010. ---. The Chicago Manual of Style, 15 th Edition. U of Chicago, 2003. (REF 808.027/C432e15) Wood, Clement, and Ronald Bogus. The Complete Rhyming Dictionary: Including the Poet s Craft Book. Dell, 1992. Writer s Digest. The Writer s Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensable Compendium of Myth and Magic. Writer s Digest, 2000.
Yagoda, Ben. When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better and/or Worse. Broadway, 2007. Zimmerman, John Edward. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Bantam, 1983. (REF/292.13/Z65d) Zinsser, William. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. Harper, 2001. (808.042/Z66o) Revised 11/15/11