Resources

~On My Bookshelf~

Quibbles & Quotations:

• A Book of Ages: An Eccentric Miscellany of Great & Offbeat Moments in the Lives of the Famous & Infamous, Ages 1 to 100 ~ Eric Hanson
• Advice to Writers: A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights ~ Jon Winokur
• Paper Lanterns: More Quotations from the Back Pages of The Sun ~ Sy Safransky, ed.
• Poisoned Pens: Literary Invective from Amis to Zola ~ Gary Dexter

Writers on Writing:

• 50 Years of EVENT Magazine: Collected Notes on Writing ~ Shashi Bhat, ed.
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life ~ Anne Lamott
• Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling ~ Philip Pullman
• Finding the Words: Writers on Inspiration, Desire, War, Celebrity, Exile, and Breaking the Rules ~ Jared Bland, ed.
• Make-Believe Town: Essays and Remembrances ~ David Mamet
• Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing ~ Margaret Atwood
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft ~ Stephen King
• Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Love of Writing ~ Andrew Chesham & Laura Farina, eds.
• The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life and Language ~ Natalie Goldberg
• Writing Life: Celebrated Canadian and International Authors on Writing and Life ~ Constance Rooke, ed.

Editors on Editing:

• Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style ~ Benjamin Dreyer
• The Copyeditor’s Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications ~ Amy Einsohn
• The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers ~ Betsy Lerner
• The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed ~ Karen Elizabeth Gordon

Creative Living aka Don’t Stop Believin’:

• A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration & Encouragement ~ Barbara Abercrombie
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
• Letters to a Young Writer ~ Colum McCann
• The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life ~ Julia Cameron
• Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within ~ Natalie Goldberg

For the Love of Language:

• Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen ~ Mary Norris
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves ~ Lynne Truss
• Four Letter Word: Original Love Letters ~ Joshua Knelman & Rosalind Porter, eds.
• Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen ~ Mary Norris
• Linguistics: Why It Matters ~ Geoffrey K. Pullum
• Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative ~ Jane Alison
• Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them ~ Francine Prose
• Spunk & Bite: A Writer’s Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style ~ Arthur Plotnik
• The Naïve and the Sentimental Novelist: Understanding What Happens When We Write and Read Novels ~ Orhan Pamuk
• The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century ~ Steven Pinker
• Why Read? ~ Mark Edmundson

Poetry:

• American Originality: Essays on Poetry ~ Louise Glück
• A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry ~ Mary Oliver
• How a Poem Moves: A Field Guide for Readers of Poetry ~ Adam Sol
• How to Read Poetry Like a Professor: A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse ~ Thomas C. Foster
• In Fine Form, 2nd Edition: A Contemporary Look at Canadian Form Poetry ~ Kate Braid & Sandy Shreve, eds.
• Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within ~ Kim Addonizio
• The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry ~ Kim Addonizio & Dorianne Lux

Fiction:

• A Passion for Narrative: A Guide to Writing Fiction ~ Jack Hodgins
• The Art of Fiction: A Collection of Articles ~ David Lodge
• The Writer’s Boon Companion: Thirty Days Towards an Extraordinary Volume ~ Mel Anastasiou

Memoir & Nonfiction:

• Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process ~ John McPhee
• Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir ~ Natalie Goldberg
• Tell It Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction ~ Brenda Miller & Suzanne Paola
• Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writer’s Guide ~ Mark Kramer & Wendy Call, eds.

~How to Haiku: Books, Journals, & Websites~

• Frogpond: The Journal of the Haiku Society of America ~ selected essays
• Graceguts ~ a website by Michael Dylan Welch
• Haiku: A Poet’s Guide ~ Lee Gurga
• Modern Haiku: An Independent Journal of Haiku and Haiku Studies ~ selected essays
• On Haiku ~ Hiroaki Sato
• Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey ~ Clark Strand
• The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa ~ Robert Hass
• The Haiku Foundation
• The Monthly Tricycle Haiku Challenge
• tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryū ~ essays
• Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide ~ Jane Reichhold
• Writing Haiku: A Beginner’s Guide to Composing Japanese Poetry ~ Bruce Ross

~Encouragement for the Writing Life~

• Mortification: Writers’ Stories of Their Public Shame ~ Robin Robertson
• The New Yorker ~ selected essays
• ‘Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year‘ ~ Literary Hub