ONLINE RESOURCES
The New York Times:
Poetry Foundation: Twenty-Two Poem Hacks
Poets.org: Poetry for Teens
TED-Ed: Creative Writing Advice
BOOKS ON CRAFT
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner
Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction by Charles Baxter
Conversations on Writing Fiction: Interviews with 13 Distinguished Teacher of Fiction Writing by Alexander Neubauer
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses
From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction by Robert Olen Butler
The Hidden Writer: Diaries and the Creative Life by Alexandra Johnson
Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft by Janet Burroway
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O’Connor
On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner
On Writing by Stephen King
One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers by Gail Sher
One Writer’s Beginnings by Eudora Welty
A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach edited by Robin Behn
The Rhetoric of Fiction by Wayne C. Booth
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field
The Stuff of Fiction: Advice on Craft by Douglas Bauer
The Unstrung Harp, or Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel by Edward Gorey
What It Is by Lynda Barry
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft by Janet Burroway
Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular by L. Rust Hills
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
ANTHOLOGIES
The Art of the Personal Essay edited by Phillip Lopate
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories edited by Daniel Halpern
Best American Essays of the Century edited by Joyce Carol Oates
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry edited by Czeslaw Milosz
Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff