Creative Writing

1. An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology

   Maggie Dietz, Robert Pinsky

   Student Edition

   The widely acclaimed Favorite Poem Project anthology, An Invitation to Poetry, edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz, is now available in a value-priced student paperback edition.More

2. Method and Madness: The Making of a Story: A Guide to Writing Fiction

   Alice LaPlante

   A fresh, inspiring guide to writing fiction.More

3. Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form

   Madison Smartt Bell

   With clarity, verve, and the sure instincts of a good teacher, Madison Smartt Bell offers a roll-up-your-sleeves approach to writing in this much-needed book.More

4. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction

   Richard Bausch

   Eighth Edition

   One of the most celebrated writers and teachers of fiction, Richard Bausch, pairs his insight and inspiration with Norton’s trusted editorial standards to deliver the finest teaching anthology available.More

5. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction

   Richard Bausch

   Shorter Eighth Edition

   One of the most celebrated writers and teachers of fiction, Richard Bausch, pairs his insight and inspiration with Norton’s trusted editorial standards to deliver the finest teaching anthology available.More

6. Telling Stories: An Anthology for Writers

   Joyce Carol Oates

   Drawing on syllabi for Joyce Carol Oates’s own writing seminar at Princeton University, Telling Stories gathers over one hundred works of narrative art—"miniature" narratives, dramatic monologues, early stories by well-known writers, prose pieces inspired by myth, legend, and folktale, poems that tell stories, memoir and diary excerpts, two examples of genre fiction, and a generous sampling of classic and contemporary short stories—selected to stimulate and inspire beginning writers as they practice and perfect their craft.More