Poetry

In the Palm of Your Hand Steve Kowit

The Poets Companion Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux

The Making of a Poem  Mark Strand and Eavan Boland

Fiction

The Passionate Accurate Story Carol Bly

Writing Fiction  Janet Burroway

Story  Robert McKee

Fiction Workshop Companion  Jon Volkmer

Nonfiction

How to Write  Richard Rhodes

Beyond the Writers’ Workshop  Carol Bly

Writing for Story John Franklin

Writing Creative Nonfiction Carolyn Forche and Philip Gerard

Grammar

Handbook for Writers Jane Flick and Celia Millward

The Elements of Style William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White

Eats, Shoots and Leaves Lynn Truss (punctuation)