Madison College Libraries Catalog
Madison College Libraries Catalog
For items about the process of nonfiction writing, try searching the terms Creative Nonfiction, Memoirs, Reportage Literature, Prose Literature, Creative Writing, or Authorship.
Featured Books & Periodicals
The Best Creative Nonfiction by Call Number: 814.508 B561ISBN: 9780393330243Publication Date: 2008Collection of fact-based personal narratives, mined from literary blogs, 'zines, and other fringe publications.
In Fact by Call Number: 814.508 IN35ISBN: 9780393326659Publication Date: 2004Presents pieces of creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction.
Keep It Real by Call Number: 808.02 K26ISBN: 0393330982Publication Date: 2009Defines creative nonfiction, explores the flexibility of the form, and clarifies the ins and outs of writing creative nonfiction.
New Kings of Nonfiction by Call Number: 814.508 N532ISBN: 1594482675Publication Date: 2007Collection of stories capturing some of the best storytelling of this golden age of nonfiction.
Now Write! Nonfiction by Call Number: 808.02 N946ISBN: 1585427586Publication Date: 2009Takes you into the field with creative nonfiction's master practitioners.
Storycraft: the Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction by Call Number: 808.066 H325ISBN: 0226318168Publication Date: 2012Emphasizes understanding story theory and structure. Covers mastering point of view and such basic elements as scene, action, and character, to drafting, revising, and editing work for publication.
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction by Call Number: 814.5408 T722ISBN: 1416531742Publication Date: 2007From memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism, this brings together works from all genres of creative nonfiction, with pieces by fifty writers.
Winding Roads by Call Number: 808.042 T431ISBN: 0321429893Publication Date: 2008Offers exciting and challenging exercises with accompanying models which help focus student writing and allow instructors to address specfic elements of writing creative nonfiction.
You Can't Make This Stuff Up by Call Number: 808.02 G984ISBN: 0738215546Publication Date: 2012Describes and illustrates each and every aspect of the genre, from defining a concept and establishing a writing process to the final product.
Check out some of the literary journals in the Madison College Libraries for inspiration:
- Atlantic Monthly
- (The) Believer
- Harper's
- New Yorker
- (The) Sun
Websites
- 100 WordsCollection of stories, essays, and interviews that are 100 words or less.
- Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary NonfictionOnline magazine that publishes well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form.
- Creative Nonfiction (Purdue OWL)Purdue OWL link that introduces terms and techniques to the beginning creative nonfiction writer.
- Creative Nonfiction FoundationProvides a venue for high quality nonfiction prose (memoir, literary journalism, personal essay) and an array of educational services and publishing activities
- NewPagesNews, information, and guides to literary magazines, independent publishers, creative writing programs, indie bookstores, writing contests, and more.
- Poets & WritersPoets & Writers, Inc. is the nation's largest nonprofit literary organization serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers.
Library Databases
- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window Subject Areas: General. Searches multiple EBSCO databases simultaneously.
- The Madison College Libraries provide online access to full-text magazine, newspaper and journal articles through our library subscription databases.
- To see all of our databases, click here: Find Articles Using the Library Databases.
- To access off-campus, enter your Madison College username and password.
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) This link opens in a new window Pros and cons on critical social issues. Great place to start your research.