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THE POWER OF WORDS

Research Materials


Books Selected by Panelists

  • Ambrose, Stephen E. Eisenhower: Soldier and President, Touchstone Books, 1991 Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. Touchstone Books, 1997.
  • Ambrose Stephen E. Nothing Like it in the World: The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad, Simon and Shuster 2000.
  • Dove, Rita. Selected Poems, Pantheon Books, 1993
  • Dove, Rita Mother Love: Poems, W. W. Norton and Company, 1996
  • Dove, Rita Thomas and Beulah: Poems, Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1987.
  • Lucas, George, et al. The Art of Return of the Jedi: Star Wars : Including the Complete Script of the Film; The Art of Star Wars: A New Hope; and The Empire Strikes Back, Del Rey, 1997. Many additional books on the Star Wars Trilogy and on George Lucas are available.
  • Shields, Carol. Small Ceremonies, Penguin Reprint, 1996
  • Shields, Carol. The Stone Diaries, Penguin, 1995
  • Shields Carol. Larry's Party, Penguin, 1998.
  • Simpson, Alan K. Right in the Old Gazoo: A Lifetime of Scrapping with the Press, William and Morrow, 1997.
  • Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club, Ivy Books Reprint, 1994
  • Tan, Amy. The Kitchen God's Wife. Ivy Books, 1992
  • Tan, Amy. The Hundred Secret Senses. Penguin, 1995.
  • Tan, Amy. The Bonesetter's Daughter, Putnam 2001

Books and Printed Materials

  • Elbow, Peter. Writing Without Teachers, Oxford University Press, 1998; Writing With Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process, Oxford University Press, 1998.
  • Goldberg, Natalie, Writing Down the Bones, Shambhala Publishing 1986
  • Johnson, Jean. Bedford Guide to the Research Process, Bedford Books, 1997.
  • Keane, Christopher, et al. How to Write a Selling Screenplay: A Step-By-Step Approach to Developing Your Story and Writing Your Screenplay, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998.
  • Kemper, David, Writer's Inc, A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning, Write Source — Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001.
  • Rae, Colleen, Movies in the Mind: How to Build a Short Story, Sherman Asher Publishing 1997.
  • Sorenson, Sharon. How to Write Short Stories, Macmillan, 1998
  • Wallace, Robert. Writing Poems, Addison-Wesley, 1996.

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