Book Lists for Residency/Semester beginning August 13, 2010**
NILA residency August 13-22 at Camp Casey on Whidbey Island, Washington
NOTE: MFA students begin the semester at residency, but many writers attend residency who are not in the MFA program.
Book ordering options:
The Bookbay, in the town of Freeland on Whidbey Island, offers the following service for NILA residency and MFA students:
You may order any book from The Bookbay between June 1 and June 30, but you must pay at the time of the order. Call Toll Free: 1.800.386.0061 or email them for information at: shop@bookbay.com.
(Shipping and handling will be added for mailed orders, or you may choose to pick up your books at the residency.)
To find a local bookstore near you, click here.
If you click on any link provided in the following pages, you will be taken to the Amazon web site, a third option for ordering.
- Everyone reads the same book
True Believer (Make Lemonade Trilogy)
- Note that Virginia Euwer Wolff will attend the fall 2010 NILA residency at Camp Casey, Whidbey Island on August 18 at 4:30 p.m. For a full description of the August residency, visit the NILA website.
Book List links:
Craft of Writing in the Short Form for Children’s/Young Adult, Bonny Becker, Instructor, Class #2324
Craft of Writing Fiction, Kathleen Alcalá, Instructor, Class #2321
Craft of Nonfiction, Lawrence W. Cheek, Instructor, Class #2323
Craft of Writing Poetry: Strong Measures, Rhyme’s Reasons, and Nonce Sense, Carolyne Wright, Instructor, Class #2322
Directed Reading in CYA: Fantasy, Bonny Becker, Instructor, Class #2354
Directed Reading in Nonfiction: The Contemporary Essay, Lawrence W. Cheek, Instructor, Class #2353
Directed Reading in Poetry: What’s Happening in 21st Century American Poetry?, David Wagoner, Instructor, Class #2352
CYA Writing Workshop, Carmen Bernier-Grand, Instructor, Class #2384
Nonfiction Workshop, Ana Maria Spagna, Instructor – no textbook required
Poetry Workshop, David Wagoner, Instructor – no textbook required
Fiction Workshop, Bruce Holland Rogers, Instructor – no textbook required
Post-graduates only. Methods of Teaching Creative Writing, Carolyne Wright, Instructor
