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Sources Used for Tameri.com
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Writing and Editing
Alred, Gerald J., Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu. Handbook of Technical Writing. 10th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011. (ISBN: 1250004411)
Amato, Carol J. World’s Easiest Guide to Using the MLA. Westminster, CA: Stargazer, 1999. (ISBN: 0964385368)
American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001. (ISBN: 1557988102)
Anson, Christopher M., and Robert A. Schwegler. The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers. 6th ed., Boston: Longman, 2011. (ISBN: 0205741959, 0205741991)
Archer, Jodie, and Matthew L. Jockers. The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel. Reprint ed., St. Martin’s Griffin, 2017. (ISBN: 1250088755)
Associated Press. Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. (Editions are updated every two years)
Ayto, John. Arcade Dictionary of Word Origins. New York: Little, Brown and Co. Arcade, 1990. (ISBN: 1559701331)
Barnet, Sylvan, Pat Bellanca, and Marcia Stubbs. A Short Guide to College Writing. Penguin Academics. 2nd ed. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2005.
Bates, Robert L., Rex Buchanan, and Maria Adkins-Heljesen, eds. Geowriting: A Guide to Writing, Editing, and Printing in Earth Sciences. 5th ed. Alexandria: Amer. Geological Inst., 1995
Bickham, Jack M. The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1992. (ISBN: 0898798213)
Bickham, Jack M. Scene & Structure. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1999. (ISBN: 0898799066)
Bickham, Jack M. Setting Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1994. (ISBN: 0898799481)
Booth, Wayne C. The Rhetoric of Fiction. 2nd ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1961. Reprint, 1983. (ISBN: 0226065588)
Browning, Beverly A. Grant Writing for Dummies. 2 ed., For Dummies, 2005.
Brownstein, Samuel, Mitchel Weiner, and Sharon Weiner Green. Barron’s Pocket Guide to Vocabulary. Barron’s Pocket Guides, 4th ed., Hauppauge, New York: Barron’s Educational Series, 2004. (ISBN: 0764126946)
Buchman, Dian Dincin and Seli Groves. Writer’s Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1987. (ISBN: 0898792932)
Callaghan, Patsy, and Ann Dobyns. A Meeting of the Minds: A Brief Rhetoric for Writers and Readers. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2004.
Card, Orson Scott. Characters & Viewpoint. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1988. (ISBN: 0898799279)
Chicago Manual of Style, The. 15th ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. (ISBN: 0226104036)
Christ, Henry I. Modern English in Action, Ten. Boston: D. C. Heath and Co., 1965.
Coghill, Anne M. and Lorrin R. Garson., eds. ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. 3rd ed. Washington: Amer. Chemical Soc., 2006.
Copperud, Roy H. American Usage and Style: The Consensus. New York: Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1980. (ISBN: 0442249063)
Copperud’s American Usage and Style is out of print, but it is one of the two best usage guides compiled for “American English” authors and editors. Copperud compares various sources, discussing when reference works disagree. The definitive usage guide is Garner’s Modern American Usage.
Council of Science Editors. Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 7th ed. New York: Cambridge UP, 2006.
Dibell, Ansen. Plot. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1999. (ISBN: 0898799465)
EEI Press Editors. The Copyeditor’s Guide to Substance & Style. 3rd ed. EEI Communications, 2005. (ISBN: 0935012265)
Einsohn, Amy. Copyeditor’s Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications. 3rd ed. University of California Press, 2011. (ISBN: 0520271564)
Ellsworth, Blanche and John A. Higgens. English Simplified. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Education, 2004. (ISBN: 0321104293)
Fletcher, Ralph J. Live Writing: Breathing Life Into Your Words. New York: Avon Books, 1999. (ISBN: 0380797011)
Fletcher, Ralph J. Writer’s Notebook: Unlocking the Writer Within You. New York: Avon Books, 1996. (ISBN: 0380784300)
Fowler, H. W., and R. W. Burchfield. Fowler’s Modern English Usage. 3rd ed. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. (ISBN: 0198610211)
Funk, Wilfred. Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language. New York: Random House, 1950. Reprint, 1998. (ISBN: 0517265745)
Garner, Bryan A. Garner’s Modern American Usage. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. (ISBN: 0195161912)
Simply the best guide to American English usage, Garner’s work belongs in the libraries of
all serious writers and editors.
Garner, Bryan A. Garner on Writing and Language. American Bar Association, 2009. (ISBN: 1604424451)
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003. (ISBN: 0873529863)
Goldstein, Norm. The Associated Press Stylebook. Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus Books, 2002.
Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford, 1998. (ISBN: 0312247567)
Hacker, Diana. Pocket Style Manual. 4th ed. Boston: Bedford, 2004. (ISBN: 0312406843)
Harris, Muriel. The Writer’s FAQs: A Pocket Handbook. 3rd ed., Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007. (ISBN: 0131955764, 0131731343)
Harris, Muriel. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 6th ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. (ISBN: 0131856405)
Harvard Law Review. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 19th ed. Cambridge: Harvard Law Rev. Assn., 2010.
Hauge, Michael. Writing Screenplays That Sell. Collins, 2011. (ISBN: 0061791431, 9780061791437)
Holoman, D. Kern, ed. Writing about Music: A Style Sheet. 2nd ed. Berkeley: U of California Press, 2008.
JAMA and Archives Journal. AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 10th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Karsh, Ellen, and Arlen Sue Fox. Only Grant Writing Book You’ll Ever Need: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets! Carroll & Graf, 2003.
Kolln, Martha. Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects. 4th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2003. (ISBN: 0321103386)
Kress, Nancy. Beginnings, Middles & Ends. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 2011. (ISBN: 1599632195)
Lane, Michael K. Style Manual for Political Science. Washington: Amer. Political Science Assn., 2002.
Langenscheidt’s Pocket Merriam-Webster Guide to Punctuation and Style. New York: Langenscheidt, 1998.
Lederer, Richard. Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language. Charleston: Wyrick, 1987. (ISBN: 094171103X, 0941711048)
Lester, James D., Sr. and James D. Lester Jr. The Research Paper Handbook. 2nd ed. Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Learning, Good Year Books, 2002.
Maisel, Eric. The Art of the Book Proposal: From Focused Idea to Finished Proposal. New York: J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2004. (ISBN: 1585423343)
Meyers, Alan. Writing with Confidence: Writing Effective Sentences and Paragraphs. 6th ed. New York: Longman, 2000.
Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Manual of Style. Redmond: Microsoft, 2012.
Morner, Kathleen and Ralph Rousch. NTC’s Dictionary of Literary Terms. Chicago: NTC, 1998.
Mulvey, Dan. Grammar the Easy Way. Hauppauge, N.Y: Barron’s, 2002. (ISBN: 0764119893)
Murfin, Ross and Supryia M. Ray. Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford, 2003.
Noble, William. Conflict, Action & Suspense. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1994. (ISBN: 0898799074)
O’Conner, Patricia T. Woe is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English, 2nd ed. New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. (ISBN: 1573222526)
Partridge, Eric and Janet Whitcut. Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English. 1942. 6th ed. New York: W. W. Norton and Barnes & Noble Books, 1973. 1965. 1995. (ISBN: 076078051X)
Payne, Johnny. Voice & Style. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1995. (ISBN: 0898796938)
Polking, Kirk, ed. Beginning Writer’s Answer Book. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest, 1994. (ISBN: 0898795990)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed., Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001. (ISBN: 1557988102)
Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing. 4th ed., brief. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2006. (ISBN: 0321291514)
Rozakis, Laurie E. Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creative Writing. New York: Simon & Schuster, Alpha Books, 1997. (ISBN: 0028617347)
Rozakis, Laurie E. Complete Idiot’s Guide to Grammar and Style. New York: Simon & Schuster, Alpha Books, 1997. (ISBN: 0028619560)
Rubens, Philip. Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2001. (ISBN: 0415925509, 0415925517)
Rude, Carolyn D., David Dayton, and Bruce Maylath. Technical Editing. 4th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2006. (ISBN: 032133082X)
Scholastic Writer’s Desk Reference. New York: Scholastic, 2000.
Shertzer, Margaret. The Elements of Grammar. New York: MacMillian Publishing, 1986. (ISBN: 0020154402)
Stein, Jess, ed. Random House Rhyming Dictionary. New York: Random House, 1960. Reprint, 1989.
Strunk, William and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 3rd ed. New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1959. Reprint, 1979. (ISBN: 0024182001)
Terban, Marvin. Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms. New York: Scholastic, 1996. (ISBN: 0590381571)
Truby, John. The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. New York: Faber and Faber, 2008. (ISBN: 0865479933, 9780865479937)
Turco, Lewis. Dialogue. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1989. (ISBN: 0898799473)
Truss, Lynne. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. 1st ed. New York: Gotham, 2004. (ISBN: 1592400876)
Turabian, Kate L., John Grossman, and Alice Bennett. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses,
and Dissertations. 6th ed. Rev. by John Grossman and Alice Bennett. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. (ISBN: 0226816273)
United States Government Printing Office. U. S. Government Printing Office Style Manual: An Official Guide to the Form and Style of Federal Government Printing. Washington: GPO, 2009.
Watson, Don. Death Sentences: How Clichés, Weasel Words and Management-Speak Are Strangling Public Language. New York: Gotham, 2006. (ISBN: 1592401406)
Williams, Joseph M. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2010. (ISBN: 0205747469)
Wilson, Kevin and Jennifer Wauson. AMA Handbook of Business Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Style, Grammar, Punctuation, Usage, Construction, and Formatting. New York: AMACOM, 2010.
Wood, Monica. Description. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1995. (ISBN: 0898799082)
Text Design and Printing
Ambrose, Gavin, and Paul Harris. The Visual Dictionary of Typography (Visual Dictionaries). AVA Publishing, 2010. (ISBN: 2940411182)
Bennett, Paul A., and Bruce Rogers. Books and Printing: A Treasury for Typophiles. 1st Forum ed., Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1963.
Berry, John D. Dot-Font: Talking About Design. New York: Mark Batty Publisher, 2006. (ISBN: 0977282716, 9780977282715)
Berry, John D. Dot-Font: Talking About Fonts. 1st ed., New York: Mark Batty Publisher, 2006. (ISBN: 0977282708, 9780977282708)
Bringhurst, Robert. The Elements of Typographic Style. 3rd ed., Point Roberts, WA: Hartley & Marks, Publishers, 2004. (ISBN: 0881792063)
Buchman, Dian Dincin and Groves, Seli. Writer’s Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1987. (ISBN: 0898792932)
Carter, Sebastian. Twentieth Century Type Designers. New ed., London: Lund Humphries Publishers, 1995. (ISBN: 0853316589)
Clair, Kate. A Typographic Workbook: A Primer to History, Techniques, and Artistry. New York: Wiley, 1999. (ISBN: 0471292370)
Coles, Stephen. The Anatomy of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces. New York: Harper Design, 2012. (ISBN: 0062203126, 9780062203120)
Consuegra, David. American Type: Design & Designers. New York: Allworth Press, 2004. (ISBN: 1581153201)
Davis, Graham. The Designer’s Toolkit: 500 Grids and Style Sheets. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2007. (ISBN: 0811860515)
Davis, Graham. The Designer’s Toolkit: 1000 Colors, Thousands of Color Combinations. The Designer’s Toolkit, Chronicle Books, 2008. (ISBN: 0811863050)
Dodd, Robin. From Gutenberg to Open Type: An Illustrated History of Type From the Earliest Letterforms to the Latest Digital Fonts. Vancouver, WA: Hartley & Marks Publishers, 2006. (ISBN: 0881792101)
Eisenstein, Elizabeth L. The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe. 2nd ed., Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. (ISBN: 1107632757)
Faigley, Lester. Picturing Texts. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. (ISBN: 0393979121)
Faiola, Anthony. Typography Primer. 1st ed., Pittsburgh: GATFPress, 2000. (ISBN: 0883622629)
Fishel, Cathy. In-House Design in Practice: Real-World Solutions for Graphic Designers. Mies, Switzerland: RotoVision SA, 2008. (ISBN: 1600610986)
Garfield, Simon. Just My Type: A Book About Fonts. New York: Gotham Books, 2011. (ISBN: 1592407463, 9781592406524)
Harkins, Michael. Basics Typography 02: Using Type. AVA Publishing, 2011. (ISBN: 2940411557)
Harkins, Michael. Basics Typography 03: Understanding Type. Fairchild Books, 2013. (ISBN: 2940411824)
Harris, Paul, and Gavin Ambrose. Typography (Basics Design). 2nd ed., Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2017. (ISBN: 1474225284)
Harrower, Tim. The Newspaper Designer’s Handbook . 3rd ed., Madison, Wis: W.C.B., Brown & Benchmark Publishers, 1995. (ISBN: 0697201473)
Heller, Steven. The Education of a Typographer. New York: Allworth Press, 2004. (ISBN: 1581153481)
Heller, Steven. I Heart Design: Remarkable Graphic Design Selected by Designers, Illustrators, and Critics. Beverly, Mass.: Rockport Publishers, 2011. (ISBN: 1592536824, 9781592536825, 9781610580328)
Heller, Steven, and Louise Fili. Typology: Type Design From the Victorian Era to the Digital Age. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999. (ISBN: 0811823083)
Heller, Steven, and Lita Talarico. Design School Confidential: Extraordinary Class Projects from International Design Schools. Beverly, Mass.: Rockport Publishers, 2009. (ISBN: 1592535488, 9781592535484)
Heller, Steven and Philip B. Meggs. Texts on Type: Critical Writings on Typography. New York: Allworth Press, 2001. (ISBN: 1581150822)
Heskett, John. Design: A Very Short Introduction. Very short introductions Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. (ISBN: 0192854461)
Hilner, Matthias. Basics Typography: Virtual Typography. Ava Publishing, 2009. (ISBN: 294037399X)
Houston, Keith. The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time. First ed., New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016. (ISBN: 0393244792, 9780393244793)
Hyndman, Sarah. The Type Taster: How Fonts Influence You. Type Tasting, 2015. (ISBN: 0993181104)
Jaspert, W. Pincus., W. Turner Berry, and A. F. Johnson. The Encyclopaedia of Type Faces. Pbk. ed., London New York: Cassell Paperbacks Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub., 2001. (ISBN: 1841881392)
Kimball, Miles A., and Ann R. Hawkins. Document Design: A Guide for Technical Communicators. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007. (ISBN: 0312436998)
Krause, Jim. Color Index 1. Cincinnati, Ohio: HOW Design Books, 2002. (ISBN: 1581802366)
Krause, Jim. Color Index 2. Cincinnati, Ohio: HOW Books, 2007. (ISBN: 1581809387)
Krause, Jim. Lessons in Typography: Must-Know Typographic Principles Presented Through Lessons, Exercises and Examples. London, UK: New Riders / Pearson, 2016. (ISBN: 0133993558, 9780133993554)
Loxley, Simon. Type is Beautiful: the Story of Fifty Remarkable Fonts. Oxford, UK: Bodleian Library, Univ. of Oxford, 2016. (ISBN: 185124431X, 9781851244317)
Loxley, Simon. Type: The Secret History of Letters. London; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2004. (ISBN: 1850433976, 1845110285)
Lupton, Ellen. Design is Storytelling. New York, NY: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2017. (ISBN: 194230319X, 9781942303190)
Lupton, Ellen. Thinking With Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students. Design briefs New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. (ISBN: 1568984480)
Lyons, Martyn. Books: A Living History. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. (ISBN: 160606083X, 9781606060834)
Macmillan, Neil. An A-Z of Type Designers. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006. (ISBN: 0300111517)
Middendorp, Jan and Erik Spiekermann (eds). Made With Fontfont: Type for Independent Minds. New York: Mark Batty Publisher, 2007. (ISBN: 0977985040)
Man, John. The Gutenberg Revolution: The Story of a Genius and an Invention That Changed the World. London: Bantam Books, 2009. (ISBN: 0553819666, 9780553819663)
Martin, Keith, Robin Dodd, and Graham Davis. 1000 Fonts: An Illustrated Guide to Finding the Right Typeface. Bob Gordon (ed). San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2009. (ISBN: 081186846X)
McNeil, Paul. The Visual History of Type. Laurence King Publishing, 2017. (ISBN: 1780679769)
Morison, Stanley, and Brooke Crutchley. A Tally of Types: With Additions By Several Hands and With a New Introduction by Mike Parker. Boston: D.R. Godine, 1999. (ISBN: 1567920047)
Palmquist, Mike. Designing Writing: A Practical Guide. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2005. (ISBN: 0312450176)
Parker, Roger C. Looking Good in Print. 3rd ed., Chapel Hill, NC: Ventana, 1993. (ISBN: 01566040477)
Perfect, Christopher, and Jeremy Austen. The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing With Type. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1992. (ISBN: 0130456675)
Purvis, Alston W. Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles, 1901-1938. Vol. 2 Taschen, 2010. (ISBN: 3836515148)
Rabinowitz, Tova. Exploring Typography. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning, 2006. (ISBN: 1401815057, 9781401815059)
Samara, Timothy. Type Style Finder: The Busy Designer’s Guide to Choosing Type. Gloucester, Mass.: Rockport Publishers, 2006. (ISBN: 1592531903)
Seddon, Tony. The Evolution of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Landmark Typefaces. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2015. (ISBN: 1770855041, 9781770855045)
Seddon, Tony. How to Choose & Use Typefonts & Faces. Flame Tree, 2016. (ISBN: 178361708X)
Spiekermann, Erik. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works. 3rd ed., San Jose, CA: AdobePress, 2014. (ISBN: 0321934288, 9780321934284)
Strizver, Ilene. Type Rules. Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books, 2001. (ISBN: 1581800479)
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Tice, Bruce, and Nadine Monem. Font. The Sourcebook. Black Dog Publishing, 2008. (ISBN: 1906155410)
Tollett, John, Robin Williams, and David Rohr. Robin Williams Web Design Workshop. Berkeley, Calif: Peachpit Press, 2002. (ISBN: 0201748673)
Troung, Mai-Linh T., Jürgen Siebert, and Erik Spiekermann. Fontbook. 4th ed. FontShop International, 2006. (ASIN: B000WYA3OW)
Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning Information. Chesire, CT: Graphics Press, 1990.
Tufte, Edward R. Visual Explanations. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1997. (ISBN: 0961392126)
Tufte, Edward R. Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Chesire, CT: Graphics Press, 2001. (ISBN: 0961392142)
Tufte, Edward R. Beautiful Evidence. Chesire, CT: Graphics Press, 2006. (ISBN: 0961392177)
Turner, Marcia Layton. Complete Idiot’s Guide to Graphic Design. Complete Idiot’s Guides. Indianapolis, Ind.: Alpha Books, 2008. (ISBN: 1592578063, 9781592578061)
Updike, Daniel Berkeley. Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use. 4th ed., expanded. ed., New Castle, Del. London: Oak Knoll Press British Library, 2001. (ISBN: 1584560568, 0712347348)
White, Alex. Thinking in Type: The Practical Philosophy of Typography. New York, NY: Allworth Press, 2005. (ISBN: 1581153848)
White, Alex. Type in Use: Effective Typography for Electronic Publishing. 2nd ed., New York: W.W. Norton, 1999. (ISBN: 0393730344)
Williams, Jim. Type Matters. London; New York: Merrell, 2012. (ISBN: 1858945674, 9781858945675)
Williams, Robin. The Non-Designer’s Design Book. 2nd ed., Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, 2004. (ISBN: 0321193857)
Williams, Robin, and John Tollett. Robin Williams Design Workshop. 2nd ed., Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, 2007. (ISBN: 0321441761)
Wyatt, Christopher Scott and Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, eds. Type Matters: The Rhetoricity of Letterforms (Visual Rhetoric). Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, 2017. (ISBN: 1602359776)