Lindell Library: Creative Writing: Finding Literature

Browsing the Stacks for Literature

Our library is organized by the Library of Congress system, meaning all of the books on the same subject are together on the shelf.

Here are some call number areas for literature that you might want to browse (these are all located on the lower level of Lindell):

Class P — Language and Literature

PE English Language

PE 1400 Teaching Writing

PN Literature (General)

PN 101-245 Authorship

PN 6727 and 6728 Comics, Graphic Novels

PR English Literature

PR 6100 Recent English Literature (2001-present)

PS American Literature

PS 3600 Recent American Literature (2001-present)

PZ Juvenile Fiction

Literary Journals and Magazines

The New Yorker
Available through Academic Search Ultimate.
Ploughshares
Available through JSTOR.
Poetry
Available through JSTOR.
American Poetry Review
Available through Academic Search Ultimate.
The Kenyon Review
Available through Academic Search Ultimate.
Virgina Quarterly Review
Available through Academic Search Ultimate.
The Iowa Review
Available through JSTOR (embargo of 3 years).
Narrative
Available through Academic Search Ultimate.
AGNI
Available through JSTOR.
The Writer
"Published for free-lance writers, editors, librarians & students. Articles on all aspects of writing, including lists of markets for manuscript sales."
Antioch Review
Available through Academic Search Ultimate.
Callaloo
Access available through Academic Search Ultimate.
Minnesota Review
"Publishing contemporary poetry and fiction as well as reviews, critical commentary, and interviews of leading intellectual figures, the minnesota review curates smart yet accessible collections of progressive new work. "
New England Review
Available through JSTOR (embargo of 4 years).
Writer's Digest
Online access to articles from this respected writer's journal.

Want to know if Augsburg subscribes to a certain literary journal or magazine? Go to our Browzine (Journal) Search tool, and type in your journal title (tip: leave off articles like "the" or "a" from the beginning of the title when searching with this tool. For example, type "kenyon review" instead of "the kenyon review").

Websites

The Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. Includes audio recordings of poems.
Poets.org
Created by the Academy of American Poets, Poets.org contains thousands of poems as well as hundreds of poet biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings—with new material being added constantly. Also available are resources such as the National Poetry Map, a national events calendar, and poetry lesson plans for teachers.