Books

Near the Fire by Philip K. Jason

Many of the books listed below, even those out of print, are available from the author. Prices available upon request to pkjason@comcast.net

Editor, Anais Nin Reader. Chicago: Swallow Press, 1973; rpt. New York: Avon Books, 1974.

Editor, Shaping: New Poems in Traditional Prosodies. Washington, D.C.: Dryad Press, 1978.

Thawing Out (poems). Washington, D.C: Dryad Press, 1979.

Near the Fire (poems). Washington, D.C.: Dryad Press, 1983.

Nineteenth Century American Poetry: An Annotated Bibliography. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1989.

Creative Writer’s Handbook. Co-author Allan B. Lefcowitz. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1990. 2nd ed. 1994. 3rd ed. 1999. 4th ed. 2005, 5th ed. [now a Longman imprint] 2009.

Fourteen Landing Zones: Approaches to Vietnam War Literature

Editor, Fourteen Landing Zones: Approaches to Vietnam War Literature. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1991.

The Vietnam War in Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1992.

Anais Nin and Her Critics. Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1993.

The Separation: Poems. Woodbridge, CT: Vietnam Generation/Burning Cities Press, 1995.

Editor, The Critical Response to Anais Nin. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.

Co-editor, Open Door: A Poet Lore Anthology 1980-1996. Bethesda: Writer’s Center Editions, 1997.

Co-editor, Masterplots II: Poetry Series Supplement. 3 vols. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1998.

Co-editor, Retrieving Bones: Stories and Poems of the Korean War. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1999.

Acts and Shadows: The Vietnam War in American Literary Culture by Philip K. Jason

Acts and Shadows: The Vietnam War in American Literary Culture. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.

Co-editor, Encyclopedia of American War Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.

Making Change (poems). Washington, D. C.: Argonne House Press, 2001.

Editor, Masterplots II: Poetry Series, revised edition. 8 vols. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2002.

Editor. Critical Survey of Poetry, 2nd revised edition. 8 vols. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2003.

Co-editor. Don’t Wave Goodbye: The Children’s Flight from Nazi Persecution to American Freedom. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004.

Philip K. Jason Greatest Hits: 1970-2001. Columbus, OH: Pudding House Publications, 2005.

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