🐯 Princeton Lewis Center for the Arts unofficial reading list 2026
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Creative Writing
Writing Speculative Fiction CWR 213 (fa26)
- The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction by Evans et al.
Reading like a Writer CWR 218 (fa26)
- All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
- The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
- King Lear by William Shakespeare
- As You Like It by William Shakespeare
- The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
- A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: 1925-2025 by Deborah Treisman
Intro. to Screenwriting: Writing the Short Film CWR 348 (fa26)
- The Screenwriter’s Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting & Selling Your Script by David Trottier
Dance
Experiential Anatomy DAN 224 (fa26)
- Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain and Francois Germain
- Dance Anatomy & Kinesiology by Karen Clippinger
- Atlas of Anatomy: General Anatomy and Musculoskeletal System by Schuenke et al.
- Taking Root to Fly: Articles on Functional Anatomy by Irene Dowd
Theater & Music Theater
Introduction to Theater Making MTD/THR 101 (fa26)
- Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau
- ✔️ Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett (my highlights)
- Your Healing is Killing Me by Virginia Grise
French Theater Workshop THR 211 (fa26)
- Le Malade Imaginaire by Molière
- Un Fil à la Patte by Georges Feydeau
Shakespeare: Toward Hamlet THR 310 (fa26)
- The Complete Pelican Shakespeare by Orgel & Braunmuller
Musical Theatre & Fan Cultures MTD 340 (fa26)
- Fandom in Musical Theatre by Jessica Hillman-McCord
- John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
Visual Arts
Narrative Filmmaking I VIS 265 (fa26)
- Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Filmmaking by Hurbis-Cherrier & Mercado
Intro. to Screenwriting: Writing the Short Film VIS 348 (fa26)
- The Screenwriter’s Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting & Selling Your Script by David Trottier