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A Selected
Bibliography of Gay Fiction - Rather dated (only goes through 1998), but
still interesting if you're compiling a personal reading list |
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American Authors on
the Web – selective but helpful listing of web resources |
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ArtNetWeb (online collection of
links to everything from museums, to online exhibits, to online texts, dance
organizations, libraries, etc. Check out the "Texts" section in
particular) |
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Great Books Online (texts of hundreds of
public-domain books) |
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Another site for online texts (you'll be
surprised what you find here!) |
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· Sponsored by Books AtoZ |
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University of Missouri, Columbia |
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Kim Well's moderated e-journal,
"devoted to women writers, beginning in the 19th century, who wrote
'domestic fiction.' Includes Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Louisa May Alcott,
Kate Chopin, Sarah Orne Jewett, and others, plus a great set of links) |
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The English Server, the University
of Washington's amazing collection of resources in Arts & Humanities |
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Links to literally hundreds of
online texts horror, sci-fi, supernatural, and many other genres of
short story |
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Grammar:
Meaning and Contexts –- Nancy Patterson’s excellent site |
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Great
American Speeches Archive –- PBS site, many with audio |
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Illinois State University's
"not-for-profit web site for the independent literary community";
includes searchable index to journals, presses, organizations, etc. |
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The Master
Works of Western Civilization - As the name suggests, completely
western-centered, but includes several "lifetime reading" lists that are of interest. |
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Native American Authors (Internet
Public Library site; search by author, tribe, or title) |
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Native American Authors -
Teacher Resources - nice site by Inez Ramsey at
James Madison University;
includes many additional links |
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People for the American Way - Public Education
Issues (extensive PFAW site, includes information about censorship
attempts most of them successful in classrooms across the U.S.; a
search engine allows you to find incidents on a state-by-state basis) |
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San Francisco State University -
The Poetry Center |
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The
Poets - 161 Poets’ companion sites at U. Illinois at Urbana |
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Author Interviews - online texts of dozens of interviews with writers |
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Searchable
index to thousands of online texts) |
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Ralan Conley's SpecFic & Humor
Webstravaganza - Extensive, well organized, and painstakingly curated set of
links to markets for writers of science fiction, humor, and
"speculative" fiction. Includes impressive links collection to
agents, contract and copyright information, and warnings about scams. Highly
recommended. |
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At diane.com - nice set of links to online writing classes,
information about writing careers, and more |
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Resources for
English & American Literature- UT Austin |
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Rictor Norton's collection
of essays on Gay History & Literature, including
articles on Shakespeare, Spenser, Melville, Henry James, Whitman, many other
writers and subjects |
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Scrivenery's List of Book
Awards (includes complete lists of Pulitzer, Nobel, National Book
Award, PEN/Faulkner, Booker, and Nat'l Book Critics Circle award winners) |
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University of Virginia etext
archive:English Online
Resources |
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Full-text archive of more than 12,000 ‘classic’ poems |
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Virtual Community: African American
Library Research Guide- See also: |
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¨ Virtual Community:American Indian Studies Library Research Guide ¨
Virtual Community: Asian American
Studies Library Research Guide ¨
Virtual Community: Latino Studies
Library Research Guide ¨
Virtual Community: LGBT/Queer Studies
Library Research Guide |
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Excellent resource for hundreds of
North American writers |
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Complete archive of the NY Times'
Writers on Writing column, a series in which writers explore literary themes. (Free, but may require registration.) |
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Yale University Library: American
Literatureresources |
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Literary Magazines and E-Zines (including online text of
this literary 'zine) |
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