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Authors
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 2008 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities: John Updike 
 Collection of material by and about novelist, poet, essayist, and critic John Updike, who died in January 2009, and who won Pulitzer Prizes for two works in his famous "Rabbit" series of fiction. Features a biography, interview with Updike, appreciation, Updike's Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities about American art (delivered in May 2008), background about the Jefferson Lecture, and a bibliography. From the National Endowment for the Humanities. http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/Updike/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jan 28, 2009 Agatha Christie
U.S. website for this British mystery writer. Features background about how Christie wrote and the influence of travel and archeology, descriptions of her famous fictional detectives (such as Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot), and material about Christie's works on stage, screen, and radio. Contains a blog and calendar of Christie events. Includes a list of suggested reading orders by character, "to avoid spoilers." Contains some commercial content. http://www.agathachristie.com/ Topics: Mysteries and More, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jan 22, 2009 Aizen
Aizen is an international organization dedicated to French novelist Emile Zola, other naturalist writers, and naturalism. Provides past issues of the group's annual bulletin, details about conferences, and a bibliography of academic papers related to Zola. Most material available in English and French. http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Eaizen/ Topics: Authors by Region, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Mar 29, 2007 Amiri Baraka
Official website for Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), "the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, and music history and criticism, a poet icon and revolutionary political activist." Features a biography, audio and video clips, essays and poems (including the controversial "Somebody Blew Up America," written about the September 11, 2001, attacks when Baraka was New Jersey's poet laureate), and related links. http://www.amiribaraka.com/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 27, 2007 Arthur Conan Doyle the Prolific Writer
A site designed to highlight Arthur Conan Doyle's works other than his Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Features illustrated essays on his "poetry, plays, historical fiction, commentary on social and legal reform, war and military chronicles, enthusiastic articles on various sport, and finally writings on behalf of Spiritualism." From the City of Westminster Libraries. http://www.westminsteronline.org/conandoyle/index.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated May 13, 2009 Audio Interview With Greg Mitchell About Upton Sinclair
"Greg Mitchell, author of 'The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California' ... and other books, speaks ... in this 1992 interview about Upton Sinclair. The setting for the book is during the Great Depression. ... Greg Mitchell explains that the controversy about Upton Sinclair's running for governor of California spawned several new political tactics in an attempt to keep Sinclair out of office." From Ohio University. http://wiredforbooks.org/gregmitchell/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 12, 2007 The B. Traven Collections at UC Riverside Libraries
This website accompanies a 2006 exhibition about the author B. Traven, who "lived in Mexico, wrote in German and kept his identity a closely-guarded secret." View images of publications by and about Traven, and read about Traven's identity and about his books that have been made into films (such as "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"). Includes a bibliography and exhibition poster details. Created by librarian Heidi L. Hutchinson of University of California, Riverside, Libraries. http://library.ucr.edu/?view=collections/spcol/Traven Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Apr 24, 2009 Bog & Soul: A Concord Experience
Information about one sphagnum bog Henry David Thoreau visited in Concord, Massachusetts, in the 1850s. "Gowing's Swamp (aka, Thoreau's Bog) is a classic, bowl-shaped, floating bog nestled in the hollow of a glaciated woodland." Includes images and a brief bibliography. From the Concord Magazine. http://www.concordma.com/magazine/sepoct01/gowingsbog.html Topics: Environment, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Water Last updated Nov 7, 2005 C-SPAN American Writers: A Journey Through History
American writers who have been highlighted on C-SPAN programs are gathered chronologically by era from 1600 to 1975. For each featured author, a brief biography, critical assessment of works, and chronological listing of titles published are followed by websites about the author. Extended features require free membership registration. http://www.americanwriters.org/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Aug 27, 2007 A Case of Considerable Interest
Companion to an exhibition celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection of the Toronto Public Library. Move the magnifying glass cursor across the bookshelf to view cover images and links about Sherlock Holmes publications, other fiction and nonfiction works, and material relating to Doyle's four visits to Canada. From the Toronto Public Library. http://ve.torontopubliclibrary.ca/case_of_considerable_interest/ Topics: Mysteries and More, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated May 14, 2009 Edgar Allan Poe
Biography and collection of material about poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe. Features a walking tour of Edgar Allan Poe's Publishers Row in New York City, a selected bibliography, and some of Poe's poems, such as "The Raven" and "The Bells." Includes links to related sites and to profiles of other poets from the Romantic era. From the Academy of American Poets. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/130 Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poetry Last updated Jan 10, 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Collection -- Enoch Pratt Free Library
Website for a collection of "Poeana," material related to American literary giant Edgar Allan Poe. Click on "Edgar Allen Poe Collection" near the top of the page to view images of selected items from the collection such as photographs of Poe, fragments from Poe's original coffin, locks of hair, and letters written by Poe. Also includes a finding aid to the full collection. From the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland. http://www.prattlibrary.org/digital/index.aspx?id=180 Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poetry Last updated Dec 16, 2008 Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Website for this national historic site at author and poet Edgar Allan Poe's only surviving residence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Features visitor information, classroom materials, suggested reading, issues of the "Friends of Poe" newsletter, and a brief FAQ. From the National Park Service (NPS). http://www.nps.gov/edal/index.htm Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poetry Last updated Sep 30, 2009 Edith Wharton's World: Portraits of People and Places
Companion to an exhibit of artwork related to American writer Edith Wharton. Provides an overview of her fiction and nonfiction writings and annotated images of works such as of Edith Jones (Wharton) at ages 5 and nineteen, friend Theodore Roosevelt, fellow writers Henry James and Sinclair Lewis, and the arch in Washington Square, New York, which is mentioned in her writings. From the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/wharton/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Jan 17, 2008 Eudora Welty House
Website for this National Historic Landmark in Jackson, Mississippi, that was the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty for 76 years. Features a virtual tour of the house and garden (with a monthly flower bloom chart), a brief biography, and event listings (mostly in Mississippi) for the 2009 centennial of Welty's birth. From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. http://mdah.state.ms.us/welty/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Oct 28, 2009 The H.G. Wells Society
Website for this international society (based in the U.K.) that "aims to promote a widespread interest in the life, work and thought of Herbert George [H.G.] Wells," best known for science fiction titles such as "The War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine." Provides a bibliography, list of Wells titles in print, notes on Wells and copyright, event announcements, links to two H.G. Wells discussion groups, and related website links. http://www.hgwellsusa.50megs.com/ Topics: Literature: Fiction, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jan 17, 2009 The Hour With George Stroumboulopoulos
Companion to a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) current affairs program, which has presented interviews with "some of the most interesting and influential figures on the planet: from big thinkers like Al Gore, [and] Noam Chomsky ... to establishment shakers like Bob Geldof," to musicians, movie stars, authors, and others. "The Hour" is "Always unconventional. Often controversial. Never predictable." Watch video clips online. Also includes a blog. http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Government Last updated Sep 27, 2007 Live From the NYPL
Website for a series of "conversations, debates & performances" held at the New York Public Library (NYPL). Learn about upcoming events and find transcripts and audio/video files for selected past programs such as Toni Morrison in conversation with Fran Lebowitz, a conversation on the 2008 election, "Dead from the NYPL" on obituaries, and a tribute to John Updike. Archive goes back to 2005. From the NYPL. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/peplist.cfm Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Aug 24, 2009 MacArthur Fellows Program Overview
Commonly known as the "genius grants," this MacArthur Foundation program "awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction." Fellows have included "scientists, historians, poets and novelists, artists and composers, and people working in public service." Read biographies of current recipients of the grants, and browse lists of fellows back to 1981. http://www.macfound.org/programs/fel/fel_overview.htm Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 28, 2009 Mark Twain at Large: His Travels Here and Abroad
An exhibition devoted to the travels of Mark Twain, "from his earliest trips in America to his final visit to Bermuda in 1910." Includes photographs, letters, notebooks, broadsides, and other ephemera. From the Mark Twain Papers of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/MTP/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Travel Last updated Aug 25, 2004 The Mitford Family
Introduction to members of the "eccentric, literary (some of them) English family, the Mitfords." Includes background about Nancy Mitford (author of the comic novels "Love in a Cold Climate" and "The Pursuit of Love"), Lady Diana Mosley (who married the leader of the British Union of Fascists), Jessica Mitford (writer of "The American Way of Death"), and Unity Mitford (who was acquainted with Adolph Hitler). From a writer in South Africa. http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2005/06/the_mitford_fam.php Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Feb 7, 2007 Nevermore 2009
"Baltimore is celebrating the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe with a yearlong citywide festival ... officially kick[ing] off in January 2009 with a variety of events to celebrate Edgar Allan Poe's birthday [January 19]." Site features events listings, details about Poe sites in Baltimore (including his grave and the Poe House Museum), and links with resources for planning a trip to Baltimore. From the City of Baltimore and other groups. http://www.nevermore2009.com/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poetry Last updated Jan 6, 2009 Nevermore: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane
The website companion to this 2006-2007 exhibit about Edgar Allan Poe features digitized images of "many of Poe's unique manuscripts and letters, scarce copies of his first editions, rare examples of the original newspaper and magazine issues in which much of his work first appeared, and editions of his most famous poem, 'The Raven.'" From the Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/poe/exhibition/nevermore/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poetry Last updated Oct 16, 2006 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949: William Faulkner
Profile of novelist and poet William Faulkner, winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel." Features a biography, bibliography (listing titles such as "The Sound and the Fury," "As I Lay Dying," and "Light in August"), Nobel presentation speech and banquet speech, video of the awards ceremony, and related links. From the Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 14, 2007 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1982: Gabriel García Márquez
Background about this Colombian author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, and who is known for works such as "Love in the Time of Cholera" and "One Hundred Years of Solitude." Features a biography, bibliography, and text of his Nobel lecture. Some material available in Spanish. (Nobel banquet speech only available in Spanish.) From the Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1982/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Mar 12, 2007 Open Book Club
Website for this Boston television program that presents "conversation[s] with amazing authors about their books." Features a few online episodes (with authors such as Dennis Lehane and Tom Perrotta), discussion lists, and an opportunity for book clubs to register with the site (one book club per month is featured on the site). http://www.openbookclub.tv/ Topics: Literature & Books, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Apr 1, 2009 Petals on a Wet Black Bough: American Modernist Writers and the Orient
Companion to an exhibit of books, manuscripts, and illustrations with "two major thematic divisions: American Nineteenth-Century representations of China and Japan, and Twentieth-Century writers' interpretations of those influences." The 20th-century modernist authors include Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and E.E Cummings. From the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/orient/intro.htm Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jan 30, 2008 Photographs of Oscar Wilde and His Circle at the Clark Library
A collection of over 50 thumbnail photographs of Oscar Wilde. Also features photographs of Wilde's family and Lord Alfred Douglas. From the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/wildphot/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literature by Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Dec 29, 2005 Poe Museum
A museum in Richmond, Virginia, devoted to the life and work of 19th century author Edgar Allan Poe. The site features a timeline, material about Poe's time in Richmond, samples from selected Poe works (such as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"), and more. http://www.poemuseum.org Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poetry Last updated Apr 27, 2006 Poe Revealed, 1809-2009
Website for Virginia's 2009 celebration of the 200th anniversary of the January 19, 1809, birth of Edgar Allan Poe. The "Teacher" and "Student" sections provide material introducing you to Poe's life and works, such as a timeline, details about his literary contributions (such as inventor of the detective story), discussion of Poe's writing techniques, animated version of "The Tell Tale Heart," and material about Poe's mysterious death. Also includes events listing and a blog. http://www.poe200th.com/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poetry Last updated Jan 15, 2009 The Ponder Heart
Companion website to a Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of Eudora Welty's comic novel "The Ponder Heart." Features a biography and timeline of the life of Welty (1909-2001), who "is best known as a Southern writer of short stories and novels (although she also worked professionally as a photographer)." Also includes interactive features, background about the novel and film, teacher's guide, and related links (some broken) and bibliography. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/ponder/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 10, 2009 The Rachel Carson Homestead
Website for the historic site at the Springdale, Pennsylvania, birthplace of ecologist Rachel Carson, whose book "Silent Spring" warned "about the dangers associated with the indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides and their potentially adverse effect on the environment and human health." The website features history of the homestead, a biography of Carson, a calendar of events for the 2007 celebration of the centennial of Carson's birth, essays, an environmental reading list, and more. http://www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org/ Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Pollutants & Toxic Substances, U.S. History By Place Last updated May 21, 2007 Rachel Carson: Pen Against Poison
Illustrated essays about scientist and writer Rachel Carson. "Her 1962 book 'Silent Spring' brought worldwide attention to the harm to human health and the environment wrought by mishandling of a powerful pesticide, fomenting the environmental movement." Includes a photo gallery and links to related websites. Also available in Spanish. From the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs. http://www.america.gov/publications/books/rachel-carson-pen-against-poison.html Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Pollutants & Toxic Substances Last updated Dec 12, 2008 Roald Dahl Day
Activities to celebrate this day in mid-September recognizing Roald Dahl, author of children's books such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach." Provides activities for children and teachers, images for making decorations, children's drawings of Dahl book covers, photos from past celebrations, and more. Includes some commercial material. From Penguin Books Limited. http://www.puffin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/15/minisites/dahlday/ Topics: Children's Literature, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 4, 2007 S.E. Hinton.com
The official S.E. (Susan Eloise) Hinton Web site. Includes a brief biography, answers frequently asked questions, and discusses the author's books and the four movies that have been made from her books, including The Outsiders , Rumble Fish , and Tex . http://www.sehinton.com/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 4, 2004 A Sad Flower in the Sand
Companion website to a film about John Fante, "the renegade author whose highly autobiographical novels illustrate his deep-rooted love of Los Angeles and his struggles working through poverty and prejudice." Features a biographical essay, brief profiles of selected works (including "Ask the Dust" and "Full of Life"), clips from the film, and links to related websites. From Independent Television Service (ITVS). http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sadflowerinthesand/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Nov 8, 2006 Stephen King.com
The official site features a biography, complete list of books and films, answers to common rumors, forthcoming books and movies, and links to other sites about this prolific author and his work. http://www.stephenking.com/ Topics: Literature: Fiction, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Apr 25, 2004 Studs Terkel, 1912-2008
This blog entry compiles interviews with "legendary radio broadcaster, writer and oral historian Studs Terkel," who died in Chicago in October 2008. Provides transcripts, audio and video stream, and MP3 downloads of four interviews from 2003, 2005, and 2007. Topics discussed include the rebuilding of New Orleans, the Iraq War, and his memoir. From the daily TV/radio news program Democracy Now!, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/10/31/studs_terkel_1912_2008 Topics: Media, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Nov 3, 2008 Susan Sontag
Official site for Susan Sontag, an outspoken and often controversial author and critic who died in December 2004. Find a biography, bibliography, and other resources for this author of books such as "On Photography" and "In America." http://www.susansontag.com/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Dec 29, 2004 There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak
Companion to a 2008-2009 retrospective exhibit "of the work of author and artist Maurice Sendak ... [that] focuses on Sendak's personality as a storyteller engaging with difficult and mysterious themes and memories in his work. It explores Sendak's prolific imagination through the characters, influences, and settings of his books." Features slideshows and video clips from an interview with Sendak on topics such as "Where the Wild Things Are." From the Rosenbach Museum & Library. http://www.rosenbach.org/exhibitions/sendakonsendak/ Topics: Artists, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jun 4, 2009 Times Topics: David Halberstam
Collection of articles by and about David Halberstam, the "Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former reporter for The New York Times [who] wrote on topics as varied as the Vietnam War and professional basketball," and who died in April 2007. Features selected articles from Halbersam's reporting on Vietnam, reviews of his books, obituary, and more. Most content available with free registration; includes a few articles only available to paid subscribers. From the New York Times. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/david_halberstam/index.html Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 9, 2009 Times Topics: Edgar Allan Poe
"News about Edgar Allan Poe, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times." Includes material back to the mid 1980s on topics related to Poe's final resting place, the Poe Cottage in New York, books with characters inspired by Poe, and more. Also includes links to related sites. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/edgar_allan_poe/index.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poetry Last updated Jan 5, 2009 Truman Capote
Background about 20th-century American writer Truman Capote, author of "In Cold Blood," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and other works. Includes a biography, timeline, famous quotes, a list of works, and a list of books and movies by or about Capote. Note: Media section is not up to date. From an enthusiast. http://www.capotebio.com/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 26, 2007 Vaclav Havel
Official website for this author and dramatist who was president of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) and the first president of the Czech Republic (1993-2003). Features a biography, timeline, photos, list of plays and books, and links to writings and speeches by time period and themes, such as human rights, globalization, and NATO. In English and Czech. http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/index.php?sec=1&id=1&setln=2 Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Government Last updated Oct 3, 2007 The Works of Norman Mailer
Companion to a fall 2007 exhibition of materials associated with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer, who died in November 2007. It "highlights some of the major works of Norman Mailer housed in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Thomas Cooper Library [University of South Carolina]." Includes images of book jackets (such as for "The Naked and the Dead"), and a self-portrait. From the University of South Carolina. http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/mailer/mailer.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Nov 13, 2007 Writers: Eudora Welty
Special feature on author and photographer Eudora Welty (1909-2001), who won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Optimist's Daughter." Includes a tribute, bibliography, list of Welty's awards and honors, links to lesson plans and other websites (some broken), and an audio program. From Mississippi Public Broadcasting. http://www.mpbonline.org/television/series/writers/101-welty/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 10, 2009 |
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