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1. Fourth World Journal
   '... the world's leading publication for ideas and analysis about and by writers from some of the world's more than six thousand Fourth World nations.'
   02-11-2007 : aboriginal peoples, arts, authors, creative arts, economics, environment, ethnic groups, fourth world, history, indigenous peoples, indigenous studies, native peoples, political change, social change, tribes, writers
2. Today in Literature
   This site features 'engaging stories about the great books, writers, and events in literary history.' Provides a new, original, biographical story each day as well as lists of works by and about the authors, basic facts, and related links. Browsable by author. (Librarian's Internet Index). (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-12-2007 : authors, calendars, literary calendars, today in history
3. Online Literary Criticism Collection
   Links to over 1,500 selected websites with critical and biographical information about authors and their works for US and British literary works from pre-1500 to the present. Browsable by author, title, or literary period. Some sites are not available to everyone.
   01-11-2007 : authors, literary criticism critics, literary period, literature, people, resources, us and british
4. James Joyce From Dublin to Ithaca
   Companion website to a 2005 exhibit on Irish writer James Joyce. Covers his life, works (such as 'Ulysses' and 'Dubliners'), and correspondence. Include selected photos and images of letters, book covers, and other printed materials. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-10-2006 : 1882-1941, authors, authors by region, irish, james, joyce, literature, modern: 20th century, people, shakespeare and company finnegans wake, writers
5. The Thomas Hardy Association
   Has a chronology, information about editions of Hardy's works, maps of the fictional Wessex where his stories take place, and links to related sites (such as one for his home in Dorset). Some material is restricted to member use. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-10-2006 : 'far from the madding crowd', 'tess of the d'urbervilles', authors, authors by region, english, english: 19th centuryenglish literature: 19th century, hardy: thomas (1840-1928), people, yale
6. Nabokov Under Glass: A Centennial Exhibition
   'Featuring materials from the Nabokov Archive in the [New York Public Library, this 1999] online exhibition provides a chronological look at Vladimir Nabokov's life and literary output, starting with poems of his teenage years, through his latest novels and memoirs.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-10-2006 : 1899-1977, american, authors, literature, modern, nabokov, people, russian, vladimir vladimirovich
7. Jack London and the Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906
   Writings and photos by Jack London and his wife from the period following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Features more than 200 photos from his albums, pages from Charmian's diary, and a timeline of London's life.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-09-2006 : 1906 earthquake: san francisco, 1906: photographs, authors, california: history, california: literature and books, california: photographs, history: california, london: charmian: diaries, london: jack (1876-1916), san francisco, san francisco (california): earthquake and fire, san francisco (california): earthquake and fire (1906), san francisco bay area
8. Best of the Web
   An extensive list selected by librarians.
   11-09-2006 : abbreviations, acronyms, address directories, adult literacy, aids, almanacs, anagrams, anthropology, apparel, archaeology, area studies, art. architecture, arts administration, astronomy, audio books, authors, avian influenza, awards, bankruptcies, best of the web, biographies, biology, bird flu, bisexual studies, book arts, book trade, books, books and 'zines, booksellers, botany, bronx on the web, building, buildings, buses, business, calculators, calendars, careers, celebrations, chemistry, children, children's resources, citation guides, climatology, communication, community, community information, company information, computers, construction, consumer, converters, copyright, cosmetics, cost of living, country information, culinary history, current events, dance, dictionaries, disability information, disability resources, disaster preparedness, domestic violence, earth science, economic statistics, education, eldercare, elections, email, emergency preparedness, employment, encyclopedias, engineering, environmental science, ethnic groups, evaluating information, exercise, fashion, federal government, film, finance, financial, fine arts, folklore, food, food science, foreign governments, fragrances, fun and interesting sites, games, gay, genealogy, geography, geology, government, government agencies, government: documents, government: state and local, grammar, hardware, health, health care providers and facilities, health info in languages, healthy eating, historical documents, history, history of medicine, hiv, holidays, homelessness, homework help, housing, humanities, immigrants, immigration, industry information, insurance, internet, job training, journal articles, law, law dictionaries, law libraries, law societies, lawyer and law firm directories, lawyer referral, legal abbreviations, legal aid services, legal forms, legal information, legal issues, legal search tools, lesbian, libraries, linguistics, literature, macintosh computers, magazine articles, manhattan on the web, manuscripts, maps, market research, mathematics, measurements, media, medical dictionaries, medical research and trials, medicine, medicine: alternative, medicines: prescription and nonprescription, men, mental health and behavior, movies, music, mysticism, mythology, names, native north american resources, new york, new york city, news, occult, operating systems, parapsychology, parent resources, patents, people, performing arts, pet health, philosophy, photography, physical fitness, physics, political science, prescription and nonprescription medicines, primary documents public records, prizes, programming languages, psychology, publishers, quotations, radio, reading, recorded sound, religions, resources for older adults, resources for young adults, science, search the internet, self-help, senior citizens, seniors' organizations, small business, social sciences, social services, sociology, software, space science, sports, staten island on the web, statistical sources, statistics, subways, teaching resources, technology, teen life, teenagers, telephone directories, television, textiles, theatre, theology, time, trademarks, training, trains, transgender studies, translation, transportation, travel, united nations, viruses, volunteering, voter information, weather, web design, websites for writers, women's studies, world wide web, writers' resources, zoology
9. Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
   'Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) is best known today as the author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which helped galvanize the abolitionist cause and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.' Information about her life and writings, bibliographies, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-09-2006 : abolitionists, american, american civil war, american literature, authors, bibliographies, people, stowe: harriet beecher (1811-1896), women authors
10. Jean Hersholt: 'The Complete Andersen'
    Claims to be 'the most comprehensive edition of Andersen's fairy tales in English (American) on the internet.' Has biographical information about Andersen. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : andersen's fairy tales, andersen: h. c. (hans christian) (1805-1875), authors, biographical information, danish, people
11. Writers and Editors
    Describes the nature of the work of writing and editing professionals, such as creative writers (including bloggers), book and news editors, technical writers, and science and medical writers. Discusses working conditions, training requirements, job outlook, and earnings.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : authors, communications, editors, fact checkers, jobs, journalism, journalists, news, novelists, occupations, playwrights, screenwriters, work, writing
12. Jane Austen
    Critical essay addressing the life and works of 19th-century English author Jane Austen. Includes a discussion of her early writings and of her mature works such as 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma.' Also includes a list of works by Austen, a bibliography, and links to related sites.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : 19th century, austen: jane (1775-1817), authors, authors by region, english, english literature: 19th century, literary movements and periods, people
13. Tarek Heggy
    Official website from Egypt's Tarek Heggy, a liberal political thinker in the Arab world, who is a manager in the petroleum industry, a university lecturer, and an author. 'His work advances the causes of modernity, democracy, tolerance, and women's rights in the Middle East.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : authors, egyptian, hajji--tariq ahmad, middle east, people, political science
14. The Bohemian, the Bolsheviks, and the Old Blues
    2005 article about Yale University's acquisition of the papers of Louise Bryant, a journalist who covered the Russian Revolution while married to John Reed. Includes a brief overview of her life, and images of selected items from the collection.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : 1885-1936journalists: united states, 1917-1921, authors, bryant, journalists, lenin, louise, people, people: women, soviet union: history: revolution, women journalists, yale university. library: special collections
15. James Joyce: The Brazen Head
    Information on James Joyce and his works and also on film, theater, music, and books inspired by his works. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : authors, english literature, irish, joyce: james (1882-1941), people
16. Jamaica Kincaid
    Born Elaine Potter Richardson in Antigua, she changed her name after she started writing. Has a biography, a discussion of the major themes in her work, a bibliography, and some links. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : antiguan, authors, bibliographies, biographies, caribbean literature (english), elaine potter richardson, jamaica, kincaid, people
17. Internet Public Library Biographies Section
    Searchable or browse by Sub-headings: Artists and Architects, Authors, Entertainers, Musicians and Composers, Politicians and Rulers, Scientists and Inventors
    11-06-2006 : architects, artists, authors, biographies, composers, entertainers, inventors, musicians, politicians, rulers, scientists
18. Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection
    Literary criticism of American and British literature by author, title, or time period.
    11-06-2006 : american, authors, british, english, literary criticism, literary period, literature, people
19. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988, Naguib Mahfouz
    Background for this Egyptian author who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1988 and who died in August 2006. Includes a biography, bibliography, the text of his Nobel lecture (in English and Arabic), text from a March 2006 interview and a 2001 documentary, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    09-30-2006 : arabic renaissance, authors, egypt, literature: egypt, midaq alley

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