The University of Mississippi lauds its native Margaret Walker Alexander. Included are biographical information, an extensive bibliography of her works and those written about her, and a link to the Margaret Walker Alexander National...

The University of Mississippi offers a detailed biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) the famous freedom fighter is offered at this site. It includes an extensive bibliography of her works, and works about her, as well as some...

The home on the web of Great Britain's National Portrait Gallery is a repository of the likenesses of famous British men and women. Portraits stretch back in time into the the sixteenth century and run right up to the present. Includes...

Transcripts of hundreds of oral histories and slave narratives from 1936-1938 collected during the Federal Writers' Project.

A detailed biography of the ancient Roman writer Virgil complemented by selected quotes from his works. Also provides a bibliography.

A heart map is a visual representation of a student's heart, displaying topics that "live" there; these topics are ones the student would show passion about and interest towards when writing about them. In writer's workshop students...

Listen to an interview with Canadian novelist Robertson Davies, author of "A Mixture of Frailties" and "The Lyre of Orpheus." Discussion topics include journalism, writing plays, and writers' experiences.

Have you ever studied Lord Tennyson's work? This site features information on the life and work of this famous Victorian writer.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's novel is offered by the Schomburg African American Women Writers project in machine-readable form.

This site includes a brief biography of Achebe, the video [9:13] "Nigerian Writer Chinua Achebe on CNN's 'African Voices'" and links to 17 of his books.

This site is a lesson about the poet Allen Ginsberg. Read his poems, read about the work of other writers in the Beat movement, and investigate the larger social and political climate in which they lived.

Discover writer James Thurber through this comprehensive site. This resource features links to lesson plans and activities for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and some of his other stories.

Detailed encyclopedia entry describing the history of literature in Alabama and how its writers have contributed to both American and world literature.

Work through each step of this interactive learning module to write your won Riddle Rhyme. This activity can be completed online or downloaded in PDF format.

A grammar activity/assessment for the high school student on using commas correctly. With ten multiple choice questions that can be submitted to be scored and an essay question.

After reading and discussing "Fierce Wondering" inspired by Ralph Fletcher's A Writer's Notebook: Unlocking the Writer within You, and a page from Amelia's Notebook by Marissa Moss, the teachers makes two class lists of interesting...

A biography on this Australian poet and writer Henry Lawson.

This is a short biography of the Puerto Rican writer Jose de Diego.

Not only for teachers. Explore the world of this famous writer when you visit the collection of links on Whitman at the Web English Teacher website.

This site focuses on Ann Petry including a short biography, the video [10:12] "Ann Petry and Harlem's History" and links to seven of her literary works.

This site provides information on writers and poets from francophonic Caribbean and Antilles islands: Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, and Martinique. Includes biographical information on authors and links to excerpts of their work and...

This chapter of Mr. Seltzer's book deals directly with his role in the Sam Sheppard case. Mr. Seltzer was a writer with a newspaper in Cleveland and gives a look from a different point of view.

American writer James Baldwin retells many of the Norse tales which center on the hero, Siegfried. The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support...

In this lesson, Ralph Fletcher's writing style is introduced to student writers. Students will write a rough draft about a time they ate, or a time when they saw someone else eat, something unusual. Then students will read and analyze...