Learn about the writer of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and her early life -- how she heard family stories as a child, and how she developed the character Paul Edward for "The Land." There is an extensive bibliography of her works and...

These images and writing prompts are to spark writing ideas in your young writers.

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 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...

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

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.

A biography on this Australian poet and writer Henry Lawson.

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...

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...

Online collection of articles and excerpts about critical theory from contemporary writers.

"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is a novel by the Irish modernist writer James Joyce. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.

This site from ibiblio.org provides a very brief synopsis of Louisa May Alcott's life and accomplishments as a writer includes a link to a full-text of her book, "Little Women."

This resource from the Circle Association at the University of Buffalo gives background on the origins of the Harlem Renaissance and highlights its most famous authors.

This site includes the author's credits as an editor and playwright, a biography, and links to three of his books.

Resource on the importance of writer and poet, Siegfried Sassoon's work, who wrote about the brutal realities of war.

A look at the literature and movies written and produced in the Jazz Age. See how the writers of the age reflected the consumer society and the emptiness of middle class. Movies appealed to mass culture and millions went to the movies...

The companion site for independent filmmaker Jessica Yu's exploration of the life and work of Henry Darger, which originally aired on PBS's "P.O.V." series in 2005. Along with a synopsis of the film and Yu's insights about her subject,...

In this website, the writer truly gives "Straight Answers" regarding the Orthodox Church, her doctrinal difference with The Roman Catholic church, her claim to True Apostolic Succession, and, more importantly, an explanation of her...

A brief biography of writer and historian Thomas Carlyle. Includes a list of his works and details his relationships with other important figures in Victorian literature and culture.

Paterson Joseph describes how his research into Black British history led him to write his first play, Sancho: An Act of Remembrance. In this one-man show, Paterson Joseph inhabits the life of Ignatius Sancho, the 18th-century composer,...

Margaret Cavendish and Katherine Philips both wrote across a range of genres and achieved considerable success in their day. This article explores their different approaches to the difficulties of being a 17th-century female writer.

This site presents a biography of Yasunari Kawabata, who was the first Japanese novelist to win the Nobel prize for literature. The biography highlights the poetic nature of Kawabata's fiction.