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Best of the Web: Arts & Humanities
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Whitney Museum of American Art, N. Y.
Information on exhibitions, collections, programs and events,research, membership,and the museum store.
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Who2?
"For each famous figure, Who2 gives you the hard facts you're most likely looking for: birth and death dates, famous works, notorious trivia. Then -- in case that's not enough -- we sift the Web and pick out the four best sites for additional detail. . . Classic authors, movie stars, famous frauds, kings and queens, mythical gods, cartoon dogs: anyone famous is fair game for Who2."
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Wikiquote
Wikiquote is a free online compendium of sourced quotations from notable people and creative works in every language, translations of non-English quotes, and links to Wikipedia for further information.
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Wildernet: Wilderness and the American Imagination
A web page created by members of the Fall, 1995 Yale American Studies Seminar, "Wilderness and the American Imagination."
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Wilson, Robert
Born 1941 in United States
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Window: Philosophy on the Internet
A project of the Trinity College Philosophy Department, this site includes biographies, links to other philosophy websites and e-texts, a timeline, and other features.
- Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
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Wolfgang Iser: An Introduction
A Stanford University website dealing life and work of the German literary theorist.
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Women and Philosophy Websites: WSSLINKS
Annotated listing of links to resources on women and philosophy. Developed as part of WSSLINKS, a project of the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
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Women Artists in Canada
Collection of works and information on 190+ contemporary artists. Also available in French.
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Women Children's Book Illustrators
Site devoted to the history of children's book illustrationand the role women played.
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Women in Film Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Women In Film was founded in Los Angeles by Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, the former Publisher and Editorin-chief of The Hollywood Reporter and a group of women who represented various disciplines within the film and television industries. WIF has evolved and expanded over the last thirty years and today there are over forty WIF chapters worldwide spanning four continents, eighteen countries, and 10,000 global members.
- Women in Photography International Archive
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Women in the Shadows: Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection
Chronicles classic lesbian pulp fiction of the 1950s and early 1960s. From the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University.
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Women Make Movies, New York, New York
Established in 1972 to address the under representation and misrepresentation of women in the media industry, Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women.
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Women Mystery and Detective Fiction Writers and the Rise of Feminism
Companion to a course at the University of Evansville features links to interviews and other information concerning a dozen women authors in the field.
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Women Writers of the Middle Ages
Bibliography of works by and about women writers of the Middle Ages. Prepared by the Robbins Library at the University of Rochester.
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Women Writers: A Zine
An e-journal featuring critical articles, book reviews, interviews, poetry and fiction, and link collections.
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Word2Word
Provides links to free online language courses and dictionaries.
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Words Without Borders
Tne online magazine for international literature.
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Workshops, Rockport, Maine
The Workshops was founded in 1973 as a summer conservatory for the world's photographers and filmmakers. Over the past 30 summers, The Workshops has grown into a year-round college and learning center for the world's filmmakers, photographers, actors, writers, digital artists and creative professionals. We now offer 250 one-week workshops and master classes. Rockport College came into existence in 1996 and now offers an Associate of Arts degree, a Master of Fine Arts degree and a one-year Professional Certificate program.
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World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
WWVF is an international media art festival. Founded in the early 1980s, it is one of the pioneering events in a now internationally respected field of visual art.
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Wright American Fiction 1851-1875
"This is a collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction,1851-1875. There are currently 1752 texts included (1602 unedited, 155 fully edited and encoded) by 845 authors."
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Write Stuff
Interviews with contemporary authors.
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WWW Virtual Library for Theatre and Drama
Pointers to resources in over 50 countries for professionals, amateurs, academics and students. Includes a keyword search. The General Organizations and Resources and Theatre Image Collections Online categories are most helpful.
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WWW Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama
Guide to quality theatre and drama resources on the web. Links to international online journals, museums, theatre companies, and collections of theatre images.
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Yale Divinity School Library: Research Guide for Christianity
"This Research Guide for Christianity provides pointers to the print and microform collections, online databases, internet resources, and other resources for conducting research in Christian studies at Yale University."
- Yale University Libraries
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Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.
(Coe Collection of Western Americana)
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Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
The program is committed to a broad definition of photography as a lens-based medium open to a variety of expressive means. Students work both individually and in groups with faculty and visiting artists.
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Yoga
Collection of links to relevant resources.
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Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
Founded in 2001 the triennial showcases new cutting-edge contemporary art from around the globe, and features many site-specific works highlighting the distinctive characters of the host city.
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Yonemoto, Bruce and Norman
Born 1949 and 1946 in United States
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Your Guide to the Religions of the World
BBC World Service guide provides basic information about Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism.
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yourDictionary
All about language.
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yourDictionary.com
Here you will find dictionaries and glossaries of photographic terms.
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Zando, Julie
Born in Canada
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Zane Grey's West Society
"The purpose of this organization is to promote interest in and knowledge of the eminent American author, Zane Grey and his works to revive interest in the writings of Zane Grey and preserve the sites of his writings so that future generations may realize the contributions made by Zane Grey toward the development of the adventure story in American literature."
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Zoo Art Fair, London, England
Established in 2004, the Fair showcases under 6 year-old commercial and non-commercial arts organisations, and represents galleries, project spaces, artist collectives, curatorial groups and publications.

