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Transcription of an interview with the 1999 National Book Award winner for poetry, Ai.
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Transcription of an interview with the 1999 National Book Award winner for poetry, Ai.
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Contains a biographical and critical essay, a selected bibliography of works by and about the author, and links to additional resources.
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Modern American Poetry page about Amiri Baraka (also known as Leroi Jones).
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"The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress presents the papers of the nineteenth-century African-American abolitionist who escaped from slavery and then risked his own freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher. The first release of the Douglass Papers, from the Library of Congress's Manuscript Division, contains approximately 2,000 items (16,000 images) relating to Douglass's life as an escaped slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and public servant. The papers span the years 1841 to 1964, with the bulk of the material from 1862 to 1895."
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Provides access to over 200 poems and a libretto.
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This site contains a biography, a bibliography, critical information, and a number of online texts of poems.
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This site contains a biography, a bibliography, critical information,and a number of online texts of poems.
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Digital images of "ten plays written by Hurston (1891-1960), author, anthropologist, and folklorist. Deposited in the United States Copyright Office between 1925 and 1944, most of the plays remained unpublished and unproduced until they were rediscovered in the Copyright Deposit Drama Collection in 1997." Can be searched by keyword or browsed by title.
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This site contains a critical bibliography, a list of primary works, and a review of Morrison's novel Paradise.
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A hypertext edition of the 1850 work, from the University of Virginia.
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Home page with a broad range of links, plus biography, criticism, reviews, and e-texts.
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Home page with a broad range of links, plus biography, criticism, reviews, and e-texts.
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This site contains a biography, a complete listing of the works, a bibliography of works about the author, and a listing of historical firsts and other accomplishments of the author.
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A collection of news and analysis of August Wilson from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Companion to an ITVS television documentary.
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Provides resources about women artists and writers of color. It contains biographical and critical analysis, pedagogical information, and histories of translation.