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General Resources in Minority Literatures |
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Academy of American Poets |
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Homepage (Academy of American Poets) |
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Discussion Forum (Academy of American Poets) |
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Listening Booth (audio clips of poems read by their authors) (Academy of American Poets) |
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National Poetry Almanac (Academy of American Poets) |
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National Poetry Map (Academy of American Poets) |
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Poetry Exhibits (Academy of American Poets) |
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Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and After (Academy of American Poets) |
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Ethnic Studies (SWIRL, Southern Oregon U.) |
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Judy McDonald, "A Multicultural Literature Bibliography" (1996) (annotated bibliography of multicultural literature for young adults) (Digital Library and Archives, Virginia Tech U.) |
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Multicultural U.S. Fiction Web (pedagogically-oriented introduction to the concept, history, documents, and fiction of multiculturalism; includes links and study guides) (Richard Pearce, Wheaton C.) |
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On-Line Literary Resources: Ethnicities & Nationalities (Jack Lynch, Rutgers U.) |
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Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color (U. Minnesota) Includes biography, bibliography, and links |
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Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color (U. Minnesota) |
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Homepage (Voices from the Gaps) |
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African American Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Arab American Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Asian American Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Canadian Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Caribbean American Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Chicana/Latina Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Indigenous/Native American Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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ReSound ("online literary review of books written by North American women writers of color") (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Significant Dates (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Soundings (short essays and academic papers submitted by community members) (Voices from the Gaps) |
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African American |
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General Resources in African-American Lit. |
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African-American Literature (U. Southern Calif.) |
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African American Women Writers of the 19th Century (extensive collection of online texts) (Schomburg Center, New York Public Library) |
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American Studies, Black History and Literature |
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Black Cultural Studies Web Site |
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Black Cultural Studies Site Index (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Elizabeth Alexander (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Houston A. Baker, Jr. (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Barbara Christian (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Manthia Diawara (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Ann duCille (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Cheryl Dunye (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Paul Gilroy (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Stuart Hall (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Phillip Brian Harper (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Mae G. Henderson (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Arthur Jafa (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Isaac Julien (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Wahneema Lubiano (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Kobena Mercer (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Valerie Smith (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Hortense J. Spillers (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Claudia Tate (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Michele Wallace (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Black Cultural Studies Links (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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HEAL (Help Educate Against Lies) (bibliography of major black writers, by the students of Carol Hunt, Lexington Community College) |
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Writing Black: Literature By and On Blacks (Andrew L. Graham) |
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African-American Literature Writers, Projects, Works |
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The Charles Chesnutt Digital Archive (includes a variety of primary texts by Chesnutt, numerous reviews, and bibliographical information)(Stepahnie P. Browner, Berea C., Berea, KY) |
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African American Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Maya Angelou |
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Maya Angelou Discussion Forum |
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Maya Angelou: A Bibliography of Literary Criticism (Jay Brandes, Troy State U.) |
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Maya Angelou Links and Resources (Dept. of English, U. of Cincinnati) |
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Maya Angelou: Teacher Resource File (Inez Ramsey, James Madison U.) |
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Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) |
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Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) Page (Michael Borshuk) |
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Amiri Baraka, "Minton's" (1962) (Michael Borshuk) |
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Gwendolyn Brooks |
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Gwendolyn Brooks (Academy of American Poets) Bibliography and links, including link to audiofile of Brooks reading |
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Gwendolyn Brooks (D.H. Melhem, Heath Anthology of American Literature) |
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Lucille Clifton |
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Lucille Clifton (Academy of American Poets) Bibliography and links, including links to audiofiles of Clifton reading "Cutting Greens" and "Homage to My Hips") (Academy of American Poets) |
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Lucille Clifton (bibliography and links) (A.Grischkowsky, H. Hemmen, and J. Schindler, U. Minnesota) |
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Frederick Douglass |
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Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center |
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site |
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Texts |
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Sandra Thomas, Frederick Douglass: "Abolitionist/Editor" (biography) |
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Rita Dove |
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"Lady Freedom Among Us" (UVA etext) |
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Rita Dove Page |
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Rita Dove (Academy of American Poets) |
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Paul Dunbar |
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Paul Laurence Dunbar Homepage (T. Columbus, U. of Dayton) Includes biography, realaudio readings of Dunbar's poetry, images, and links. |
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Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) (D. Campbell, Gonzaga State U.) Includes links to many works on line. |
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Paul Laurence Dunbar Digital Text Collection (Wright State U Library) "provides access to over two hundred poems" |
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Ralph Ellison |
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Ralph Ellison Webliography (Claude Potts, UCLA) Includes chronology and extensive bibliography |
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Teacher's Guide to Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (includes questions, exercises, and assignments) (B. Allen / Vintage Books) |
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Lorraine Hansberry |
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Concordance to A Raisin in the Sun (Iowa State U.) |
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Lorraine Hansberry (Voices from the Gaps, U Minnesota) |
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Teacher's Guide to Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun (B. Allen, Vintage Books) |
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, |
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Voices from the Gaps, U Minnesota) |
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Photograph (Manuscripts and Rare Books Library, U Virginia) |
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Texts |
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Langston Hughes |
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General Resources |
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Images |
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Poetry |
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Zora Neale Hurston |
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A Compendium of Research on the Novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (Rouzie, Ohio U) Includes annotated bibliography and reception history |
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Criticism |
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Zora Neale Hurston (Voices from the Gaps, U Minnesota) |
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Zora Neale Hurston: Background (Lauren Schiff, U. Virginia) |
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Audre Lorde |
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Writing and Resistance Criticism: Audre Lord (Jody Kerr, Arizona State U) |
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Henrietta Cordelia Ray, Poems (1910) (New York Public Library) |
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Ntozake Shange |
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Ntozake Shange (Henry Holt & Co., Inc.) |
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Writing and Resistance Web Links: Ntozake Shange (Jody Kerr, Arizona State U) |
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Toni Morrison |
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Anniina's Toni Morrison Page (Anniina Jokinen) |
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Web Page of Toni Morrison's Beloved (English 316K, U. Texas, Austin) |
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Jean Toomer |
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Jean Toomer (Academy of American Poets) |
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The Jean Toomer Pages (Scott W. Williams, State U of New York, Buffalo) |
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Sojouner Truth |
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850) (Celebration of Women Writers) |
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Sojourner Truth Institute |
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Alice Walker |
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Alice Walker (Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, U Minnesota) |
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Anniina's Alice Walker Page (Anniina Jokinen) |
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W.E.B. Du Bois |
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Texts |
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W.E.B. Du Bois Papers |
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Phillis Wheatley |
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Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave. Dedicated to the Friends of the Africans. (U North Carolina, Chapel Hill Libraries) |
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Phillis Wheatley Page (The Poetry Archives) |
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773) (Project Gutenberg) |
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Richard Wright |
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Richard Wright - Black Boy (info on TV production; includes background material) (Mississippi Educational Television and the Independent Television Service) |
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Richard Wright Page |
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African-American Literature Journals |
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Callaloo (African-American and African arts and literature) |
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African-American Literature Listservs & Newsgroups |
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African-American Studies Listservs (U. Penn) |
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AFROAM-L Archive |
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African-American Literature Conferences |
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African-American Literature: Calls for Papers (U. Penn) |
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Calls for Papers (U. Penn English Dept.) |
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Asian Pacific American |
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General Resources in Asian-American Lit. |
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Asian American Literature: Sources for Research (A. Noelle Williams, San Jose State U) |
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Asian and Asian-American Poets (info on select poets) (Roth Publishing) |
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Asian & Pacific Island American History & Literature for K-12 Teachers |
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Homepage (Inez Ramsey, Internet School Library Media Center, James Madison U) |
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Asian-American Literature: History, Classroom Use, Bibliography & WWW Resources (Brenda Hoffman) |
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YELL-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices for Asian American Girls |
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Asian-American Writers |
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Asian American Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Asian American Autobiography |
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By Name |
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By Racial/Ethnic Background |
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Burmese American |
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Chinese American |
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Filipina American |
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Indian American |
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Japanese American |
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Korean American |
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Pakistani American |
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Vietnamese American |
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Philip Kan Gotanda (Philip Kan Gotanda) |
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Chicana/o, Latina/o, Hispanic |
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General Resources in Chicano/Latino Lit. |
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Chicana/Latina Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Chicano and Chicana Literature, 199296: An Annotated Bibliography (Carmen Salazar and Maria Herrera-Sobek, ADE Bulletin) |
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Latino Literature Web Page (Lisette Blanco-Cerda y Abbott) |
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Making Face, Making Soul... a Chicana feminist homepage (Susana Gallardo, Stanford U) Among many other things, includes |
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SAC LitWeb The Chicano Literature Index (Patricia Portales, San Antonio College) |
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U. Northern Colorado Latina/o Literature and Literature of the Americas Program (includes a collection of links to resources in the field) |
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Chicano/Latino Literature Writers, Projects, Works |
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Alfredo Vea, Jr. (Alfredo Vea, Jr.) Includes summaries, reviews, execerpts of his books |
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Ana Castillo |
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Ana Castillo (Ana Castillo) Includes biography and bibliography |
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Guide to the Ana Castillo Papers (Salvador Guerena, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archive, U California Santa Barbara Library) Includes brief biographical sketch in addition to a detailed listing of the library's holdings |
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Sandra Cisneros |
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Sandra Cisneros : Teacher Resource File (Inez Ramsey, Internet School Library Media Center, James Madison U) |
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Sandra Cisneros (Las Mujeres) |
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Gloria Anzaldua (Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, U Minnesota) |
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Helena Maria Viramontes (Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, U Minnesota) |
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John Rechy (John Rechy) Includes biography and summarie of books |
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Julia Alvarez (Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, U Minnesota) Includes biography, bibliography, and links |
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Jewish (See Also Minority Studies) |
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Jewish-American Literature Research Page (Akihito Ishikawa) |
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Stanley Elkin Research Page (bibliography of primary and secondary works) (Derek Royal, Purdue U.) |
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Fran Manushkin |
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Kathleen O'Grady (Concordia U.), "‘Daughter of Fire’: Children’s Author Fran Manushkin in Conversation with Kathleen O’Grady" (2001) |
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Cynthia Ozick Page (Bedford/St. Martin's) |
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Chaim Potok |
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Chaim Potok Page (William M. Allen, La Sierra U., Calif.) |
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Philip Roth Society |
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The Man Behind Maus: Art Spiegelman in his Own Words (with Chris Goffard) |
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Native American/American Indian |
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General Resources in Native-American Lit. |
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Indigenous Peoples' Literature |
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Homepage (Glenn H. Welker) |
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Selected Links: |
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Famous Documents |
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Famous Quotes |
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Indigenous Poetry |
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Native Youth Literature |
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Native American Mythology |
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Writers/Speakers/Actors |
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Native American Authors (The Internet Public Library) Includes bibliographies, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, texts and tribal websites. Indexed by name, title, and tribe. |
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Native American Authors: Teacher Resources (Inez Ramsey, Internet School Library Media Center, James Madison U) Includes biography, bibliography, lesson plans, online texts and reviews. |
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NativeLit-L Home Page |
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Homepage (listserv for the discussion of Native American literature"; includes archives and other resources) (Michael Wilson) |
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BookList |
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Course Syllabi Archive |
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Karen Strom'S Pages |
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Index of Native American Resources on the Internet |
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Storytellers: Native American Authors Online (extensive site includes listing by alphabet, and by tribe) |
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Voyage to Another Universe - 1994 |
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Native-American Literature Writers, Projects, Works |
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Sherman Alexie |
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, "At Navajo Monument Valley Tribal School" (poem) (Karen Strom) |
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The Official Sherman Alexie Site |
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Anita Endrezze Page (Karen Strom.) |
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Carter Revard Page (Karen Strom) |
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D'Arcy McNickle (John Lloyd Purdy, Heath Anthology Iguide) Includes classroom strategies, major themes, questions for reading/discussion, and bibliography |
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Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa) |
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Indian Boyhood (1991) (Electronic Text Center, U. Virginia) |
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Old Indian Days (1907; rept. 1991) (Electronic Text Center, U. Virginia) |
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The Soul of the Indian (1911) (Electronic Text Center, U. Virginia) |
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Louise Erdrich |
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Louise Erdrich (Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, U Minnesota) |
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Louise Erdrich (Cary Nelson, Modern American Poetry, U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Includes interviews, bibliography, and links |
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Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa) (Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, U. Minnesota) |
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Paula Gunn Allen |
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Paula Gunn Allen |
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Paula Gunn Allen (Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, U Minnesota) |
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Joy Harjo |
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Joy Harjo |
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Joy Harjo (Academy of American Poets) Includes author reading |
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Rigoberta Menchu |
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Interview with Rigoberta Menchu (Paula Giese) |
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N. Scott Momaday |
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From The Names (Karen Strom) |
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Indigenous/Native American Women Writers of Color (Voices from the Gaps) |
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Simon Pokagon |
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"The Future of the Red Man" (1897) (Electronic Text Center, U. Virginia) |
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"An Indian on the Problems of His Race" (1895) (Electronic Text Center, U. Virginia) |
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"Indian Superstitions and Legends" (1898) (Electronic Text Center, U. Virginia) |
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Leslie Marmon Silko |
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Leslie Marmon Silko (Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color, U Minnesota) |
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Leslie Marmon Silko (Norma C. Wilson, Heath Anthology Iguide) Includes classroom strategies, major themes, questions for reading/discussion, and bibliography |
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Zitkala-Sa (see Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) |
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Other Minority Literatures (including Minority Literatures in Britain) |
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Course Syllabi and Teaching Resources (on English Courses page) |
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Minority Literature Journals |
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Multiracial |