Literature

A haiku and related poetry weblog in Scots and English by John McDonald.

A weblog community of poets, sharing haiku on the subject of this winter, 2007-2008, hosted by Isabel and Mandy.

Essays, examples, links and interviews presenting a uniquely American form of haiku, created by poet Allen Ginsberg. Features the "American sentences" of Paul Nelson.

The Genuine Haiku Generator, powered by JavaScript, creates evocative, meaningful verse (?) using completely random combinations of individual words. Save your favorite haiku online, or send one to a friend. (May be X-rated.)

If programmers were more into Haiku these are the sort of error messages you might see. (This appears to be the same as the original Salon.com set, see below.)

The official site of humorous poet Darren Sardelli.

(Official site) Information about Julia Donaldson, poet/author of many rhyming picture books and books for young readers, as well as original songs.

Features links to collections and essays on the genera.

Translations, articles, and reading and class lists on Hebrew poetry from the Fourth to the Eighteenth Centuries. User submissions accepted.

Words and images from Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", calligraphy, acrylic work and digital images.

Biography, publications list and critical review.

Ongoing collection of news articles, commentary, photos and multimedia about Emily Dickinson.

Encyclopedia article including biography and major works.

Text of an interview discussing her work.

Biography and e-mail address.

Dates on which the poet has been featured. Includes text of some poems, and RealAudio files of Garrison Keillor reading more than a dozen of Jenkins' poems.

Complete electronic text of the poet's third book, with notes.

Presents a biography, photograph and selected poems.

Professional biography, bibliography, awards and critical perspective.

An introductory essay explaining the roots and basic ideas of Transcendentalism.

Includes a biography, photograph, and selected poems.

The Maine Historical Society presents biographical information and a database of poems.

An extensive biography, chat, message walls, comments on Poe's work and links to Poe sites.

The Library of Congress website honors Thoreau with an essay on his literary and philosophical contributions.

Organization to promote Thoreau's life and works through education, outreach, and advocacy. Includes membership information, activities and teacher resources.

Game board created as a way to help his daughters learn history, but developed into a marketable commodity that he hoped would sweep the country.

Detailed review of Twain's life and his attitude toward racial issues.

Detailed Library of Congress exhibit on Washington's life, work, and influence on American culture.

Creator of the Tuskegee University, read about the life of Booker T. Washington and his work "Up From Slavery".

Article by Daniel Hager from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

Hyper-linked biography of Washington with comments on his life by contemporaries.

Wikipedia biography, features information on people and places that were significant to the author.

Literary magazine edited by the author.

Interview with Bret Easton Ellis.

Review from The Tech.

Baltimore, Maryland-based group which promotes the memory and reading of the works of Henry Louis Mencken.

A non-profit organization to promote the life, times and literary works of Saroyan. Information about its annual storywriting contest for students, and articles by and about the author.

Objectives are to educate, inform and communicate others about the author and his works. Includes photographs, quotes, and stories contributed by readers.

Life and accomplishments.

Information and links from Paul Reuben's PAL website.

Background information on Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Narrative, by Caroline Gleason.

Article on the 18th century African-American poet. List if her known works, and links collection.

Novelist and non-fiction author; with a biography and synopses.

Novelist, poet and essayist; with text, audio and video lectures.

Official site of the author of the Murray Whelan series; with excerpts, reviews and speaking schedule.

Includes biography and works.

1885 essay on the Elizabethan sonnet.

Includes links to online texts, biographical and bibliographical information, and links to related resources on the internet.

Images of artwork and text from a 1642 edition of Religio Medici. From Glasgow University Library Special Collections.

Compares Cary's play to its source, Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews.