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Authors Resources

Resources in this category are:

Australian Authors Index

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/ozlita.html

Part of www.ozlit.org. "The information in the database varies from just a little (e.g. a list of books) to complete biographical information, with photographs and contact numbers as sent to OzLit by the authors."

Author: Mareya & Peter Schmidt (ozlit@netspace.net.au)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Authors

Reference--Biographies--Authors

Keywords: Ozlit

Bohemian Ink

http://www.levity.com/corduroy/

This includes biographies of writers and poets (as well as links to other biographies which may be more extensive) who fall under such categories as absurdist, postmodernist, beat poet, etc. It also includes links to some of their works, photographs, and links to other related web resources such as newsgroups, scholarly papers based on the author/poet, articles, essays, and bibliographic information. A search engine is also provided

Author: Christopher D. Ritter (corduroy@earthlink.net)

Subjects:

Reference--Biographies--Authors

Keywords: Postmodernism; Harlem Renaissance; Beat writing; Slam poetry; Absurdism; Absurdist

Gale's Literary Index

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex

Doing a report on an author, or need to find literary criticism about a particular work of literature, but aren't finding any useful information on the Internet? This free index lets you search it by author or by title. Then it will tell you which reference books (like Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, or the Dictionary of Literary Biography) you can find the information in. You will need to visit your local public or college library to see if they have these books, since the actual texts of these reference works are not freely available online. Using this index, though, can save you from having to look through tons of reference books at your library, since you'll know exactly what books (and what page numbers) will be helpful to you.

Author: Gale Group (LitIndexComments@gale.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Reference--Biographies--Authors

Keywords: literary criticism

Literary Kicks

http://www.charm.net/~brooklyn/LitKicks.html

Biographies of Beat Generation authors and poets such as Jack Kerouac and Allan Ginsberg, among others. Bibliographies of their writings; articles; samples of their work. Sites includes articles on Beat Generation topics.

Author: Levi Asher (brooklyn@netcom.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Arts & Humanities--Literature--Authors

Reference--Biographies--Authors

Native American Authors

http://www.ipl.org/ref/native/

"This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites." Site is browsable by author, title and tribe.

Author: The Internet Public Library (ipl@ipl.org)

Subjects:

Reference--Biographies--Authors

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: American Indians

Storytellers: Native American Authors Online

http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

"This site was conceived with a very particular aim: to make the writing of modern Native American authors, particularly the poets, both more visible and more widely available. Toward that end, the sites residing on this server have been made with the collaboration of the authors." Site includes biographical profiles of the authors, photos, and lists of awards and publications.

Author: Karen M. Strom (www@hanksville.org)

Subjects:

Reference--Biographies--Authors

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: American Indians

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