Part I--Literature of the Cold War: Orthodoxy and Resistance
Part II--New Communities, New Identities, New Energies
Part III--Postmodernity and Difference: Promises and Threats

Part I--Literature of the Cold War: Orthodoxy and Resistance

Arthur Miller (b. 1915)
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
Ann Petry (b. 1908)
Carlos Bulosan (1913-1956)
Eudora Welty (b. 1909)
Lee Smith (b. 1944)
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)
John Updike (b. 1932)
Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914-1994)
James Baldwin (1924-1987)
Paule Marshall (b. 1929)
John Okada (1923-1971)
Tillie Lerner Olsen (b. 1912)

Nebraska Center for Writers and the Western Literature Association
Brief biographies.
What the Critics say about Tillie Olsen
From the NCW.
Introduction to BETTER RED: The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olse and Meridel Le Sueur
By Constance Coineren on Bookzen.

Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)
Robert Hayden (1913-1980)
Theodore Roethke (1908-1963)
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
Robert Traill Spence Lowell, Jr. (1917-1977)
Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)
Robert Creely (b. 1926)
Gary Snyder (b. 1930)
Charles Olson (1910-1970)
Frank O'Hara (1926-1966)
Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
Anne Sexton (1928-1974)
James Wright (1927-1980)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919)
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)

Part II--New Communities, New Identities, New Energies

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (1930-1965)
Edward Albee (b. 1928)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
Malcolm X (1925-1965)
Saul Bellow (b. 1915)
Grace Paley (b. 1922)
Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
Bernard Malamud (1914-1986)
Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928)
Hisaye Yamamoto (b. 1921)
Pedro Pietri (b. 1944)
Rudolfo Anaya (b. 1937)
Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) (b. 1934)
Sonia Sanchez (b. 1934)
Lucille Clifton (b. 1936)

A Lucille Clifton Page
A Web site containing the text of several of Clifton's poems and a short biography.

Ernest J. Gaines (b. 1933)
Etheridge Knight (1931-1991)
Alice Walker (b. 1944)
Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995)

Vigilance and Heart-Cling
An essay on Bambara by Toni Morrison.
The Lesson
Text of Bambara's short story.

James Alan McPherson (b. 1943)
Michael S. Harper (b. 1938)

Michael S. Harper
Contains brief notes and the text of four of Harper's poems.

June Jordan (b. 1936)

Manifesto of the Rubber Gloves
E-text of one of Jordan's poems.

Marge Piercy (b. 1936)

Marge Piercy Homepage
The author's own Web site.
Marge Piercy Homepage
A site under construction, this includes links to reviews of Piercy's novels, summaries of her works, and e-text of several of her poems.

N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) (b. 1934)

Native American Authors: N. Scott Momaday
Momaday's listing on the Internet Public Library.
Cross-Cultural Mediation: Language, Storytelling, History and Self
as Enthymematic Premises in the Novels of N. Scott Momaday
An academic essay discussing House Made of Dawn and The Ancient Child.
N. Scott Momaday
An extensive interview with the author.

James Welch (Blackfeet-Gros Ventre) (b. 1940)

Tomás Rivera (1935-1984)

Nicholasa Mohr (b. 1938)

Pat Mora (b. 1942)

"Elena"
This student project explores Mora's poem Elena.  The text of the poem is included, as well as limited information about Pat Mora.

Victor Hernandez Cruz (b. 1949)

Garrett Kaoru Hongo (b. 1951)

Family Influence
Student essay comparing Hongo's memoir "Kubota" with Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue".

Part III--Postmodernity and Difference: Promises and Threats

Welcome to Hanksville!
This site contains many narrative and archival Native American projects, including links to the works of many Native American authors and copywrighted e-text of many poems.
Index of Native American Authors Online
Part of the "Welcome to Hanksville!" site, this site contains links to the works of many Native American authors. It also contains some book reviews and dates of author appearances.
Essays on Teaching the American Literatures
This essay by Amy Ling of University of Wisonsin-Madison is taken from the Heath Anthology Newsletter.
Center for Native American Arts & Education
This site details the mission and goals of the Center for Native American Arts & Education.

David Henry Hwang (b. 1957)

The Metamorphosis of M. Butterfly
Site describes Hwang's family background and the development of his play, M. Butterfly.
Interview with David Henry Hwang
Interview in "Mosaic" -- University of Pennsylvania's Asian-American Literary Arts Magazine.

John Barth (b. 1930)

The Literature of Exhaustion
An essay by Barth, part of the "Re-thinking the Book" section of U. Alberta's Electronic Labyrinth.

Donald Barthelme (1931-1989)

Barthelme
From the Pomona Pynchon site.
Game
Barthelme's short story online.
Barthelme
Pynchon reviews Barthelme.

Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937?)

HyperArts Pynchon Pages
This site contains searchable webguides for several of Pynchon's novels. It introduces new readers to Pynchon and provides links to related sites.
Who Is Thomas Pynchon ...And Why Did He Take Off With My Wife?
Jules Siegel's memoir on Pynchon, subtitled "Shedding a little light on the most famous author-recluse since J.D. Salinger."
Juan's Garage Sale
Listing of sites related to Pynchon.
Pomona Pynchon Page
This multimedia site contains information about Pynchon's novels and offers links to related sites.
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: Identity, Meaning, and the Presence
of Thomas Pynchon in The Crying of Lot 49
Student paper exploring Pynchon's identity within his novels.
Assorted Pynchon Journalism
Links to articles written by and about Pynchon.
Thomas Pynchon Bibliography
Check to see if this site is worthwhile.

Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith (b. 1929)

John Edgar Wideman (b. 1941)

Salon:  John Edgar Wideman
This offers a short bio on Wideman and links to an interview with him.

Audre Lorde (1934-1992)

Voices From the Gaps
An excerpt from "Black Women Writers at Work", biographical and bibliographical information.
Audre Lorde
This Emory University site contains one of Lord's poems, a brief bibliography, and additional links about Lorde.
A Tribute to Audre Lorde
Contains several essays about Lorde and the text of three of her poems.

Maxine Hong Kingston (b. 1940)

Maxine Hong Kingston: Warrior Woman
Student paper exploring gender, class, and ethnicity.
Voices From the Gaps:  Women Writers of Color
Excerpt from The Woman Warrior, biographical and bibliographical information.
Tricksters in Doctorow and Kingston
Essay on the trickster figure in E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime and Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey; His Fake Book.

Amy Tan (b. 1952)

Anniina's Amy Tan Page
Contains extensive links to texts, reviews, essays, biographical information and more.
Chinese-American Women in American Culture
An investigation of Tan's The Joy Luck Club.
Amy Tan
Essay on writing The Hundred Secret Senses.
Family Influence
Student essay comparing Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" with Garrett Hongo's "Kubota".

Gish Jen (b. 1955)

Conversation with Gish Jen
Gish Jen answers reader questions.

Janice Mirikitani (b. 1942)

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982)

John Ashbery (b. 1927)

Impossible Music
This essay reviews and compares Ashbery's Flow Chart and William Bronk's Living Instead.
Poems from the Planet Earth - John Ashbery
Contains text of several of Ashbery's poems from various collections.

Norman Mailer (b. 1923)

A Sketch of Norman Mailer by William S. Burroughs.
Norman Mailer, Gary Gilmore, and the Untold Stories of the Law
Examines the story of Gilmore's conviction and execution through Mailer's The Executioner's Song.
The Myth of the American Adam in Late Mailer
An academic paper, part of Connotations: a Journal for Critical Debate.

Michael Herr (b. 1940)

The Sixties Project & Viet Nam Generation, Inc.
Several essays within this site refer to Herr's works in discussing Vietnam and the Vietnam War.

Carolyn Forché (b. 1950)

Carolyn Forché's web site.
Long Poem Group Newsletter #2
A review of Forché's poem The Angel of History.

Gloria Anzaldúa (b. 1942)

Judith Ortiz Cofer (b. 1952)

Tato Laviera (b. 1951)

Helena Maria Viramontes (b. 1954)

Gary Soto (b. 1952)

Raymond Carver (1938-1988)

Joy Harjo (Creek) (b. 1951)

Joy Harjo Biography
This site contains a brief biography and links to many of Harjo's works online.

Roberta Hill Whiteman (Oneida) (b. 1947)

Louise Erdrich (Chippewa) (b. 1954)

Voices From the Gaps:  Women Writers of Color
Excerpt from The Beet Queen, biographical and bibliographical information.
Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine, and
the (De)Mythologizing of the American West
Student essay.
"Satan: Hijacker of a Planet"
Short story.

Wendy Rose (Hopi) (b. 1948)

Wendy Rose Bibliography
A bibliography of Rose's books and articles, journals which have published her works, and interviews.

Cathy Song (b. 1955)

Girl Powdering Her Neck
This site contains the text of the poem and shows the Japanese painting which inspired it.

Rita Dove (b. 1952)

Books I Remember
In this interview, Dove describes books she loved as a child. She recommends works for children and teenagers in The Western Canon, Jr..
Lady Freedom Among Us
Text and images of Dove's poem.
A Rita Dove Page
Several samples of Dove's poetry plus a transcribed online interview with Ms. Dove.
Lives in Motion: Multiple Perspectives in Rita Dove's Poetry
Kevin Stein examines the position of history in three of Dove's poetry collections:  The Yellow House on the Corner (1980), Museum (1983), and Thomas and Beulah (1986).

Li-Young Lee (b. 1957)

Lorna Dee Cervantes (b. 1954)

Chicana Literature Student Work
Student projects on the work of Lorna Dee Cervantes from University of Texas, Austin.
Calling Lorna Out
An interview with Lorna Dee Cervantes.

Aurora Levins Morales (b. 1954)

Testimonies to Survival
Notes from an interview with Aurora Levins Morales.

Bharati Mukherjee (b. 1940)

Holders of the Word: An Interview with Bharati Mukherjee
Transcript of an interview conducted with Mukherjee in May, 1996 for Jouvert, a journal of postcolonial studies.
American Dreamer
An article by Mukherjee discussing citizenship and ethnic identity.
Two ways to belong in America
A second article on the same subject, comparing Mukherjee's feelings of identity with her sister's.
Bharati Mukherjee: an interview
Mukherjee discusses immigration, racism in different countries, and feminism in an interview with SPAN.

Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna) (b. 1948)

Native American Authors: Leslie Marmon Silko
A comprehensive list of online resources by or about Silko.
A Comprehensive WWW Index: Leslie Marmon Silko
Another series of links including some critiques of her work.
Ceremony
A summary of Silko's Ceremony.
The Border Patrol State
Silko's 1994 essay was a cover story in the online Tucson Weekly, September 26, 1996.
Voices from the Gaps:  Leslie Marmon Silko
This site is part of a University of Minnesota project on women writers of color. It contains biographical information and a selected bibliography.
Fences Against Freedom
An essay by Leslie Marmon Silko.
Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony and the Effects of While Contact on Pueblo Myth and Ritual
An essay on Ceremony and Pueblo myth and ritual.

Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954)

Voices from the Gaps: Sandra Cisneros
This site is part of a University of Minnesota project on women writers of color. It contains a brief quote from Cisneros, biographical information, and a selected bibliography.
Geniuses Can Come in Many Colors
LatinoLink article describing Cisneros' MacArthur Fellowship award.
Sandra Cisneros
This site contains brief comments about the author and an excerpt from "Original Sin" from Loose Woman.
"A House of My Own"
This Texas Woman's University site offers a brief biographical sketch of Cisneros.

Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo) (b. 1941)

Writing the Southwest Homepage
Ortiz is one of thirteen American Southwest authors highlighted in this thirteen-part national radio documentary series.

Toni Morrison (b. 1931)

Web page for Toni Morrison's Beloved
Developed by University of Texas students, this site provides biographical information on Morrison, descriptions of 19th century historical events providing context for Beloved, a close reading of Beloved, and an anthology of Morrison's novels. The site was awarded Lycos' Top 5% Award.
Toni Morrison References on the Internet
A student's extensive project including biographical information on Morrison, a bibliography of sources related to his research, an anthology of student essays on various Morrison novels, links to a Morrison discussion group, and a search function.
Toni Morrison, Author
A relatively spare site, exploring five of Morrison's novels by key themes and motifs.
The World That Toni Morrison Made
A comprehensive site, including critical work on several of Morrison's novels, biographical information, and interviews with Morrison.
Toni Morrison -- Tar Baby
"Faces as Black as His But Smug" -- The Race Traitor in Morrison's Tar Baby
Anninna's Toni Morrison Page
Another comprehensive site including quite a few site links.
Goddess Speaks the Blues: Gnosticism and the Blues in Toni Morrison's Jazz
A sociological and literary perspective of the novel.
Ownership and the Loss of Communal Ties in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
Scholarly paper on themes in this Morrison novel.