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| BOOK REVIEWS & AWARDS | YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE |
| BOOKS & LITERATURE ONLINE | LOCAL WRITERS |
| CRITICISM & AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES | RESOURCES FOR WRITERS |
| CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | OTHER RESOURCES |
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Book Reviews & Awards |
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| The African American Literature Book Club | The New York Times Book Review | |
| Books in Depth | The New York Review of Books | |
| BookSpot | Oprah's Book Club | |
| The Library Journal | Pulitzer Prize | |
| Literature Awards | Readers Read | |
| The London Review of Books | TLS: The Times Literary Supplement | |
| National Book Awards | The Women's Review of Books | |
| Books & Literature Online | ||
| The Atlantic's Poetry Page has reviews, essays, and many full reproductions of poems. They also have recordings of poems being recited by several different readers, and interviews with contemporary poets. | Project Gutenberg contains the full text of more than 15,000 books in over 40 languages, from Homer to Sūn Zǐ to Agatha Christi, which can be read online or downloaded. Includes many religious and political works as well as literary classics. | |
| Bartleby.com offers a wealth of free online classic works, from the Bible to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, from the works of Balzac, Goethe, and Milton, to more modern authors such as Robert Frost, and H. G. Wells. They also have an extensive reference section, including quotations and brief biographical information on featured authors. | Today in Literature features a new original biography each day about the great writers, books, and events in literary history. The articles are supplemented with links to recommended websites where you will find author biographies, electronic texts, reviews, quotes and other reference materials. | |
| Literary Resources on the Net from Rutgers University is an extensive list of links broken down into over 15 categories including "Classical and Biblical," "Victorian," "Twentieth-Century," "Theatre and Drama," "Women's Literature and Feminism, " and "Ethnicities and Nationalities." | The World Poetry Database contains an enormous number of poems and plays from authors all over the world, most translated into English, and in many cases also in their native languages. The major focus is on British, American, and French poets, but there are 20 more countries represented as well. | |
| The Online Books Page from the University of Pennsylvania contains over 20,000 books, short stories and poems online, free of charge. Easily searched and browsed by author, title, or subject. They also have links to thousands of other works on other websites. | ||
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Literary Criticism & Author's Biographies |
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| American Authors | American Writers | |
| Literary Criticism | LiteraryHistory.com | |
| Spark Notes Literature Study Guides | ||
| BookHive | Children's Book Reviews | |
| Children's Literature | Cool-Reads (book reviews by 10-15 year olds) | |
| Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature | Spaghetti Book Club (book reviews by kids) | |
| SCPL's Online Book Club for Teens sign up here! | teenreads.com | |
| Young Adult Book Lists and Book Awards from ALA | ||
| The Hub City Writer's Project is based in Spartanburg and publishes books about the Upstate's history and people, and books by emerging writers in the Spartanburg area. Their website offers news about upcoming readings, project proposals, and the newest award winners, as well as useful links to writers in the Carolinas. | South Carolina Center for the Book is a joint effort of the South Carolina State Library and the USC College of Library and Information Science. Their SC Literary Map lists over 500 writers of fiction, non-fiction, children's books, history, and drama related to the state of SC. There are links to many other SC literary and author sites and resources for writers. | |
| Well known writers from the Spartanburg area | ||
| Resources for Writers | ||
| The Author's Guild | The Hurston/Wright Foundation | |
| iUniverse | The National Writer's Union | |
| Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab) | WritersDigest.com | |
| The Writers Guild of America | Writer's Net | |
| Writers Write | Writing-World.com | |
| Other Resources | ||
| Google Directory's Arts page | Open Directory's Arts page | |
| LII's Literature and Books page | Yahoo's Literature page | |
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this page last revised on: 08/28/2008
