Language and Composition: The Art of Voice (Muller and Whiting)Chapter 10:
Literature and the Arts: Why Do They Matter?Author Biography LinksEUDORA WELTY, One Writer’s Beginnings Author Biography Links Click to go to the extensive Eudora Welty Newsletter and Review site (at Georgia State University), centered on works by and about Welty, with links to biographical and bibliographical information.
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwewn/ The Eudora Welty Foundation site has a biography and various links. Compare these sites for content and accuracy.
http://eudorawelty.org/
SHERMAN ALEXIE, Superman And Me Author Biography Links Here is the official Sherman Alexie site, with a biography and various other links.
http://www.fallsapart.com/ Click to read another site about Alexie from Poets.org.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/395
JOHN UPDIKE, Moving Along Author Biography Links Click on this New York Times site to learn about the life and works of Updike, and also to hear interviews with the author.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/04/06/lifetimes/updike.html This site is a biographical page for Updike.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/updike.htm Here is an Updike biography from Poets.org. Compare these sites for content and accuracy.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/660 This article provides an overview of Updike’s genres. Which do you think you would read first?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/29/essential-john-updike
DAVID GATES, Finding Neverland Author Biography Links Here is a collection of articles by Gates. Do you see any themes?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/david-gates.html
LANGSTON HUGHES, Theme For English B Author Biography Links Here is Hughes's page at the American Academy of Poets site, where you will find biographical information, a photograph, a bibliography, and several Hughes-related links.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83 Click here to see a photo of Hughes from the Smithsonian, taken in 1939 by Carl Van Vetchen, an early champion of the Harlem Renaissance. Vetchen was prominent in the white literary establishment at the time this photograph was made.
http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/r914.htm
EDGAR ALLEN POE, The Raven and Philosophy of Composition Author Biography Links Read a biography of Poe and learn about the Poe museum here.
http://www.poemuseum.org/index.php This link provides a biography and short film about Poe. What events in Poe’s life influenced his writing?
http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160
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