Language and Composition: The Art of Voice (Muller and Whiting)Chapter 6:
Family Life and Gender Roles: How Do We Become Who We Are?Author Biography LinksE. B. WHITE, Once More to the Lake Author Biography Links This New York Times page has quotes, a photo of White, and some links to articles and reviews. As a bonus, there is a link to a rare recording of White himself reading from Charlotte's Web and The Trumpet of the Swan. This is a good place to start your online research of White.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/03/lifetimes/white.html Here are some quotations and a White bibliography. Did you find anything there that could help you in your own writing? Can you trust the accuracy of this source? How can you tell?
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ebwhite.htm
BARBARA KINGSOLVER, Stone Soup Author Biography Links This page contains a Kingsolver biography, as well as links to a bibliography, interviews, and official Web sites and awards for the writer.
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/About.aspx?authorid=5311 This biography page from Bookreporter.com includes a photo of the author and some links to information about four of her books.
http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-kingsolver-barbara.asp Find links to reviews of Kingsolver's books and articles at this link. There is also a link to Kingsolver herself reading a 30-minute excerpt from The Poisonwood Bible.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/18/specials/kingsolver.html
ANNIE DILLARD, An American Childhood Author Biography Links This page from The New York Times has a photo and many links to articles about and by Dillard, discussing her life and her work.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/03/28/specials/dillard.html Click here for Dillard’s official Web site. It has a photo, some information about her work, and a brief biography.
http://www.anniedillard.com/
DAVID BROOKS, Love, Internet Style Author Biography Links Brooks has a biography posted on The New York Times Web site. Do you learn anything by reading it?
http://topics.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/BROOKS-BIO.html Brooks wrote a book entitled Bobos in Paradise. You can read more about it here. How does it touch on the Information Age?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684853787/ 104-1264630-0343950?v=glance A list of Brooks's New York Times columns can be found here. Just looking at the titles, do you see any connections between these and the piece you read about online dating?
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/ columnists/davidbrooks/
JULIA ALVAREZ, Once Upon a Quinceañera Author Biography Links This is Alvarez’s biography from her own site. How does the first-person perspective affect the way you read it?
http://www.juliaalvarez.com/about/ Here is Alvarez’s biography from the Emory University site. How does it differ from her own account? Do you prefer one approach over another?
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Alvarez.html
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