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Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Annie Dillard

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from Creative Quotations offers a lengthy list of quotations on various topics from Annie Dillard's writing. Also includes a very brief biographical sketch. An interesting site overall.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Harriet E. Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical details on Harriet Wilson, one of the first African-Americans to publish a novel in English in the United States.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Amos Tutuola

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of Amos Tutuola, a Nigerian author of richly inventive fantasies. He is best known for the novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town (1952), which was the first Nigerian book to...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Derek Walcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of Derek Walcott, a West Indian poet and playwright noted for works that explore the Caribbean cultural experience. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: John Edgar Wideman

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Biographical sketch of John Edgar Wideman, American writer regarded for his intricate literary style in novels about the experiences of black men in contemporary urban America.
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Unit Plan
Other

Hail Mary Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
Information and exercises that go with Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."
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Unit Plan
Cengage Learning

Teaching Clifton: Classroom Issues & Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th
Some general strategies, discussion questions & teaching information from the Heath Anthology for teachers interested in teaching Clifton's poetry.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.org provides a very brief synopsis of Louisa May Alcott's life and accomplishments as a writer includes a link to a full-text of her book, "Little Women."
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University at Buffalo

University at Buffalo: Lucille Clifton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University at Buffalo gives a page devoted to Clifton that offers an excerpt of her writing, a short biography & bibliography. Also includes photos of the author.
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Website
Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 1834)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read sonnets by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "Work without hope," and "One a Discovery Made Too Late." Page links to an introductory essay.
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Primary
Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 1822)

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to the texts of five sonnets written by Percy Shelley are provided at this site.
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Website
Other

Chicanas: Lorna Dee Cervantes

For Students 9th - 10th
Short introduction to the poet as a Mexican-American poet, activist & artist. Scroll to paragraph.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a biography of Coleridge, with links to other historical figures and a list of his collected works.
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Article
Other

Sanctuary Psychiatric Center: Poetry as Therapy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Livingston is quoted in this article regarding the use of poetry as therapy. Must scroll to her comment.
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Curated OER

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For Students 9th - 10th
This Ann Petry website examines her accomplishments and her inspirations. Five of her literary works are summarized and reviewed at the bottom of the page.