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John Kenneth Galbraith

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Ellen Goodman

Lawrence Otis Graham

John Grisham

Raymond Hull

Shirley Jackson

Thomas Jefferson

Martin Luther King Jr.

Jonathan Kozol

Richard Lederer

Robert Lilienfeld





John Kenneth Galbraith

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Galbraith/galbraith1.html

This extensive 1986 interview with Galbraith, initially conducted as part of UC Berkeley’s Conversations with History series, includes a link to Galbraith’s thoughts on "The Art of Good Writing."



Henry Louis Gates Jr.

http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/gates/index.html

This site is part of the Stanford Presidential Lectures and Symposia in the Humanities and Arts. It includes interviews with Gates, excerpts from his work, a bibliography, links to related sites, and archives of the Presidential lecture series.


http://web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/DuBois/AfroAm/gates.html

The site of the W. E. B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research offers a biography of Gates and a bibliography of his work.


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/

The Frontline program "The Two Nations of Black America," moderated by Gates, explores the gap between America's black middle and lower classes. It includes Gates’s essay "Are We Better Off?"



Ellen Goodman

http://www.globe.com/globe/columns/goodman/

The Boston Globe’s archives of Ellen Goodman articles.



Lawrence Otis Graham

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/990215/15grah.htm

Graham's U.S. News article "Living in a Class Apart: The Separate World of America’s Black Elite."


http://www.authorsspeak.com/graham_1295.html

An interview with Graham by Henry L. Tischler, a professor of sociology at Framingham State College and the host of Cover to Cover.



John Grisham

http://www.privat.katedral.se/~nv96gabr/grisham.htm

The "Unofficial John Grisham on the Net" page offers links to online interviews, plot summaries, and a rated list of other sites.


http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/grisham_john/

This site contains a short biography, a list of works and media adaptations, a bibliography of reviews and criticism, and links to other Internet resources.



Raymond Hull

http://www.pioneerdrama.com/playwrights/rh.html

This page from the Pioneer Drama Service offers a brief biography and a list of Hull’s works. (If the hotlink doesn't work, try typing the address manually.)



Shirley Jackson

http://www.salonmagazine.com/jan97/jackson970106.html

The Salon article, "Monstrous Acts and Little Murders," discusses Jackson's work aside from "The Lottery" and touches on issues such as "how personality creeps into madness."



Thomas Jefferson

http://www.pbs.org/jefferson

This site based on the documentary film by Ken Burns includes contemporary representations of the freedoms Jefferson espoused. It also provides study sheets on five basic freedoms and links to other Jefferson sites.


http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/tj3.html

The White House site on Jefferson includes his portrait and biography, as well as links to his inaugural addresses and most famous quotes



Martin Luther King Jr.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King

"The Martin Luther King Jr. Directory" includes primary and secondary documents from the King papers project at Stanford University, such as papers, articles, speeches, a biography, and a chronology of events.


http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/mlk/mlk.html

This Life tribute to King includes images of King and Life covers.



Jonathan Kozol

http://www.commoncause.org/about/psaa/kozol.htm

Sponsored by Common Cause; provides a brief summary of Kozol’s major works.


http://www.naswnyc.org/c13.html

An article about Kozol’s acceptance of the Carroll Kowal Journalism Award (May 22, 1996). Includes a brief interview with Kozol about poverty and his work. The full text of his Time magazine article "Spare Us the Cheap Grace" is also included.



Richard Lederer

http://pw1.netcom.com/~rlederer/index.htm

Lederer’s own site, Verbivore, offers information about him and includes such sections as "Looking at Language," "Tools of the Trade,"and "Ask Richard Lederer," as well as information about his speaking engagements and books and tapes.


http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/bloop2.html

"More Hilarious Student Bloopers by Richard Lederer" is not educational or research-oriented, but simply a fun site to browse.



Robert Lilienfeld

http://www.annonline.com/interviews/981119/

Provides a biography, an audio interview with Lilienfeld about Using Less Stuff, an audio clip from Using Less Stuff, and a forum for questions and comments about the interview.


http://cygnus-group.com/BobCV.html

This is the site of the Cygnus Group, of which Lilienfeld is president, and contains a biography of Lilienfeld.


http://cygnus-group.com/ULS/Current_ULS_Reports/No.9_JA95.html

The ULS (Use Less Stuff) Report.