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Malcolm X
Edward Mendelson
Janice Mirikitani
Jessica Mitford
N. Scott Momaday
Bharati Mukherjee
Flannery O'Connor
George Orwell
Camille Paglia
Grace Paley
Katherine Anne Porter
William Rathje
Richard Rodriguez
Trudy Rubin
Malcolm X
http://members.aol.com/klove01/blackhis.htm
This site includes pictures of Malcolm X and the text of many of his major writings. (Some can be accessed immediately; others need to be downloaded.) It also links to audio versions of Malcolm X’s speech "Civil Rights versus Human Rights."
Edward Mendelson
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/
Mendelson’s personal homepage at Columbia University currently contains a link to his family homepage as well as links to his review of Seamus Heaney’s book Opened Ground (for the New York Times) and to the W. H. Auden Society homepage.
Janice Mirikitani
http://www.dqydj.com/prod3.htm#Mirikitani
A commercial site; includes a biography and a bibliography of Mirikitani.
Jessica Mitford
http://www.mitford.org
At this lavish site you'll find a biography of the famous muckraker, along with photos, articles, and comments by various guests. Also included are important reviews of her book, The American Way of Death Revisited. A good, if hardly impartial, introduction to the author.
N. Scott Momaday
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mom0pro-1
This page of the Hall of Arts contains a profile, a biography, and an interview with Momaday.
http://www.angstgrrl.com/intelligensia/authors/momaday/momaday.html
This personal site includes a biography, information about secondary authors, and links to interviews with Momaday.
Bharati Mukherjee
http://www.chaptersglobe.com/Author/Authorbio.asp?authid=11701
A commercial site; offers an extensive biography of Mukherjee and a bibliography of her works, with links to plot summaries.
http://www.mojones.com/mother_jones/JF97/mukherjee.html
A transcript of "American Dreamer," a short essay written by Mukherjee for Mother Jones that addresses citizenship issues.
Flannery O’Connor
http://library.gcsu.edu/nsc/foc.html
This Georgia College and State University site includes biographical information, a comprehensive list of O’Connor criticism, and links to other O’Connor sites and to information about conferences.
http://www.ils.unc.edu/flannery/index.html
This site provides a comprehensive bibliography of O’Connor’s writings, with links to plot summaries for some of her works. It contains links and source lists, a brief biography, and information about her childhood home.
George Orwell
http://pages.citenet.net/users/charles/links.html
Dubbed "the homepage of Orwell homepages" by its creator, this site contains links to sites with biographical and bibliographical information, as well as information about the historical and political context of Orwell’s work and life.
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~allport/chestnut/faq.htm
This site sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania contains a biography and links to recent essays about Orwell. Visitors can read frequently asked questions and email their own questions.
Camille Paglia
http://www.teleport.com/~polettij/Paglia/
The commercially flavored "Camille Paglia Home Page" includes extensive links to materials about or by Paglia.
http://privat.ub.uib.no/BUBSY/nomore.htm
This site offers numerous links to material about or by Paglia.
Grace Paley
http://www.salon1999.com/11/departments/litchat1.html
Lit Chat's short biography and interview with Paley, titled "Writing with Both Ears."
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/paley.html
Offers a short bio of Paley (including information on anti-war activism), a bibliography of her work, a list of resources about her, and photographs of her.
Katherine Anne Porter
http://educeth.ethz.ch/english/readinglist/porter,katherine.html#author
Rresources for both teachers and students, including biographical and bibliographic information, a synopsis of Porter's works, additional resources, discussion topics, and a forum for comments.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/Guests/KAP
This site sponsored by the Katherine Anne Porter Society is mainly a guide to the collection at the University of Maryland Library. While the information about membership in the society may not interest students and the collection is not available online, the site includes useful biographical and bibliographic information about Porter.
William Rathje
http://kroeber.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/information/biography/pqrst/rathje_william.html
This site is the E-Museum’s Anthropological Biography Web at the Minnesota State University and contains a biography and a list of references.
Richard Rodriguez
http://www1.pbs.org/newshour/ww/rodriguez.html
A brief biography of Rodriguez (who is a correspondent for Online NewsHour), with links to versions of more than twenty of his online essays that were originally broadcast on the show.
http://www.west.net/~insight/rr.htm
"Crossing Borders: An Interview with Richard Rodriguez" by Scott London, adapted from an interview originally aired on the radio.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/essays/february98/rodriguez_2-18.html
A transcript of Rodriguez’s commentary on race and racism "The Browning of America," which was originally broadcast on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on February 18, 1998.
Trudy Rubin
http://www.bhip.com/editoria/1rubin.htm
"Now the World Waits to See If Hong Kong Can Tame the Chinese Tiger" is an article by Rubin for the Bradenton (Florida) Herald.
http://mirror-kcn.unece.org/politics/dfa/f_media/artic4.htm
"Holding Russians at Bay" is an article by Rubin for The Philadelphia Inquirer (February 15, 1995).
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