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African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
Created by Howard Dodson, Chief of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
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A Celebration of Women Writers
The Celebration provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women.
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Women and Literature
This site provides links to well known female authors from 18th - 20th century.
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Women in the Literary Marketplace
Created by Cornell University, the site presents a cross section of writing by English women in the nineteenth century–a period when women entered the literary marketplace in unprecedented numbers.
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Poetry of America
The “Poetry of America” initiative is part of the Poetry and Literature Center’s 75th Anniversary celebration. Through two features, “Poetry of American Identity” and “Poetry of American History,” this initiative explores how poetry connects to the following themes: immigration and migration, work and industry, social change, and peace and war.
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Poetry.org
Poetry.org is a resource site for poetry and poets. It includes a selection of poetry from various famous poets, including William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and e e cummings
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Poets.org
A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays and biographies.
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Poetry Foundation
This site provides poems from different topic collections. The Foundation offers podcasts, events, articles, videos and more.
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