Anne
Sexton
American confessional poet, Sexton was part of the same "school"
as Plath, Kumin and others. This site is an excerpt from the
Dianne Middlebrook biography, including a chapter, and audio
clips of Sexton performing with the chamber rock group Her
Kind. Also check out this fan
site with photos, bio, and some links.
Leslie
Marmon Silko
This is a good site. Includes biography, links to other Silko
sites, and links to related information, Laguna pueblo, etc.
Sandra
Cisneros
Latina writer and author of The House on Mango Street
and Woman Hollering Creek. Voices From the Gaps collection,
bio, photo, links.
Jane
Smiley
The NYTimes Book Review's archive of their articles on Smiley,
whose most famous novel A Thousand Acres is a modern version
of King Lear.
Gertrude
Stein
A bibliography & list of links, very basic, but does include
a photo.
Jaia
Sun-Childers
Chinese-born emigrant to the US, novel The White Haired Girl
details a child's perspective of the Cultural Revolution.
This is a sort of "cheater" link to Amazon.com's reviews
and information on her book, but there's nothing else out there
on her and I think she deserves some attention... so there.
Amy
Tan
A site by Anniina Joiken about the Chinese-American author of
The Joy Luck Club; Bio, criticism, and original texts.
Alice
Walker
Like the site above, Anniina's site includes a huge collection
of links, criticism, essays, you name it. A must visit.
Rebecca Wells
Ya-Ya's take note: The official site for Wells'
"divine" community of women; bulletin boards, chat,
a greeting from Wells. Fun.
Eudora
Welty
Reviews of her major texts, links to other sites,
see also this
page, with more bio and some great photos.
Edith
Wharton
Site includes a large bibliography, criticism, photos, bio, and
review.
Laura
Ingalls Wilder
This is a link to the Wilder webring page; thus, you find a ton
of the TV show and the books.
Laura Ingalls
Wilder
A good page; features information about "just"
the books. Has info about listservs, chats, newsletters, plus
an extensive amount of reference. U.S.
Virginia
Woolf
One of the most influential voices in women's literature,this
page, from the Orlando project, contains chronology, online novels
and other essays.
Christy Yorke
A contemporary author, Yorke has published two novels. Both are
"magic realism." Check the site out for more info on
the author and her work
