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Chapter 1

 

Lorrie Moore
Richard Wilbur
Terry Tempest Williams

 


Lorrie Moore

"How to Become a Writer"

Biographical

Here is an interview with Lorrie Moore from the online magazine Salon.

The Seattle Arts & Lectures page on Lorrie Moore includes a short bio, some links, and an excerpt from another story.

Cultural

Here is another writer's take on the writing life.

Bibliographical

You can read another full short story by Lorrie Moore here.

This pieceby Moore for the New York Times from 1990 is about whether or not the turning down of the novel American Psycho can be considered censorship.

 


Richard Wilbur

"The Writer"

Biographical and Bibliographical

The Academy of American Poets has a page on Richard Wilbur, with a short biography and several poems.

This page is a bit more in-depth, with comments from the writer on his work, as well as an interview.

Cultural

This page offers other poems about writing.

 


Terry Tempest Williams

"Why I Write"

Biographical

Coyote Clan, a site devoted to Williams's life and work, has some background information about the author, photos, a biography, and lots of related links. It's a great place to start your online research.

This testimony she gave before the Senate Subcommittee on Forest & Public Lands Management about public land in Utah contains a good bit of biographical information about Williams.

Bibliographical

Ready for some of this author's work in etext? This is an excerpt from Williams's book Red. Do you like etext better or hard copy better? Explain the differences between the two.

The NPR radio program Insight & Outlook conducted this interview, "The Politics of Place," with Williams in 1995. Click here to read the transcript.

Cultural

Interested in putting Williams's work into the broader cultural context of feminist literature? This page of literary resources about feminism and women's literature will help you do just that.

How about a classic essay that examines our relationship to nature? Here's Henry David Thoreau's essay "Walking." Do you like using etext in your schoolwork? What can you do with electronic texts that's hard to do using hard copy?

Interested in doing some research about environmental issues, but not sure where to begin? This page from the Open Directory Project has the topic subdivided into about two dozen different aspects, and will give you plenty of good ideas.