Peruse the small library we have collected here a sampler of the literary resources available on the Internet.

Of General Interest
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    The Self Knowledge Symposium
    A non-profit student organization at several North Carolina universities, which encourages young people to engage in "real life philosophy".

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    Emerald House
    Emerald House Group has just published a book entitled Growing Up Southern--How the South Shapes Its Writers.

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    The Carolina Quarterly
    Online edition.

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    The Bullshead Bookshop
    UNC's bookstore has an online outlet.

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    AcqWeb
    Although designed for librarians and researchers, AcqWeb provides reference information useful to writers, such as library catalogs, bibliographic services, Books in Print, and other Web reference resources.

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    The Academy of American Poets
    Every April this association plans special poetry programs and during the year helps practicing poets nationwide.

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    The American Library Association Home Page
    This website for professional librarians includes news on book-related programs for the public and the latest legal news concerning the First Amendment.

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    The American South Internet Resource Center
    A collection of links to Southern-culture sites, including the on-line homes of Southern Cultures, Southern Exposure, and the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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    Book Zone
    A catalog source for books, audio books, and more, with links to other publishing opportunities, as well as diversions and distractions such as news, classifieds, contests and magazines.

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    Books A to Z
    Information on publications services and leads to other useful websites, including areas for book research, production services, self-publishing, bookstores, organizations, and publishers.

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    Books and Writing Online
    A collection of links to sites on writing, literature, and publishing.

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    The American Booksellers Association Homepage
    This ABA site offers books news, market news, discussion groups,resources, and other book-related information.

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    Bookwire
    This site is a gateway to information about publishers, booksellers, libraries, authors, reviews and awards. Bookwire also offers answers to frequently asked publishing questions as well as a calendar of events, a mailing list, and other resources.

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    Brightleaf
    Brightleaf: A Southern Review of Books is a critical guide to the South's brightest new writing and most provocative thinking. Published bimonthly in the first year, Brightleaf is the only American magazine that combines: (1) thoughtful reviews of new books by Southerners or about the South, as well as other books of interest, (2) feature articles on the changing face of the South, including essays by emminent authors on their favorite cities and places, packaged with original photographs and tips on bookstores and other literary sites forbook-loving travellers, (3) the best new short stories, nonfiction and poetry by new and established writers, (4) news of writers and the Southern bookselling and publishing trades, (5) a thorough calendar of writer tours, readings, workshops, and festivals, (6) a guide to literary websites, and (7) 40-plus pages, in an elegantly designed,easy-to-handle tabloid format. In other words, Brightleaf combines the best elements of The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and Publishers Weekly—with a Southern focus.

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    Center for the Study of Southern Culture
    Scholars at this University of Mississippi institute have produced The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and the five-volume anthology, Mississippi Writers: Reflections of Childhood and Youth. The Center also hosts the annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference.

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    Children's Writing Resource Center
    This interactive site provides both novice and experienced children's book writers access to resources, advice, and moral support.

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    Christian Science Monitor
    Home page for this publication.

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    A Digitized Library of Southern Literature: Beginnings to 1920
    A new web site contructed by UNC-CH. The site lists 25 of the most significant titles in Southern literature and includes full texts, images of covers, illustrations and title pages of books.

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    Documenting the American South
    Documentary sources on Southern history, including diaries, memoirs, and slave narratives. Winner in the 1996-97 Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition.

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    Editor and Publisher
    The online home of one of journalism's premier trade journals includes an interactive forum on the news business and extensive coverage of new media.

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    Internet Entertainment Network
    Home to Showbiz Online.com, this site covers everything in Hollywood-- dealmaking, music, screenwriting, and agent and executive profiles.

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    Fellowship of Southern Writers
    The Fellowship of Southern Writers was founded in 1987 and continues to nurture and encourage literature in the American South.

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    Internet Information Book Center
    This passionate, quirky site for book lovers includes book reviews and book-lover's viewpoint articles on other media.

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    Internet Roadmap to Books
    This directory includes leads to publishers' websites, writers' resources, book reviews, and online editing links.

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    Library of Congress: LC Web
    This network of sites includes multimedia history exhibits and the Thomas database--a storehouse of past and current information on Congressional debates and finalized legislation.

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    Meritorious Mysteries
    A mystery review prepared by the Triangle's own Molly Weston. The site also includes information news, information on mystery organizations and mystery conventions.

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    North Carolina Division of Archives and History.


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    North Carolina Writers' Network
    A nonprofit organization which has assisted poets, fiction writers, essayists, plawrights, technical writers, and journalists of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels.

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    Poetry and Writers magazine
    A 26-year old bi-monthly publication which assists poets and writers at all stages of their career and professional development.

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    Poetry Daily Web Site
    You can read a new poem every hour.

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    Project Gutenberg
    The goal of this all-volunteer project is to provide full-text digital editions of as many out-of-copyright texts as possible. The range of the project is indicated by the simple fact that it presently includes Tarzan of the Apes, Paradise Lost, and a guide to the Trinity Atomic Bomb test site.

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    Reading and Literature
    A Research Triangle literary web site with a special section on children's literature.

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    Small Publishers Association of North America
    A nonprofit organization that works on behalf of independent publishers.

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    Southern Historical Collection
    An extensive collection of documentary resources --manuscripts and photographs as well as audio and video recordings--on Southern folklife, African-American North Carolina, University history and the history of the entire Southeastern United States.

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    State Library of North Carolina
    The website includes a guide to holdings and services, a listing of resources for North Carolina's public libraries, and on-line guides to the North Carolina Encyclopedia and the North Carolina Newspaper Project.

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    Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
    The 12th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival is taking place March 12-15, 1998.

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    UNC-CH English Department
    Web site for the University's English Department.

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    UNC-CH Libraries
    On-line catalog services for the major campus libraries.

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    Wilson Library
    Wilson Library at UNC-CH has web sites for its North Carolina Collection, the Manuscripts Department and the Rare Book Room Collection.

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    Women Writing the West
    Women Writing the West is a group of writers interested in promoting the West as it is presented by women writers. For a free catalog and information contact:PO Box 12 Boulder, CO 80306 or call (303) 444-9139

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    The Write Page
    This online newsletter for genre fiction readers and writers features information on authors, new releases, organizations, conferences, websites, research, public service opportunities, and writer's rights.

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    Writer's Resources
    An elaborate site with information on workshops, copyright, quotations, writing tips, resources, contests, market information, publishers, booksellers, associations, mailing lists, newsletters, conferences, and more.

Southern Literary Reviews and 'Zines:
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    DoubleTake
    This award-winning magazine of journalism, photography and fiction is published by Duke's Center for Documentary Studies.

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    The Mississippi Review
    One of the most prominent literary magazines in the United States, this review edited by author Frederick Barthelme regularly features the work of contemporary writers such as Margaret Atwood, Rita Dove, and David Lipsky.

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    Oyster Boy Review
    Published in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this small literary review features a link to the Harry Crews home page.

Publishers
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    Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
    From its first years in the garage of UNC-CH professor Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Algonquin has consistently published some of the finest fiction and nonfiction in America.

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    Duke University Press
    The publisher of approximately 95 book titles a year as well as some 20 journals, Duke prints some of the most innovative scholarship in the arts and humanities.

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    Harper Collins HomePage
    The Harper Collins HomePage features author biographies, audio samples, and chapter excerpts.

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    John F. Blair, Publisher
    Specializing in the Southeast, this Winston-Salem house publishes everything from notable Civil War histories to special-interest cookbook. Blair is also the home of several popular travel guides, including Historic Restaurants and Touring the Backroads.

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    North Carolina Wesleyan College Press
    This press specializes in books about Eastern North Carolina and writers associated with the Black Mountain School. Notable writers affiliated with NCWCP include Reynolds Price and Alan Gurganus.

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    Oxford University Press
    One of the oldest presses in the world, with a major office in the Triangle area.

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    Saint Andrew's Press
    This small press in Laurinburg, NC publishes both established and new writers of poetry and short fiction. Several of its books have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

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    University of North Carolina Press
    In addition to an exhibit on UNC's 75 years of scholarly publishing, this site features a Hurricane trivia quiz, a Southern IQ test, and an announcement of a major new intellectual biography of William Faulkner.

A Few Southern Writers
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    Jeffery Beam Reading
    You can hear NC poet Jeffery Beam reading from his work on the web.

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    The Kate Chopin Project
    The website for this outspoken and discerning Louisiana woman writer includes a biographical sketch, photographs and glossed story texts.

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    The William Faulkner Foundation, France, Home Page
    The Anglophone web pages of this Faulkner Studies organization include a filmography, access to manuscripts, and information on creative writing workshops.

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    William Faulkner Sources at Duke
    Microfilm copies of the only two known television scripts adapted by William Faulkner from his own short stories were located last November at Duke University's Special Collections Library. Sample pages of The Brooch and Shall Not Perish can be found on the World Wide Web.

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    William Faulkner on the Web
    This University of Mississippi-based site includes a Faulkner bibliography and filmography, and links to the Faulkner Centenary celebrations as well as the Faulkner e-mail discussion group.

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    Marijo Moore
    Marijo Moore is a Native American poet from the mountains of NC. Her latest work is Spirit Voices of Bones.

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    North Carolina Writers
    Photographs, biographical sketches, and a reading by Chapel Hill poet Michael Chitwood.

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    The Walker Percy Project
    An on-line museum dedicated to the UNC-CH alumnus The New York Times Book Review called "our cool Dostoevsky," including a photograph gallery, scholarly resource guide, and an on-line bookstore.

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    Anniina's Alice Walker Page
    This website includes a biographical sketch, interviews, a selected bibliography, a small image archive, and excerpts from her poetry, essays, and short stories.

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    The Thomas Wolfe Website
    The site includes a Wolfe Bibliography, scholarly competition information, access to a virtual tour of his childhood home, and links to the Thomas Wolfe Review.

Various Media and Triangle Area Information Sources
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    Atlanta Journal-Constitution: About Books
    This website includes book reviews, signing announcements, and on-line literary discussions.

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    Booknotes
    The web site for CSPAN television programs Booknotes and About Books

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    Chapel Hill Visitors Bureau Home Page
    (In press)

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    Charlotte Observer Book Review
    A direct link to the book reviews section of one the South's most important newspapers.

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    Chicago Tribune Books
    This website contains selections from the current books section of the Chicago Tribune.

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    New York Times Book Review
    The on-line edition has several unique features, including book excerpts and audio-recorded author interviews.

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    Pete and Shirley: The Great Tar Heel Novel
    This collaborative work by several well-known North Carolina writers originally ran in the Raleigh News and Observer.

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    UNC-CH Maps
    UNC has a web site that features various maps of the UNC campus.

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    UNC-TV (PBS)
    The World Wide Web home of the network that hosts the new program BookWatch, examining the work of North Carolina authors.

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    Washington Post Book World
    The book review section of the Washington Post's online edition.

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    WRAL (CBS)
    This site includes an on-line edition of the Spectator's cultural events calendar.

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    WUNC (NPR)
    This website for the Triangle's NPR affiliate includes an on-line edition of the listener newsletter, current programming guides, and an introduction to the Triangle Radio Reading Service.


Bookstores
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    Amazon Books
    This website for the world's largest bookstore features extensive searching capacities and book reviews.

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    Association of American University Presses
    This site offers an on-line catalog and bookstore of all AAUP publications.

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    The Avid Reader
    This well-known Chapel Hill bookstore is particularly strong in genealogy and Americana. The website includes access to a world-wide ordering and search service as well as a glossary of book collector's terms.

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    Barnes and Noble
    Visitors can peruse staff recommendations, check out the bestsellers, and search a database of over 1 million titles.

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    Borders
    This site includes archived staff reviews and a national store directory.

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    North Carolina Bookstore
    The North Carolina Bookstore is an on-line bookstore specializing in books written about North Carolina or by North Carolina authors.

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    The Regulator Bookshop, Durham, NC
    One of the Triangle's favorite independent bookstores, serving the community for over 20 years.

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    Square Books
    A well known bookstore located in Oxford, Mississippi.

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    Wordsworth Books
    The website of this Harvard Square discount bookstore features electronic ordering and on-line browsing of its incredibly diverse inventory.

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    World Traveller Books and Maps
    From this site one can browse this bookstore's astonishingly comprehensive holdings, which include first-rate travel writing.