May 29th, 2009 by Roberto C. Delgadillo
For six years, storySouth’s mission has been “to showcase the best fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry that writers from the new south have to offer.” Its aim is to inform the world that, like the new South, the writing of the “21st century south is a mix of traditional and new, regional and international.” The website design is simple and clean, something on which they pride themselves. Visitors can just sit back with a cup of coffee and enjoy a good read by perusing the new offerings in the “Poetry”, “Fiction”, and “Nonfiction” sections found on the homepage. The “News” section of the site, which is on the right hand side of the page, includes book reviews and mp3 recordings of fiction and poetry readings. Visitors interested in submitting work can click on “guidelines” on the right side of the page to get information on submission periods, author’s rights, the site’s rights, and technical details. The Million Writer’s Award, established by the founder of the site, is given each year to the best short story published online. Details about the award can be found in the lower right hand corner of the homepage.
Access: http://www.storysouth.com/
Tags: American Literature, Poetry
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May 29th, 2009 by Roberto C. Delgadillo
Walt Whitman always reads well, but on this site he also sounds and looks quite well. The Mickle Street Review brings together audio clips, video recordings, and written scholarship on and about Whitman and the broader world of American Studies. The Review was first published in 1979 and it is based at Rutgers University in Camden. Visitors to the site can browse all of the back issues of the Review, and they can also view the current issue as well. On the homepage, visitors will find the works divided into categories such as “Documents”, “Features”, and “Essays”. One of the more fantastic additions to their site is the digital version of Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, which contains a close reading of the text along with a downloadable Brooklyn walking tour by Jesse Merandy. Moving on, the “Listening Room” contains recordings of Leaves of Grass read by Ralph Bellamy and a version of Song of Myself read by Orson Welles. Finally, the “Viewing Room” contains various adaptations and creative visions of Whitman’s works and explorations of his life.
Access: http://micklestreet.rutgers.edu/index.htm
Tags: American Literature, Walt Whitman
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