Resources for Readings

RED 070 Resources for The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Study Guide/Discussion Questions

Reading Group Guide

A Review of the Novel

Topics for discussion

Mitch Albom's Biography

Interview with Mitch Albom About His Writing

USA Today Article on Small Amusement Parks (like the fictional Ruby Pier)

Economic Problems with Small Amusement Parks

On the Blue Man's Condition from Ingesting Silver Nitrate

ENG 080/085
RED 080

Resources for Where the Heart Is

Reading Group Guide 1  

Reading Group Guide 2

Oprah's Discussion Questions

Plot Summaries

Interview with Billie Letts

Billie Letts on Having Her Novel Chosen as one of Oprah Winfrey's Reading Selections

Autobiographical Essay

Analysis of the Novel


Resources for Hiroshima

On John Hersey (schoolnet, uk)

On John Hersey (Yale Alumni Magazine)

On the atomic bomb at Hiroshima

On publication of Hiroshima

Shadows of Hiroshima (Radio Reports from the Canadian Broadcast Company)

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (You will have to switch to English. The video clips require Quicktime, but most of the site can be viewed without this.)

A Study of the Manhattan Project

Hiroshima Monument

Physical Effects from the Atomic Bomb

The Web Site of the Pilot of the Enola Gay

"The Spirit of Hiroshima" by Miyoko Matsubara, a Hiroshima Maiden

Memoirs of an Atomic Bomb Survivor: Shigeko Sasamori (interview in streaming video - needs Real Player)

11/01/07 CNN article on Enola Gay pilot

ENG 090/095
RED 090

Resources for Fools Crow

Bio of James Welch

NCTE Bio of James Welch    

Bibiographical and Critical Information
on James Welch and Fools Crow

Review of Fools Crow: We Are Stronger, Wiser for Reading Fools Crow

A Profile of James Welch                  

Essay by James Welch on His Writing

Online Resources on the Blackfoot Tribe

History and Culture of the Blackfoot Tribe

  Resources for Kindred

Summary and Study Guide

Biography and Criticism

Study Guide

A Conversation with Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler Fan Blog (check the audio/video link on left of screen)

Newspaper article: Seattle Times

Newspaper article: Philadelphia Inquirer

Newspaper article: Washington Post

Essay from Author on "A World Without Racism" plus NPR interview

Octavia Butler on Her Writing

  Resources for Walking Across Egypt Discussion Questions on Walking Across Egypt

Clyde Edgerton's Web Site

Biography from Contemporary Fiction Writers of the South

Biography from NCTE

Oral History of Clyde Edgerton

"The Rough South: Grit Lit Composition"
an Interview with Clyde Edgerton

Literary Criticism:"Where trouble sleeps: Clyde Edgerton's criticism of moralistic Christianity"

Clyde Edgerton: "On Death and Dying"

Clyde Edgerton on Writing (Interview)

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