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Contemporary fiction

      Titles Descriptions
  1. Anglo-American Literature Guide
  2. Black Book Review Online
  3. Book Worm Biz
  4. Boston Review
  5. English
  6. Malaspina.com - Malaspina Great Books Home Page
  7. Nebraska Center for Writers
  8. Official Stephen King Web Presence
  9. Richmond Review
  10. The Modern Word
  11. Topica: Books
  12. Yahoo UK and Ireland: Authors

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Anglo-American Literature Guide
An index to scholarly information in Anglo-American literature and language. Major subject headings include English language and literature, new literatures in English, American language and literature, and Celtic language and literature.
     Author: State and University Library at Gottingen
     Subjects: american literature - general, contemporary fiction, english literature - general, scottish literature
     DeweyClass: 808.8
     Resource type: index
Black Book Review Online
Reviews of recent black fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children's book as well as a guide to black classics by author and a listing of works of great black writers that include W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Alice Walker, among others.
     Author: Quarterly Black Review
     Subjects: book reviews, contemporary fiction, ethnic literature, minorities
     DeweyClass: 820
     Resource type: magazine
Book Worm Biz
Brief book reviews and recommendations of recent titles with links provided to Amazon's shop.
     Author: Liz M.
     Subjects: book reviews, contemporary fiction
     DeweyClass: 002
     Resource type: articles
Boston Review
A broadly progressive bi-monthly journal of culture and politics with articles on political issues, fiction, poetry, and reviews. Authors include Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Joseph Brodsky, and Robert Pinsky.
     Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
     Subjects: american poetry, contemporary fiction, cultural studies, political science
     DeweyClass: 320.973
     Resource type: journal
English
Contents pages, abstracts, and a search engine for the journal of literary criticism. Contains information on how to purchase back issues of the serial which publishes detailed reviews of recent works, original poetry, and essays on major English literary works.
     Author: English Association
     Subjects: contemporary fiction, english literature - general
     DeweyClass: 820
     Resource type: journal
Malaspina.com - Malaspina Great Books Home Page
Fully searchable database, which is arranged by subjects, these include science, art and theatre, and alphabetically by author, and categories from antiquity to modern. Author listings contain author information, copies of full text or bibliographies, lecture materials from Malaspina and relevant links.
     Author: Malaspina University-College
     Subjects: contemporary fiction, theatre studies, world literature
     DeweyClass: 820
     Resource type: biography index, book index
Nebraska Center for Writers
An online resource for poets and writers, including profiles of contemporary writers and information by and about writers and writing. Includes writers groups online, tools for writers, online literature, publishing opportunities, arts advocacy, links to university creative writing programs, literary agents, and more.
     Author: Nebraska Center for Writers
     Subjects: american poetry, contemporary fiction, creative writing
     DeweyClass: 808.02
     Resource type: documents
Official Stephen King Web Presence
Information about the author Stephen King and his works. A number of questions are answered, including why King became a writer, the source of his ideas, and false rumours about his life are put to rest. Includes biographical facts, information about films and a chronology of King's work for the future. Also includes details of his recuperation following a road accident.
     Author: King, Stephen
     Subjects: contemporary fiction, science fiction
     DeweyClass: 808.83
     Resource type: documents
Richmond Review
Literary magazine with reviews, features, new poetry and classic short fiction.
     Author: Richmond Review
     Subjects: contemporary fiction, english poetry, literary studies
     DeweyClass: 820
     Resource type: magazine
The Modern Word
Celebrates the work of 20th century experimental authors such as James Joyce, Thomas Pynchon, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges and Umberto Eco who break through the barriers of normal syntax and linguistics and use prose which is hallucinatory, magical, or fantastic. Includes reviews of theatrical and film productions, short biographies, quotations, critical papers and essays, and a set of links to full texts of postmodern writings and hyperfiction.
     Author: The Modern Word
     Subjects: contemporary fiction, english literature from 1871, world literature
     DeweyClass: 809
     Resource type: articles, biography index, documents
Topica: Books
An automated catalogue of numerous mailing lists relevant to books, with descriptions and subscription details.
     Author: Topica
     Subjects: contemporary fiction, creative writing, literary studies, women writers
     DeweyClass: 800
     Resource type: mailinglist index
Yahoo UK and Ireland: Authors
Alphabetical list of links to pages by and about hundreds of authors worldwide.
     Author: Yahoo
     Subjects: american literature from 1900, book reviews, contemporary fiction, english literature from 1871, world literature
     DeweyClass: 800
     Resource type: index