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LitCharts.com | LitCharts Study Guides | The faster, downloadable alternative to SparkNotes
this will make several English teachers roll over in their "tomes."
The Millions: The Best Fiction of the Millennium (So Far): An Introduction
Top 10 fiction from the last 10 years. Do you agree?
Literary Devices
Color-coded glossary of literary devices, terms, elements, and techniques. Extremely useful or teachers of rhetoric
Literary Tweets: 100+ of the Best Authors on Twitter
I think some of these authors are learning so much about how to market and network among their readers. Look at Chuck Palahniuk's sample tweet.
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@chuckpalahniuk - Chuck Palahniuk is best known as the author of “Fight Club.” His other novels include “Lullaby,” “Choke,” and “Snuff.” He’s also written three non-fiction books, including “Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories.” He tweets about his life as a writer and his work. A sample tweet:

http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com
I still love Jerome Berg's work here. I am going to pass along the 15 Poems to my English Dept.
DailyLit: Read books online by daily email and RSS feed
This is a great site that will send you a chapter a day from a book. Some cost money, but many are free.
One Book One Barnstable
We are trying to put this together in our school community. Would love any feedback.
Shakespeare Teacher
Here is a teacher of Shakespeare's blog where she challenges them to write in anapestic tetrameter.
Nobel Prize Novelist William Faulkner last week saw his - 01.24.55 - SI Vault
Faulkner's 1955 piece for Sports Illustrated
AdLit.org: Adolescent Literacy - All About Adolescent Literacy
Adolescent literature mega site.
We're Teaching Books That Don't Stack Up - washingtonpost.com
Great article about the need to introduce relevance into the teaching of English and literature.
Open Source Shakespeare: search Shakespeare's works, read the texts
This looks interesting.
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