JOSEPH T. THOMAS, JR.
LINKS PAGE
POETRY:
Al Filreis's Modern and Contemporary Poetry Page
Academy of American Poets
**Charles Bernstein's Close Listening** [Wonderful readings and interviews with some of our most talented and innovative poets!]
**Bernstein's LineBreak** [Another great series of interviews with equally great writers!] Electronic Poetry Center
EPC Poetics
FLUXUS (is it poetry?)
Richard Flynn's Randall Jarrell Page (He plugs my article on Jarrell's The Bat-poet. Thanks, Richard)
And, of course, the Bat-poet page! (I contributed the selection from Ted Hughes; search down the page a bit.)
Formerly Known as L'Bourgeoizine
Modern American Poetry (a fabulous site for info on poetry by 161 poets; a companion site to Cary Nelson's Anthology of Modern American Poetry [Oxford UP ])
**PENNsound**: Center of Programs in Contemporary Writing (great resource, loaded with FREE audio downloads of AMAZING poetry readings)
Poetry Foundation
Ron Silliman's Blog (Musings on poetics, poetry, and culture)
U B U W E B
Misc. Poetry Links
Beyond Baroque (a non-profit Bookstore/house of the arts) Visit it in the flesh at: 681 Venice Blvd. Venice, CA (310.822.3006)
Al Filreis's poetic terms
GLOSSARY OF POETIC TERMS
Another Glossary
Rhetorical Devices in Sound (great resource for figures of speech)LINK TO BERN PORTER'S LAST ACTS OF SAINT FUCK YOU. Download and perform at a street-corner near you!
Link to J O H N M O E ' S P O P - S O N G C O R R E S P O N D E N C E S
THEORY:
At last a <http://theory.org.uk/> link. Try it today!
Bureau of Public Secrets (Situationist Literature)
situationist international online
Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory, and Postmodern Thought
Illuminations: The Critical Theory Website
Introductory Guide to Critical Theory
Marxist Internet Archive
Glossary of Literary Theory
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE:
San Diego State University Children's Literature Program
Kay Vandergrift's Children's and Young Adult Web Resource Page (a great place to start online research in children's lit)
CHILD_LIT listserv (webmaster: Michael Joseph)
Children's Literature Association
Children's Literature Web GuideMichael Joseph's Electronic Directory of Scholars of Literature for Children and Young Adults
Michael Joseph's Electronic List of Children's Lit Related Journals
Michael Joseph's Newbery Classroom HomePhilip Nel's Copious Children's Lit Links
Reading About Children Literature: A Bibliography of Criticism (by Perry Nodelman)BANNED & CHALLENGED BOOKS
Banned Books Week (sponsored by the American Library Association)
Top 100 Banned Books, 1990-2000
Challenged and Banned BooksCHILDREN'S LITERATURE JOURNALS
Children's Literature (published by Johns Hopkins UP)
Children's Literature (monthly newsletter)
Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Johns Hopkins UP)
Early Childhood Research & Practice
The Lion and the Unicorn (published by Johns Hopkins UP)
The Looking Glass
Marvels & Tales
IMAGE STUDIES/CULTURAL STUDIES JOURNALS (On-Line):
ImageTexT
Image [&] Narrative: Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative (published by the Institute for Cultural Studies)
Reconstruction: An Interdisciplinary Culture Studies Community
COMICS:
Scott McCloud's Webpage
Wolverine's Unofficial History
David Sim & Cerebus (Madman? Probably: read his sexist manifesto if you dare: TANGENTS)
More on Cerebus 300, and the Ending of an Era
And here's Andrew Rilstone, Gentleman, on Sim's talents as an artist (and his mysogyny and growing madness): Preamble to his analysis of Cerebus, Issue 300
And more Andrew Rilstone, Gentleman, on: The Hulk Movie & Daredevil Movie
And for fun, learn the PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS through Comics!
FRIENDS:
(for Current Colleagues at San Diego State University, Click Here)
(for my former colleagues at California State University, Northridge, Click Here)
A D Jameson's Happy Land
Michael Benton's dialogic
Ricky Flynn (My old pal and mentor)
Jeffrey Gray
Charles Hatfield
Kenneth Kidd
Von Frickle
Catherine Daly's Blog (Poetry & Poetics)
Aldon Lynn Nielsen's blog, Heatstrings