Authors--Biography
A Mystical Unicorn: Author Pseudonyms
a.k.a
American Writers
Authors on the Highway
Gale Group: Literary Index
Genres--Post WWII American Literature
History of English and American Literature
Online Literary Criticism (IPL)
Outline of American Literature
Wired for Books
Writers On America

Authors--Criticism
Encyclopedia of Arda--Tolkien site
Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804-1864)
Hemingway
Shakespeare (Bartleby.com)
Shakespeare(MIT) --full text
Shakespeare Web


Authors--Criticism: Ethnic/Gender/Period
Native American Authors
Top 50 African American Authors(AALBC)
Victorian Web
Women Writers of Color

Poetry
American Verse Project -- full-text archive of mostly pre-1920 American poetry
EPC--Electronic Poetry Center
Fooling with Words with Bill Moyers
Poetry 180 (Library of Congress)
Poets.org
Poetry Archives
PoetryOnline -- by first line, title
Poets & Writers Directory

Study Notes
FreeBooknotes.com
SparkNotes
NovelGuide
Classic Reader

Writing and Style
A+ Research & Writing 
Rhyme Zone
Text Doctor-- writing related resources
Write101.com
Citation Guide -- Williams College