Maine Literature: Web Resources

http://www.shelteringpines.org/melitring/melitring.html This reincarnation of the Maine Lit-Ring, maintained by John and Annie Farnsworth, contains links to nearly two dozen sites related to Maine writers, journals, and organizations.

http://www.mainepoetry.com/index.html

Rumford poet and Maine poetry promoter Tom Fallon has established this site that contains long-ish articles on Edwin Arlington Robinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Louise Bogan, and Leo Connellan, as well as a selection of poetry from quite a few active Maine poets, lists of poetry books and Maine bookstores, and similar material.

http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/sj-index.htm

Maintained by Prof. Terry Heller of Coe College, this site contains almost all of Sarah Orne Jewett’s published work, as well as biographical information, a bibliography, photographs, and other material.

http://www.fawi.net

FAWI: The Franco-American Women’s Institute

Scroll down to a link to “Curriculum for Franco-American Women of Maine, Grades 7-12.”

http://www.fawi.net/ezine/vol3no4/Contents.html

moé pi toé, an online magazine (ezine) sponsored by FAWI, it contains poetry and prose by and about Franco women, many of them Mainers.

http://www.wolfmoonpress.com

Wolf Moon Press: A Maine Journal of Art and Opinion (Laurie Meunier Graves, Managing Editor) is a Web and print publication that features essays and poetry as well as movie, art, book, and theater reviews. Wolf Moon Press examines art and issues that are both particular to Maine and go beyond Maine. All of the writers either live in Maine or bring the perspective that comes from living in the hinterlands.

http://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/curriculum.htm

Maine Native American History and Culture

Recent Maine legislation, sponsored by Penobscot Representative Donna Loring and signed into law by Governor Angus King, requires that Maine Native American history and culture be taught in all Maine elementary and secondary schools. In support of this legislation, the Hudson Museum has created three on-line activities, background information and a list of resources helpful to educators. This link will lead you to valuable online and other resources.

http://www.waterborolibrary.org/maineaut/index.htm

An incredibly rich resource. Choose one of these options from the Maine Writers page:

• Choose an Author (Click on a letter of the alphabet to access bio/bibliographic information about an author; writers of children’s literature are noted.)
• Fiction Set in Maine
• Maine Mystery Writers
• recommended maine books, pre-1956
• The Mirror of Maine list (THE MIRROR OF MAINE, ONE HUNDRED DISTINGUISHED BOOKS THAT REVEAL THE HISTORY OF THE STATE AND THE LIFE OF ITS PEOPLE—sponsored by the Baxter Society and the University of Maine Press)

www.mainememory.net

Sponsored by the Maine Historical Society, this ever-growing site provides an historical context for many of the writers, subjects, and issues addressed by Maine literary writers. As well, there is a “Schools” section, which offers lesson plans keyed to the Maine Learning Results.

www.oldfilm.org

Northeast Historic Film, based in Bucksport, is dedicating to preserving and making available a wide range of filmed materials. Of particular interest to English Language Arts teachers are film biographies of Edna St. Vincent Millay (“Renasance”) and Sarah Orne Jewett (“Master Smart Woman”), as well as a film version of Jewett’s short story “The White Heron.” All films can be rented for classroom use. From the home page click on “Educational Resources,” then “Reference by Mail” for a compilation of the films available.

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