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Literature

Literary criticism, reviews, author biographies, novels, short stories, drama, poetry, essays.

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Biography Resource Center

Biography Resource Center

Biographies from reliable reference sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites

Discovering Collection: Literature

Discovering Collection: Literature

Selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including video and audio clips, based on national curriculum standards.

Short Story Index

Biography Resource Center

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Ridgefield Authors Directory

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Library Materials

Circulating materials, most reference books and non-fiction video shelved together in the stacks. Print magazines and newspapers on display or ask at the Reference Desk. Audiobooks on cassette & CD in the Fiction Room.

Novels and short stories

In the Fiction Room on the 2nd floor
Alphabetical by author

Biographies

In the Reference Room
Alphabetical by the name of the person profiled

Literary criticism, drama, poetry and essays

In the Adult Non-Fiction Collection
Organized geographically by original language or nationality of author, e.g.:
810s American
820s English
822.33 Shakespeare

Reviews, interviews, articles & literary publications

Plays Magazine
Poetry Magazine
Publishers Weekly
New York Times Book Review
New York Review of Books
See also: General Periodical Indexes online

Multi-media

Great Courses college lectures on cassette, CD and DVD in the Fiction Room
Plays and Poetry in performance: Audiorecordings in the Fiction Room; Videorecordings with non-fiction books

 

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Author Talks: Readings and Signings

 

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