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CREATIVE LAB
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LITERATURE
Bibliomania - houses an extensive online collection of texts (more than 2000) ranging from fiction and poetry to general non-fiction and reference works. Keyword search allows search through all or each of five categories or literature. Free of charge. [www.bibliomania.com]
Blogger - was started by a tiny company in San Francisco called Pyra Labs in August of 1999. This was in the midst of the dot-com boom. Journaling (blogging) has exploded within the younger communities, it's clear that it has given youth a voice that is booming and an expanding circle of friends - whether real life or online. [www.blogger.com] YXC
Born Magazine - is an all-volunteer project that brings together writers, artists, and others from diverse fields to create storytelling artworks. Its name reflects the creative process nurtured by collaboration and the bringing together of traditional and new forms of art and literature, diverse media, and emerging technologies. Original projects are brought to life every three months through creative collaboration between writers and artists. [www.bornmag.com]
Curbstone Press - is a non-profit publishing house dedicated to literature that reflects a commitment to social change, with an emphasis on writing from Latin America and Latino communities in the United States. Curbstone presents writers who give voice to the unheard in language that goes beyond denunciation to celebrate, honor and teach. [www.curbstone.org]
Elite Skills - is a non-profit writers community where users can sign up free and improve their writing skills through feedback and reading the works of others. Any types of submissions are accepted but be aware that it's less likely someone will take the time to read a longer work. You can seek advice or just post rants, but generally the average submission is poetry. [www.eliteskills.com]
Global Poetry - is an organisation of poets (aiming to become a strong network), who would take the responsibility and initiative to create wonderful pieces one after another to give hope, encouragement, and empowerment to the people… [www.globalpoetry.net/index.html] YXC
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) - since 1971, 1,700 members all over the world through local and global policies pursue the endorsement of the principles of freedom of access to information - ideas and works of imagination and freedom of expression - embodied in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights… [www.ifla.org] YXC
Lannan Foundation - is a family foundation dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity and creativity through projects, which support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, as well as inspired Native activists in rural indigenous communities. The foundation honors writers and poets whose work reflects and changes our understanding of the world as well as literary nonprofit organizations that have similar goals. [www.lannan.org]
Literary Calendar - an almanac of literary tidbits that has been online, in one form or another, for more than ten years - an Internet lifetime. Feel free to look around and then join in order to gain full use, including a forum to discuss books you are reading and a daily newsletter. [english.yasuda-u.ac.jp/lc/]
LiveJournal - is a simple-to-use (but extremely powerful and customizable) personal publishing (‘blogging’) tool, built on open source software. Joining the site is free. Users can choose to upgrade their accounts for extra features. [www.livejournal.com] YXC
Poetic attack – here's a great way to commemorate 9/11: commit a poetic attack by abandoning a book that means something to you in a public place; just dedicate it, and free it! The initiative was launched by ‘Poetic Revolution’, a movement founded by a group of poets and editors including among others Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Marianne Costa… [users.skynet.be/reevolutionpoetique/archives/AP/en/introen.htm] YXC
Project Gutenberg - is the Internet's oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or eTexts). Most Project Gutenberg e-texts are public domain. You can do anything you like with these: you can re-post them on your site, print them, distribute them, convert them to other formats. Some Project Gutenberg e-texts have copyright restrictions. You can still download and read these, but you may not be allowed to reproduce, modify or distribute them…[www.promo.net]
Rattapallax – a well-known and respected literary magazine distinguished by the fact that each issue carries a CD with audio recordings of the featured poets reading their work aloud. The publication aims to create international dialogue through literature and to focus on what is relevant to our society. [www.rattapallax.com/rattapallax_magazine.htm] YXC
The 1000 Journals Project - is an ongoing, collaborative experiment attempting to follow 1000 journals throughout their travels. The goal is to provide a method for interation and shared creativity. Many people keep journals, of writing or sketching, but not many share them with people (when was the last time a friend invited you to read their diary?)… [1000journals.com]
Xanga - originated back in 1999 as a site for sharing book and music reviews. Driven by member preferences, it quickly morphed into a full-scale blog site, but it retains a marvelous ability to share reviews. You can easily start your own free journal, share thoughts with your friends and meet new friends, too. [www.xanga.com] YXC
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