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The Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. To fulfill this mission, the Academy administers a wide variety of programs, including National Poetry Month (April), the largest literary celebration in the world; online educational resources providing free poetry lesson plans for high school teachers; the Poetry Audio Archive, a collection of nearly 500 recordings dating back to the 1960s; and Poets.org, our award-winning website which provides a wealth of content on contemporary American poetry and receives an average of 400,000 unique users each month.

American Family Immigration History Center
Explore your family history at Ellis Island.

American Italian Historical Association
The American Italian Historical Association is devoted to the interdisciplinary study of the culture, history, literature, sociology, demography, folklore, and politics of Italians in America. Founded in 1966, the AIHA sponsors a yearly conference and has published over thirty volumes of the proceedings of the annual conferences. Among our 400 members are the most noted professional scholarly authorities as well as enthusiastic lay persons. While many of the members bear Italian names, the AIHA eschews filiopietism in favor of scientific and scholarly methods as it seeks to explore and disseminate authentic information and interpretation of the wide ranging experiences of Italians in America.

Amnesty International USA
Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 1.8 million members worldwide. Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section of Amnesty International.

Arba Sicula: Journal of Sicilian Folklore and Literature
Arba Sicula is a Sicilian-American, nonprofit organization founded by Gaetano Cipolla, with the principle objective of preserving, studying and promoting the language and culture of Sicily. The name is ancient Sicilian for "Sicilian Dawn," representing the organizations's optimism for the future and preservation of Sicily's distinct cultural heritage in the face of assimilation into a more generic Italian milieu.

Arts & Letters Daily
Philosophy, aesthetics, literature, language, ideas, criticism, culture, history, music, art, trends, breakthroughs, disputes, gossip. A service of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The Association of Writers & Writing Programs
A nonprofit association working for the benefit of writers, writing programs, and teachers of writing. Since 1967 AWP has supported writers and writing programs around the world. AWP now supports over 28,000 writers at over 400 member colleges and universities and eighty-six writers' conferences and centers.

Being Catholic
A guide to Catholic traditions, customs, devotions, practices, and culture.

Best of Sicily
A guide to Sicilian travel, and all things Sicilian. The site includes the Best of Sicily Magazine, the first online magazine about Sicily, produced in English in Sicily by Sicilian authors, that presents original articles about Sicilian arts, culture, history, nature and people.

The Black Madonna
The most sacred icons of the Catholic Church are the Black Madonna and Christ child, which are found in Europe's most venerated shrines and cathedrals. Each year, hundreds of thousands of European pilgrims ritually humble themselves before the image of Black Mary and her child Jesus at Black Madonna sites throughout France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Portugal and other Catholic countries.

Bookslut
Bookslut is a monthly Web magazine and daily blog dedicated to those who love to read. We provide a constant supply of news, reviews, commentary, insight, and more than occasional opinions.

The Authorized Paul Bowles Web Site
The official Web site for Paul Bowles, expatriate American writer, composer and traveler who lived in Tangier, Morocco, for fifty-two years. His most famous novel is The Sheltering Sky, filmed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Also celebrated here is the life and works of Bowles' wife, the writer and playwright Jane Bowles.

Italo Calvino
A site dedicated to the novels, short stories, essays, and other writings of Italo Calvino (1923-1985), one of Europe's greatest and most popular writers.

Robert Cimbalo
A site showcasing original artworks by and a biography of the highly distinguished and popular Italian-American artist Robert Cimbalo.

Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation
The Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation is a Canadian non-profit organisation which conducts ecological research along the Pacific coast of North America. Its activities are currently centered around the grey and humpback whales of British Columbia and Baja California.

DolceVita
The insider's guide to Italy.

Don DeLillo's America -- A Don DeLillo Page
"It's no accident that my first novel was called AMERICANA. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture. America was and is the immigrant's dream, and as the son of two immigrants I was attracted by the sense of possibility that had drawn my grandparents and parents."

Earthwatch Institute
Earthwatch Institute engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.

The Feminist Press
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York is a nonprofit literary and educational publisher. The Press is devoted to restoring the lost multicultural history and literature of women in the United States and throughout the world through the publication of important books by women and the development of educational resources. The mission of the Feminist Press is to publish and promote the most potent voices of women from all eras and all regions of the globe. Now in its 35th year, the Press has brought more than 250 critically acclaimed works by and about women into print, enriching the literary canon, expanding the historical record, and influencing public discourse about issues fundamental to women.

Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. It accepts no government funds, directly or indirectly.

The Hunger Site
Click on a button on this site to give free food to the world's hungry. Originally launched in June 1999, The Hunger Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific humanitarian need: the eradication of world hunger. On average, over 220,000 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the "give free food" button and help feed the hungry. The Hunger Site was the first online activism site on the Web. To date more than 200 million visitors have given more than 300 million cups of staple food. This site links to the The Breast Cancer Site, The Child Health Site, The Literacy Site, The Rainforest Site, and The Animal Rescue Site.

University of Illinois Press
The University of Illinois Press was established in 1918 as a not-for-profit scholarly publisher at the University. We became one of the founding members of the Association of American University Presses in 1937 and now rank as one of the country's larger and most distinguished university presses. We publish works of high quality for scholars, students, and the citizens of the state and beyond. Our headquarters are in Champaign, and we market and distribute our books worldwide. With a local staff of forty-six we bring out about 120 books each year, as well as twenty-six journals.

Indiana University Bloomington Home Page
Welcome to Indiana University Bloomington.

Indiana University Press
At Indiana University Press, we want to publish books that will matter twenty or even a hundred years from now—books that make a difference today and will live on into the future through their reverberations in the minds of teachers and writers. As an academic press, our mandate is to serve the world of scholarship and culture as a professional, not-for-profit publisher. Founded in 1950, we are recognized internationally as a leading academic publisher specializing in the humanities and social sciences. We produce more than 170 new books annually, in addition to twenty-one journals, and maintain a backlist of some 1,800 titles.

Inside Higher Ed
Online source for news, opinion and career advice and services for all of higher education.

Italia Mia
Italian Web sites in both North America and Italy.

Italian American Studies at SUNY Stony Brook
Italian American studies addresses itself to the experiences of persons of Italian descent in North and South America with a particular emphasis on experiences in the United States of America. It is designed to assist students in exploring ways in which Italian and American cultures have combined to form a distinctive ethnic culture.

Italian Rap
Welcome to the only site in English dedicated to Italian hip hop.

The James Joyce Centre
The James Joyce Centre is dedicated to promoting an understanding of the life and works of James Joyce and aims to provide a unique, personal view of the man, his work and his minutely observed origins. The Centre is an active, vibrant and ever-evolving tribute to one of the world's most profound surveyors of the human landscape, a starting point from which to begin a personal odyssey through Joyce's life, work and source of inspiration.

The Library of Congress
Catalogs, collections, and research services; American memory; on-line gallery of exhibitions, and much more.

Life in Italy
The mission of Life in Italy is to provide English speaking people with interesting and informative articles about Italy and the Italian lifestyle.

The Kingdom of Morocco
A site created by the Morocco's Ministry of Communications to provide information about Morocco's history, politics, culture, tourism, economy, daily news, useful addresses, photo galleries, and links to other Moroccan sites.

Mother Cabrini and Her Mission
The first American citizen to be canonized, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was born in a small town in Lombardy, Italy, on July 15, 1850.

National Endowment for the Arts
The arts reflect the past, enrich the present, and imagine the future. The National Endowment for the Arts, an investment in America's living cultural heritage, serves the public good by nurturing the expression of human creativity, supporting the cultivation of community spirit, and fostering the recognition and appreciation of the excellence and diversity of our nation's artistic accomplishments.

PEN American Center
PEN American Center is the largest of the 141 centers of International PEN, the world's oldest human rights organization and the oldest international literary organization. International PEN was founded in 1921 to dispel national, ethnic, and racial hatreds and to promote understanding among all countries. PEN American Center, founded a year later, works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship.

Poetry Daily
Poetry Daily is an anthology of contemporary poetry which each day brings you a new poem from books, magazines and journals currently in print.

Poets & Writers
Poets & Writers believes in literature's fundamental contribution to contemporary culture. For the past 29 years, P&W has focused on the source of literature, providing support and exposure to writers at all stages in their development.

Publishers Weekly
The international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling.

St. Joseph's Day
A site created as a labor of love in honor of St. Joseph and his feast day.

Una Storia Segreta: When Italian Americans Were 'Enemy Aliens'
Una Storia Segreta (the words in Italian mean both "a secret story" and "a secret history") was developed by the American Italian Historical Association's Western Regional Chapter. The site is dedicated to those who endured the confusions and losses of World War II largely in silence. By giving them voice now, we hope that others will be encouraged to fill out this story further -- one we believe is not only worth telling but crucial to understanding what has shaped us all.

Understanding Islam
At Understanding Islam we present the explanation of Islam in the light of only the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammed (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Welcome to the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute's web site for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On December 10, 1998, the world marked the Declaration's 50th anniversary. In the United States, a national coalition was formed to promote action that would advance respect for human rights both at home and abroad. This web site was originally designed to support the coalition's work, and has been maintained as a resource for all those who want to join in the ongoing struggle for human rights.

Web del Sol
New poetry and fiction on the WWW.

WomenWatch
WomenWatch is a central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system, including the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies and academic and research institutions.

The Writers' Center of Indiana
The Writers' Center of Indiana was established in 1979, and is Indiana's only comprehensive, community-based literary arts service organization. Our mission is to foster a community of writers, support the artistic development of writers, and develop a large and appreciative audience in Indiana for all forms of written expression.