E.B. White

This NYT page has a couple of quotes, a photo of White, and some links to articles and reviews. As a bonus there's a link to a rare recording of White himself reading from Charlotte's Web and The Trumpet of the Swan. This is a very good place to start your online research of White. (Free registration required.)

Interested in White's personal history? Here is a biography of the author that also has a few embedded links.

Did you know that White has contributed to several films? Want to know more? Here is an E.B. White filmography.

This is the homepage of the New Yorker, a magazine with which White had a close relationship for many years. Do you read it? What magazines do you read?

Here is an online early version of The Elements of Style, the one by Strunk. White later revised it and today we have what a lot of people call simply "Strunk and White. " It's an essential book for all writers.

Here is the citation for White's Pulitzer Prize, which honored his entire body of work. Are any of the other writers on that page familiar? Where would you find out information about them?

This is a page about Brooklin, Maine, site of White's farm. How does having a bit of information like this help you understand an author's work?

Here are some quotations and a White bibliography. Did you find anything there that could help you in your own writing? Can you trust the accuracy of this source? How can you tell?

Click here to hear White reading an excerpt from Charlotte's Web. If possible, read along. What did you find interesting in his reading?

Here's an excerpt from Stuart Little. Have you seen the movie? Come on, admit it. It was kind of cute.