Gloria Naylor

Here's a very good general start page at the Voices From the Gaps site. There, you'll find a Naylor biography, quotes, book covers, photos, bibliographies, links, and a feedback area.

Naylor talks about herself and her work on this page. You'll also find a link to a brief video of her at this site.

This is an “unofficial” page about Naylor. What makes it “unofficial”? Does this mean that the information you find here is untrustworthy? How can you determine the validity of information on the web?

To put Naylor's work into a social and cultural context, it's helpful to have some background information about North American Black English. This Google.com directory will lead you to lots of different sites dealing with this subject.

Like every great writer, Naylor loves words and pays particular attention to their origins and meanings. How about you? What's your relationship with words? See if you have some fun at this site devoted to word and phrases.

Would you like to brush up your knowledge about American women's contributions to Civil Rights Movement? Read this essay on the subject. What mention is made there of Naylor? Could you use any of this in a research paper?

This page has some information about a video series called In Black and White: Six Profiles of African American Authors. And you guessed it: One of them is Gloria Naylor. Can you tell if your library owns the series from the computer you're using now?

Eager for some more writing by Naylor? Of course you are! Take a look at these excerpts from her novel The Women of Brewster Place. Did you happen to see the television adaptation that starred Oprah?

Read this teacher's guide for Mama Day. What did you learn about the book from the guide? What kinds of things would you have to consult the book itself to find out? Are you interested in reading the novel? Why or why not?

Here is the table of contents for an issue of the journal Hayden's Ferry Review. Notice that the interview it mentions with Naylor is not online. What's the best method of locating this interview?