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CyberAtlas is the fascinating result of a project undertaken by the Guggenheim Museum to literally chart virtual territory. Selected maps on the site guide the browser through cyberspace, focusing especially on sites related to visual art and culture. - RoadTrip America RoadTrip America is the web's "only feature magazine produced completely from on the road," compiled by a group who call themselves dashboard professionals, or dashboarders for short. Photos, articles, and information about traveling through different places (including the web itself) are presented in a uniquely interactive format. 
Coca-Cola Company, America (advertisement)
The official Coca-Cola Corporation web site offers downloads of Coke commercials, music clips, and ads, along with links to international brand sites that offer students an interesting look into how a corporation creates a sense of "place"—"Where we started, where we are today, and where we're going tomorrow." The site also offers a good point of comparison to the Coke ad in the chapter overview. Edward Hopper, House by the Railroad (painting)
The Artcyclopedia guide to sites on Edward Hopper's art and life. - Smithsonian Museum's Edward Hopper Scrapbook The Smithsonian's online "scrapbook" of Hopper's life and work is composed of audio, visual, and written clippings, including an audio clip of John Clancy's explanation of how the Museum of Modern Art acquired House by the Railroad. Eudora Welty, The Little Store (fiction)
Produced by the University of Mississippi, this directory of Eudora Welty photographs accompanies a longer article placing her works in the context of the South. Scott Russell Sanders, Homeplace (essay)
A web site run by the Anglo-Australian Observatory that contains about thirty pictures of stars, galaxies, and nebulas. Pictures on the site are billed as "some of the finest wide-field astronomy pictures made with professional telescopes anywhere." You might consider these in relation to Scott Russell Sanders's "Homeplace" or K.C. Cole's "A Matter of Scale." Albert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, 1868 (painting)
This web site provides links to various sites related to Albert Beirstadt, including books, biographies, and summaries on the artist, as well as museums and online exhibits displaying his work. RETROSPECT: Camilo José Vergara's Photographs of 65 East 125th Street, Harlem (12 photographs)
An online publication about Harlem by Harlem youth; includes valuable links and offers a solid counterpoint to this chapter's Retrospect. David Ignatow, My Place (poem)
Ploughshares is a literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, and essays by new and established writers. The online site provides information on past issues and links to their contributors. - Web Del Sol Features biographical information on the poet and selected poems from Against the Evidence. - Poets.org The web site for the Academy of American Poets includes a short bio and links to David Ignatow's poetry on the Internet. - Poetry Society Poetry Society's tribute to Ignatow. Includes a poem by Ignatow and a poem written in his honor. Mark Peterson, Image of Homelessness (photograph)
One in a series of photographic essays by John Decker—all dealing with social issues—"Covington's Homeless" documents life in a town with no shelters. - Guttertribe: Kids on the Street An exhibit of photographs taken by photojournalist Jana Birchum of young homeless people living in Austin, Texas. Sponsored by the Austin Chronicle, in which the photos first appeared, two galleries of images are accompanied by commentary and an essay. David Guterson, No Place Like Home: On the Manicured Streets of a Master-Planned Community (essay)
David Guterson's essay offers one take on the changes and developments of Green Valley, Nevada. The creators of Shaping San Francisco, the Internet component of a CD-ROM created by AK Press, aim to create an interactive multimedia documentation of the social history of the San Francisco community, "a new approach to the study of urban life." Norman Mailer, from Three Minutes or Less (quote)
The New York State Writers Institute web page includes a biography, bibliography, and a list of resources. Ron Hansen, Nebraska (fiction)
Information about Ron Hansen, his work, and commentary on the short story "Nebraska." The site offers a forum for writers and readers alike, showcasing current authors and their work. - Leadership U A particularly insightful interview regarding the subject of religion in Hansen's fiction. PORTFOLIO: Richard Misrach (5 photographs)
With high-resolution images of his photographs, this site details Richard Misrach as an artist and explains each piece individually. Tony Hiss, The Experience of Place (essay)
New Urbanism is devoted to creating "livable spaces." Students wishing to research the "new science of place" referred to by Tony Hiss might find this web site of interest. Joel Sternfeld, Taylor Hall Parking Lot, Kent State University (photograph and quote)
An online gallery of Joel Sternfeld's work, including biographical information and a statement on the artist. - City Paper Philadelphia City Paper's online article on Sternfeld's On This Site. Pico Iyer, Why We Travel (essay)
Interview with Pico Iyer on the Powell's City of Books web site. - Salon This web site features twelve articles by Iyer, including "Why We Travel." LOOKING CLOSER: Going Home
Part of a national initiative to make everyone aware of federal and national resources, American Strategy has linked digitized collections of art around shared themes such as hearth and home—including, here, the work of Carmen Lomas Garza. - Hometown USA Each city, town, or village in this exhaustive list of hometowns organized by state is accompanied by retail and residential information, local government information, regional and local history, listings of residents, interactive maps, and photo galleries. - Ericsson Ericsson's home page. - Marita Golden Marita Golden's official web site. |
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