VCU Literary Award Winners
VCU serves as the proud home of two major U.S. literary awards, given for book-length works in poetry and fiction. The award-winning titles are available in the collections of the VCU Libraries. Named for late VCU English faculty member Larry Levis, the Levis Reading Prize has been given annually for the best first or second book […]
Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles
Find It Advancing our understanding of the history and present of women’s contributions to the literary, cultural and political life of Great Britain, VCU Libraries provides access to the landmark database, Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Orlando exemplifies digital humanities’ efforts to broaden access to little known or studied […]
Fiction Connection: Fiction and select nonfiction resource
Find It Fiction Connection allows users to bring out their inner bookworm. Fiction Connection allows users to search through works of fiction and select nonfiction books all around the United States. Discover books like Andree Cuenod’s “Awakening” and Nicholas Irving’s “The Reaper.” Browse through some of the thousands of books that the database has to […]
Directory of Published Proceedings: Paper database
Find It The Directory of Published Proceedings offers users access to research papers from all over the world. The site provides categories, ranging from science and technology to economics and finance. Use the Directory of Published Proceedings to find articles on pollution control and ecology or science and technology. There are articles like “Energy, Power & […]
Blackbird: Online literature and arts journal
Find It Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts contains poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art. Get lost in the works of Joshua Bennett, David Wojahn and Louis Draper. Blackbird connects users to various works of art, but it gives users in-depth information on the writer. In some instances, it gives “Blackbird’s Notes” in which […]
History in Your Hands: A digitized Dickinson letter
Finding aid A 17-word letter from poet Emily Dickinson to a neighbor is now widely available to researchers through a new “History in Your Hands” exhibit in the online VCU Libraries Gallery. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) lived most of her life in the family home in Amherst, Mass. She lived quietly. While often identified as a recluse, Dickinson […]
