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Île en île, mettant en valeur la littérature & les auteurs des îles francophones & de leur diaspora

A cultural and encyclopedic archive featuring authors and literature from French-speaking islands & their diaspora (texts, bibliographies, audio and video recordings). Created and edited by Thomas C. Spear from 1998 to 2021, the site hosts a generation of documentation that remains available to a global audience.

Île en île

Une archive culturelle et encyclopédique mettant en valeur la littérature et les auteur·e·s originaires des îles francophones et de leur diaspora (textes, bibliographies, enregistrements sonores et vidéos). Site créé et dirigé par Thomas C. Spear de 1998 à 2021, il héberge une génération de documentation qui reste disponible au public planétaire.

  

Francophone Internet Resources

Links to online resources in French, organized by theme and geographical area. Online since January 1996; a pioneering site of the French-speaking Internet.

Ressources Internet francophones

Organisés par thème et par zone géographique, des liens pour trouver des ressources francophones en ligne. Un site pionnier (janvier 1996) de l'Internet francophone.

Les archives de la revue culturelle du Maghreb, Souffles (1966-1971) – numérisées par une équipe comprenant Thomas C. Spear – y étaient hébergées entre 1997 et leur transfert sur laabi.net en 2024. 

Links & resources – Books, news, NYC

book notes

  • Book Forum
  • The Guardian Books
  • London Review of Books
  • Los Angeles Times Books
  • National Public Radio Book Reviews
  • The New York Review of Books
  • The New York Times Books
  • Repeating Islands

presse littéraire

  • BibliObs
  • Le Devoir – Lire
  • Lettres Québécoises
  • Libération – Livres
  • Les Libraires
  • Livres Hebdo
  • Le Monde – Livres
  • La Presse – Littérature
  • Spirale

news

  • Associated Press
  • BBC
  • Carter Center
  • C-Span
  • Common Dreams
  • Democracy Now!
  • Forward
  • The Guardian
  • The Intercept
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Media Matters
  • Miami Herald
  • The Nation
  • National Press Club
  • National Public Radio
  • New York City News (see “Press” below)
  • Politico
  • The Progressive
  • Public Citizen
  • Washington Post

lgbtq links

  • Advocate
  • CLAGS
  • DNA Magazine
  • Fugues
  • The Gay & Lesbian Review - G&LR
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • Komitid
  • National LGBTQ Task Force
  • Out Magazine
  • Têtu Magazine
  • Victory Fund

New York City

NYC links

  • 92nd Street Y
  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
  • Americas Society
  • Apollo Theater
  • The Battery
  • Better Business Bureau of NY
  • Bowery Poetry Club
  • BRONX 
    • Arthur Avenue
    • Back in the Bronx magazine
    • Bronx County Historical Society
    • Bronx Mall (business directory)
    • Bronx Tourism Council
    • New York Botanical Garden
    • Public Art in the Bronx
  • BROOKLYN 
    • Barclays Center
    • Brooklyn Academy of Music
    • Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    • Coney Island
    • Haiti Cultural Exchange
    • HelloBrooklyn.com
    • National Sawdust
    • New Brooklyn Theater
    • Prospect Park
    • Theatre for a New Audience
  • Carnegie Hall
  • Central Park Conservancy
  • Chelsea Gallery Map
  • City Center
  • City Lore
  • Earthcam : Herald Square | Times Square | World Trade Center
  • Exploring the Nature of New York
  • Forgotten NY
  • Gotham Center for New York City History
  • Greenwich Village
  • High Line
  • Hot House Jazz
  • Hudson River Park
  • Joyce Theater
  • Knitting Factory
  • LGBT Community Center
  • Lincoln Center 
    • Chamber Music Society
    • Film Society
    • Metropolitan Opera
  • Little Italy
  • Lower East Side BID Info
  • Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
  • Lower Manhattan Info
  • New York City Ballet
  • New York City Official City Government site
  • New York Songlines
  • New York Theatre Experience
  • New York Underground @ the National Geographic
  • NYC Francophone
  • NYC.gov, official website of the City of New York
  • PEN American Center
  • Poets’ House
  • Poetry Project at Saint Mark’s Church
  • The Public Theater
  • QUEENS 
    • Crossing the Boulevard
    • It’s in Queens
  • Radio City Music Hall
  • The Shed
  • Skyscrapers
  • Steinway Pianos
  • Symphony Space
  • Summer Events & Festivals  
    • Brookfield Place – events calendar
    • Celebrate Brooklyn
    • Central Park SummerStage
    • Lincoln Center Midsummer Night Swing (July), Out of Doors (August)
    • Make Music NY | Fête de la musique
    • River to River
  • El Taller Latino Americano
  • Theatre Development Fund
  • Theater Mania 
  • United Nations 
  • Weather 
    • AccuWeather
    • WeatherChannel
    • Weather Underground
    • Yahoo! Weather NYC
  • Wildlive Conservation Society 
    • Bronx Zoo
    • Central Park Zoo
    • New York Aquarium

libraries

  • Brooklyn Public Library
  • The Center for Fiction (Mercantile Library)
  • Columbia University Librairies
  • CUNY Libraries (One search)
  • The Morgan Library
  • New York Public Library (catalog search).
  • NYU Librairies

museums

  • American Museum of Natural History
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • Dahesh Museum of Art
  • Ellis Island Foundation
  • The Frick Collection
  • Guggenheim Museum
  • International Center of Photography
  • The Jewish Museum
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Museum for African Art
  • Museum of Arts & Design | MAD
  • Museum of the City of New York
  • Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts | MoCADA
  • Museum of Modern Art | MoMA
  • Museum of Sex
  • Museum of Television & Radio
  • National Museum of the American Indian
  • The New York Historical
  • Studio Museum in Harlem
  • Lower East Side Tenement Museum
  • Whitney Museum of American Art

film screenings - cinemas

  • Fandango
  • Moviefone
  • Movietickets
  • Yahoo! Movies

press

  • Amsterdam News
  • Brooklyn Rail
  • IndyMedia
  • Manhattan Times (Washington Heights, Inwood, Harlem)
  • New York Daily News
  • New York Magazine
  • New York Observer
  • New York Review of Books
  • New York Times
  • New Yorker
  • Newsday
  • Paper mag
  • Queer news: 
    • Gay City News
    • Get Out
    • NYC Pride
  • TimeOut New York
  • Village Voice

radio

  • New York Radio Guide / 440 list of Radio stations in NYC & Long Island
  • WBAI 99.5 FM, Pacifica Non-Commercial Radio
  • WBGO 88.3 FM, Jazz (Newark).
  • WFUV 90.7 FM, Public Radio, Fordham U.
  • WINS 1010 AM, 1010 WINS News
  • WKCR 89.9 FM, Columbia U. Radio.
  • WLIB 1190 AM.
  • WNYC 93.9 FM, National Public Radio.
  • WNYE 91.5 FM, NYC Public Radio.
  • WNYU 89.1 FM, New York U. Radio.
  • WQXR 96.3 FM, Classical.
  • WSKQ 97.9 FM, La Mega.

television

  • CBS New York
  • CUNY TV
  • NBC New York
  • NY1
  • Thirteen / WNET, Channel 13 (PBS)
  • TVGuide
  • WABC, Channel 7 (ABC)
  • WPIX, Channel 11 (Warner Brothers)

restaurants

  • CuisineNet Restaurant Central, New York
  • Dining Guide, New York
  • Eater New York
  • New York City Department of Health Restaurant Inspection Information
  • New York Times Food
  • Yelp New York
  • Zagat

tourism

  • Big Apple Greeter
  • Empire State Building (official site)
  • Hotel Guide, New York
  • New York State Tourist information
  • NYC Tourism, official city guide

transportation

  • Amtrak
  • Citi Bike
  • Metropolitan Transportation Authority: bus & subway maps, LIRR, Metro-North timetables, etc.
  • New Jersey Transit
  • Port Authority of NY & NJ: Airports, Path train, bus terminals
  • ZipCar


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