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Easingwood, Peter. A substantial introduction to Michael Ondaatje, from the Literary Encyclopedia, 27 March 2002 On The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems (1970); The English Patient (1992)
An overview of Michael Ondaatje's work from Professor George Landow's Postcolonial Literature and Cultural Web. It includes critical articles about his novels, their themes, techniques, and cultural contexts
An introductory article on the Canadian-Ceylonese author Michael Ondaatje, from the postcolonial web project at Emory Univ
The NYTimes has compiled a web page on Michael Ondaatje that contains the Times reviews of his writing. (Registration required)
A compilation of publishing information on Michael Ondaatje's works, including dates of editions and some pictures of book covers, by Professor Thomas B. Friedman
"Delirious in a Different Kind of Way," a Salon.com interview with Michael Ondaatje, by Gary Kamiya, Nov. 1996
Discussion questions for The English Patient, from publisher Random House
Hass, Robert. Poet Robert Hass writes about Ondaatje's poem "Step" in his Poet's Choice column for the Washington Post, April 25, 1999
Eugene, Lydia. An essay on Ondaatje's On the Collected Works of Billy the Kid. In It's a Bunny [Canadian literary review]
Wart, Alice Van. "The Evolution of Form in Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid and Coming Through Slaughter," in Canadian Poetry, Vol. 17
"'The One Altered Move That Will Make Them Maniac': The Perception of Violence in Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid," by Allyson M. Foster, first prize essay in the Mount Royal College English Dept., Spring 1998
A brief introduction to Michael Ondaatje's poetry from the Academy of American Poets
Michael Ondaatje talks about Anil's Ghost, in an interview by Dave Weich at powells.com
A review of Anil's Ghost, by Gary Kamiya in Salon.com, April 25, 2000
A brief summary of Anil's Ghost and questions for discussion, from publisher Random House
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