Illinois Humanities Council
The Illinois Humanities Council is a nonprofit organization that makes grants and creates educational opportunities that bring together humanities scholars and people from all walks of life to reflect, think critically and actively exchange ideas.

http://www.prairie.org

James Jones Literary Society
James Jones (1921-1977), one of the major novelists of his generation, is known primarily as the author of fiction that probes the effects of World War II on the individual soldier.

http://rking.vinu.edu/j.htm

The Poetry of David Ray
David Ray is a former member of the Handy Writers Colony and has taught at a number of U.S. colleges, including the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he was also founding editor of New Letters magazine and New Letters On The Air radio program.

http://www.davidraypoet.com