KateChopin.org provides a network for scholars interested in Kate Chopin, and it acts as a bridge between scholars and students, teachers, librarians, journalists, playwrights, filmmakers, translators, book club members, bloggers, podcast hosts, and other people in the United States and in countries around the world.

It is an informational site, an educational site, dedicated to the reading and study of Kate Chopin’s fiction. It seeks to provide accurate information about Chopin and her work in a form accessible to a large audience!

It does not post commercial messages. It posts announcements of books, films, or plays dealing with Kate Chopin, but it does not accept payment for posting notices or links. Except for out-of-date announcements of conferences, presentations, productions, or other events, it does not remove posted information. Other than standard usage data, it does not collect information about visitors. You can read our privacy policy.

It includes a search icon at the top right of each page and an alphabetical table of contents through a sitemap link at the bottom left of each page.

The site is sponsored by the Kate Chopin International Society. It is revised regularly. Its posting date appears in the footer at the bottom of each page.

The KateChopin.org website staff:

The co-editors of KateChopin.org are Bernard Koloski (Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania) and Heather Ostman (State University of New York: Westchester Community College)
The site’s general bibliographer is Barbara Ewell (Loyola University of New Orleans).
The site’s associate editors are Anna Elfenbein (West Virginia University), Bonnie James Shaker (Kent State University at Geauga), and David Z. Wehner (Mount St. Mary’s University).
The site’s pages dealing with Chopin’s Children’s Stories and Kate Chopin Archives are edited by Bonnie James Shaker (Kent State University at Geauga).
The site’s bibliography page in German is edited by Heidi Podlasli-Labrenz (University of Bremen, Germany).
The site’s bibliography page in Portuguese is edited by Cido Rossi (São Paulo State University, Brazil).
The site’s bibliography page in Spanish is edited by Eulalia Piñero Gil (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain).

Members of the website advisory committee include Tom Bonner (Xavier University of Louisiana), Barbara Ewell (Loyola University of New Orleans), Beth Jensen (Georgia State University Perimeter College), Kathleen Butterly Nigro (University of Missouri–St. Louis), Kelli P. O’Brien (University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff), Kate O’Donoghue (Suffolk County Community College), Eulalia Piñero Gil (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain), and Emily Toth (Louisiana State University).

Information on the site that is not credited to an author, an association, or some other source was written by the co-editors.

Decisions about what to post are made by the co-editors, in consultation with the officers of the society and the website advisory committee.

Information on the site is copyrighted. You may quote from it under fair use guidelines.

You may not copy large pieces of this site for proprietary or for-profit uses.