This special issue of the "Indiana English Journal" is devoted exclusively to the writing of Jesse Stuart. Two of his poems, "John and Ephesus" and "Synthetic Heroes," are included, as well as an interview with Stuart in which his life history, his views on writing in general, and his views on his own writing in…

author argues for inclusion of modern poetry in high school English curriculum; he includes lists of critical works and anthologies. (SP)

A list of currently available phonorecords and magnetic tape cassettes of American poetry and poets is presented. Listed alphabetically by poet, each citation includes record title, a list of poems on the record, number of records in the set, publisher, and publisher's item number. Entries are analytical in that all works of one poet are listed…

Describes the life, artistic development, literary associations and poetry of Langston Hughes during his college years at Lincoln University from 1926-1930. Adapted and condensed from the author's forthcoming biography on Langston Hughes. (APM)

Use of little magazines in English classrooms would benefit both students and publishers. (JH)

Offered in this book is an Argentinian's view of the literary achievement of the United States. The beginning chapters discuss Mather, Edwards, and Freneau; Franklin, Cooper, and the historians; Hawthorne and Poe; and Whitman and Herman Melville. Other chapters are given to a discussion of three poets of the nineteenth century (Lanier, Whittier,…

This book was developed to serve as a reference for criticisms of poems by British and American poets. Included are 2,862 criticisms of 1,150 poems by 285 poets. The books and articles indexed were selected on the basis of their availability in college and university libraries; most were written during the eleven-year period from 1960-1970. The…

A visit with an aging poet who was once a child prodigy. (RB)

Within the texts of most contemporary ethnic American literatures, but especially those of Native American women, interwoven double-voiced strands of language and physical location constantly intertwine through recordings of individual memory and experience. The poems that result from these explorations create a self inextricably linked to Native…

Intended to impart the basic ways a poem is constructed, this concise handbook is a prose guide to writing poetry. The handbook talks about meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense, iambs and trochees, couplets and sonnets, and how and why this should matter to any person writing or reading poetry. Interspersing history and analysis with…

The primary purpose of this annual directory is to help groups and individuals locate contemporary, American fiction writers. Information about more than 800 fiction writers and poets who also write fiction (organized geographically by state) includes current addresses, teaching preferences, and most recent publications. For authors who are…