"Dialectic" and "dialogic" are terms that can be used to describe the internal textual conflict and engagement between two cultures. Codeswitching is a linguistic strategy used by Native poets to emphasize the dialectic or dialogic cross-cultural interaction between the hegemonic Euro-American and First Nations cultures. This idea is well…

To the beleaguered principal seeking direction in an attempt to examine his commitments, poetry is proffered as a way of helping him gain some fresh insights. (Author/RK)

This is an abridged and modified form of an essay that the author, professor of Greek and Latin at Barnard College, delivered at the Library of Congress symposium held last spring on the hundredth anniversary of Robert Frost's birth. (Editor/RK)

This is the seventh edition of a comprehensive list of grants and awards available to American writers for use in the United States and abroad. Generally, only those grants and prizes which have a value of $500 or more have been listed. Approximately 250 grants and awards are included, along with the address of the sponsoring organizations, any…

Since the late 1960s the poetic muse has taken on a new style called "surrealism" or the "new surrealism". Some of the movements' best known poets, such as W. S. Merwin, Robert Bly, James Wright, Charles Simic et al., are discussed through their poetry and what it may mean for the rest of us. (RK)

Provides background on poet, fiction writer, and teacher Alan Ziegler. (FL)

Biographical essay about the Chilean poet to whom the Nobel Prize for literature was awarded in 1945. A list of her recommendations for reform and innovation in Chile's educational program. (VW)

A distinguished poet becomes a very specialized librarian this month. William E. Stafford, professor of English at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, has been appointed Consultant in Poetry in English to the Library of Congress for the 1970-71 term. (Author)

An interpretation of Ferlinghetti's poem, 15." (RD)

Oscar Wilde said that "self-consciousness and the critical spirit are one". How that observation affects the artist and his product is discussed. (Author/RK)

Examines Robert Frost's teaching career, which lasted from 1893 to 1912. Discusses his extreme dislike of teaching, resulting in nervous exhaustion on several occasions, and his teaching innovations, which involved students writing about their own experiences and ideas, and reading aloud for expression and the sound of language. (SV)

Discusses the poetry of the West Indian author Edward Kamau Brathwaite. Explores Brathwaite's use of the oral mode to emphasize the African tradition in the Caribbean voice. (PRA)

Provides a psychohistorical perspective on the Russian poet, Marina Tsvetayeva, who committed suicide in 1941. Offers a critical analysis of Boris Pasternak's (1983) "I Remember: Sketch for an Autobiography" to yield several points to consider in interpreting motives for suicides. (SR)

Presents an interview with poet John Ashbery about how to teach one of his poems to people of high school age. (RS)