Part of a four-article report on "Learning in Black Colleges."

Relates experiences teaching creative writing to prison inmates. Suggests that writing not only provides a much needed release from prison tension, but it also acts as a defense against inmates' experience of depersonalization. (MM)

Effects of creativity instruction on creative writing of 49 learning disabled intermediate students were examined. Analysis of Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking scores revealed that Ss in the experimental group made significantly greater scores than a control group on the creative thinking variables on the verbal (written expression) subtests.…

Insists upon the importance of poetry and provides a procedure for introducing both students and teachers to the writing and appreciation of poems. (JL)

Discusses benefits of creative writing activities for second-language students and describes literary competition for French and Spanish students at the University of Saskatchewan. (BK)

A noted author of children's fiction explains the role of memory in her writing, particularly the memory of stories told by her family members. (AEA)

Selects more than 45 titles from a field of approximately 300 small press books from around the nation for notable merit. Providing brief descriptive annotations, the reviews are arranged on a regional basis and full publication data are included. (RAA)

Asserting that sleep-inducing verses do have significant meaning and direct relationships to cultural expectations this article examines and discusses four Hopi lullabies in regard to linguistics, oral tradition and culture. (RTS)

Suggests five children's books useful in motivating children to write original stories and essays. (Author/SJL)

Describes the organization of a writing workshop for women, and the characteristics unique to a group of women students that made the course successful. (HTH)

Argues that asking students to write in concrete images about specific events and places serves to emphasize the importance of writing from detailed personal experiences. (RL)

Outlines an approach used in teaching poetry as a craft, in which poems about small town life were read and discussed to help students discover and write down their responses to their own town. (GT)

Shows that the task of the poet-teacher is to teach students not only how to write poetry but also how to read and appreciate poetry. Notes that the poetry workshop should stimulate critical capacity and taste by reconnecting study and thought to the personal. (RL)

Discusses the use of the term "creativity" in television and how it functions within the technical, economic, and organizational framework of the industry. Three common uses are identified: the creative writer of a script; the originator or producer; the director or middle-level personnel who may exercise "creative freedom."…

Members of an elders writing workshop reveal what the workshop meant to them. (FL)