Richard Wright's literary career begins with a lynching and ends with a serial murderer. "Big Boy Leaves Home," the 1936 story that leads off Wright's first book, "Uncle Tom's Children" (1938), renders the vicious mob-execution of a young black man falsely accused of rape. "A Father's Law," Wright's last novel, left unfinished at his unexpected…

Author Sue Monk Kidd, who is white, employs stereotypes of African Americans and problematically appropriates features of black writing in her novel "The Secret Life of Bees." Nevertheless, this book is worth teaching, not only because it has acquired much cultural capital but also because it offers students a way to examine relationships between…

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to develop a descriptive bibliography of 24 works by Douglas C. McMurtrie that focus on the history of printing in specific U. S. localities; and (2) to provide a biographical context for the description of these titles, including a biographical overview describing McMurtrie's life, personality, and…

Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, and Anne Tyler have all dealt with spiritual journeys and card reading in their writings. In his book "Tarot Revelations," Joseph Campbell discusses his first association with tarot cards, dating from 1943, when he was introduced to the symoblism of playing cards by his friend and mentor, Heinrich Zimmer. Carl…

Author focused on the art of novel writing in England. (Editor/RK)

A discussion of privately printed books, subsidized university presses, commercial vanity publishing, and what an author may expect for his money from a vanity press. (LS)

Excerpts from a speech by an editor of children's literature. (PF)

More than 180 plays are listed, alphabetically by title, in this index. Additional information for each play includes the playwright's name and the date of the issue of "Theater Arts" in which the play was published. (JM)

This article discusses opposing views held by academic librarians on writing and publication. At one extreme, publication is seen as a means of obtaining tenure; at the other, librarianship is regarded as the culmination of all scholarship and should relate other fields to library science and vice versa through bibliography. (Author/JAB)

Tips for individuals who are interested in publishing their own books include how to raise money, promotion, and finding an editor. (JPF)

Psychology and literature focus on human behavior. There are several points where the interests of psychologists and literary scholars converge. This convergence is evident in the use of literature to test psychological theories and to understand human behavior in historical times, in the psychological analyses of literature, and in psychological…

Presents an appreciation of Russell Freedman, writer of children's nonfiction. Discusses Freedman's life and the development of his craft. (ARH)

Presents biographical sketch of Patricia MacLachlan, 1986 Newbery Award winner. (DF)

Investigated the phenomenon of multiple-authored articles by examining the author/article ratio for the Personnel and Guidance Journal for the years 1971 through 1982. Results showed a substantial increase of multi-authored articles and possible reasons for this increase are discussed. (LLL)