This study of contemporary realistic fiction with settings outside the United States and characters who are citizens of other countries--appropriate for children aged nine through twelve years--sought to discover the differences between those by American authors and those by non-American authors. For the study, 35 books (24 by American authors and…

The language arts program in the elementary school offers an excellent opportunity for children to discuss life's intangible basics. (JH)

The manager of the South Georgia College Bookstore describes several autograph parties used as a sales promotion technique. The planning process, including initial contacts with the guest authors, are discussed, and the schedules and events of the authors' visits are reviewed. (JMD)

Today's paragraph is not a logical unity, and we should stop telling our students that it is. (DD)

In a two-year study to be released, the National Enquiry into Scholarly Communication recommends that publishing in the humanities be supported by a federal agency. The logical body is the National Endowment for the Humanities. Current financial problems with scholarly publishing are reviewed, including Enquiry recommendations regarding consortium…

Suggests that the consciousness-raising aspect of a women's literature course decried in an earlier issue was a positive element that could have lead to literary analysis. (MKM)

Cut! That's a take! An author's experience with a screenplay provides insights for young filmmakers. (Editor)

Describes the separation of modern professional writers from the real world and their misplaced concern with presenting an image of toughness instead of truly communicating. (DD)

Discusses the psychological attitudes held by different French-speaking black authors. (Author/AM)

Focuses on the attempts of W. B. Yeats and W. E. B. DuBois to channel the creative arts of the Irish and Black people, respectively, into a more substantially fulfilling art, an art that took its original impulse from history, legend and myth. (Author/AM)

Notes that the problem of appropriating Western art forms presents a dilemma for the black writer who on the one hand must allow the protagonist to fulfill the criteria of fiction but simultaneously must dramatize the ineffectiveness of that fiction as well. (Author/AM)

The legislative history of the new copyright law is reviewed and comparisons are made with earlier drafts regarding duration of copyright, works protected, exclusive rights in general, performing and broadcasting rights, compulsory licensing, fair use and photocopying, transfers, and manufacturing requirements. Available from: New York Law School,…

Provisions of the new law cover many issues important to educators, including rights for videotaping TV programs off the air, showing films, copying material for interlibrary loan, performing dramatic or musical works, and especially duplicating printed material for classroom use. The new guidelines are explained briefly. (LBH)

The role of the coauthor relationship in the structure of informal communications networks within disciplines is explored, and the validity of coauthor graphs used to map these relationships is tested for both small and large databases. (CLB)

Discusses professional writers' use of "metaphorical stories" to describe their composing processes. Maintains that fiction writers' ascription of independence to their characters has profound psychological implications. Cites metaphorical stories as an important means by which authors understand and communicate their composing…