A small press is, essentially, an enterprise dedicated to overcoming routine publishing attitudes. Reviewing services, reference aids, bookstores, and publishers' addresses are included in this review of small press publications for 1973. (Author/SM)

Special issue in honor of the contemporary Spanish poet, Luis Rosales. (DS)

Describes the challenge of teaching a poetry class and the decision of the teacher to respect his student's choice of poetry for class discussion. (RK)

Reports on the life and works of contemporary Spanish writers Samuel Gili Gaya, Emilio Romero, Begona Garcia Diego, Ramiro Pinilla, Felix Grande, and Juan Antonio Cabezas. (DS)

Reports on life and works of contemporary Spanish writers Julian Marias, Carmen Nonell, Luis Martin Santos, Luis Felipe Vivanco, Mario Lacruz, and Jose Maria Rodriguez Mendez. (DS)

The ways in which Black consciousness and experience emerge in the works of three Black poets are explored in this article. Historical, cultural, psychological, and linguistic influences are considered. (GC)

Reviewed in this essay are works written by and/or about women. Topics discussed include women and the literary tradition, women poets, studies of individual women novelists, and feminist criticism. (EB)

Presents a profile of Myra Cohn Livingston who was best known as a children's poet and anthologist and also known for her teaching and mentoring of students and fellow writers through classes, lectures, and professional writings. Provides suggestions for extension ideas honoring the life and work of Livingston. Includes an annotated bibliography…

Concludes through an examination of recent criticism of William Blake's works that the literary canon is subject to change over time. Suggests that this is true because of both new critical developments and accumulations of new information through research. Argues that even critical theory is affected by such research. (SG)

John Burroughs was a poet-naturalist who spent most of his life during the late 1800s and early 1900s living in a rustic cabin that he built almost entirely from native materials. Burroughs suggested that becoming a good observer of nature was a function of the whole person and the power of concentrated attention, and not of the eyes alone. (LP)

Describes events in the author's journey toward living her life as a poet. Includes reminiscences of her childhood, and interactions with other teachers, friends, relatives. Includes samples of poetry written by children. (RS)

Considers poetry for children by the late Ted Hughes, British Poet Laureate. Examines it in its own terms as poetry and in terms of its intended audience. Suggests his poetry was an attempt to create a body of work that remained true to his gift of "caging" the minute within real and imaginary worlds. (SR)