Several new radical and Marxist journals, all nonpartisan and produced primarily by academics, have appeared over the past ten years. These journals--which cover nearly every aspect of the humanities and social sciences--are discussed, and it is suggested that their weaknesses are the expression of theory without a movement. (JMD)

An annotated bibliography of personal bibliographies of twentieth-century Catalan and Spanish writers. Personal bibliographies are defined as bibliographies of a writer's works and those works written about the writer and his or her works. (Author/LM)

Literature by African women has a social function. Popular topics are colonialism, feminism, and culture conflict. The works of two Senegalese writers, Ba and Sow Fall, are described and compared. They recognize conflict, but they also write about less obvious social influences and recognize that social change can be beneficial. (VM)

Reexamines Maurice Sendak's first children's book, published in 1956. Finds it to be filled with the characters, themes, and psychological concerns that were to become hallmarks of the writer-artist's mature works. (NKA)

Contrasts the very popular and enduring Nancy Drew series with the host of imitators that appeared after the initial success of the Drew series. Points out that the Drew books were focused mysteries with only tenuous ties to realism but that imitators usually copied the outlines of the pattern but either overlooked or weakened important parts of…

Discusses the issue of the multiple literary traditions of English writers in non-Anglo-Saxon areas such as India, Africa, and the West Indies, each of which is marked by particular linguistic, literary and aesthetic preoccupations that constitute a literary ecology. (Author/SED)

Examines the novels of two African writers to determine the nature of the black African women's experience. Attempts to determine how this experience can be analyzed in depth and breadth by progressing through four feminist perspectives: (1) personal, (2) social, (3) multicultural, and (4) spiritual/philosophical. (Author/SA)

Examined 611 articles from 37 management-oriented journals. Concluded that (1) faculty from higher status schools are more active in publishing; (2) there is value in faculty publishing in nonrefereed journals; and (3) schools can improve their status by encouraging faculty to publish. (PD)

Through teleconferencing, every school has the potential to dramatically improve the educational opportunities for its students at minimum cost. A telephone with an attached speaker allows an entire room to converse with experts in an author interview, informational conference, or professional enrichment conference. (Author/DCS)

Suggests that the composing process is a kind of mental trip, a development of ideas not merely determined by one's limitations but conditioned, rather, by some ongoing circumstances not easily commandeered by the ego. (HOD)

Assessed whether men and women received equal rewards for equal performance in educational and social research based on a sample of 901 authors, 14 percent of whom were women. Gross differences emerged between men and women regarding income. Lesser differences appeared in research resources and rank. (JAC)

Suggestions for undertaking and succeeding at publishing an institutional history address these issues: expectations, funding, choosing an author, stirring interest among alumni, involving alumni and older faculty, determining a writing approach, layout, and publishing. (MSE)

Challenges the influence of Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree": the way it is being viewed, used, misused, understood, and misunderstood by parents, teachers, librarians, and children. (HOD)

Presents results of poll of 13 English departments of Ivy League and Seven Sister colleges and universities undertaken in order to offer high school librarians an up-to-date checklist of basic titles that should be included in their collections. Fifty-three authors cited and a bibliography of 51 recommended titles are included. (EJS)

Four writers discuss how dealing with students, exams, lesson plans, and creating philosophies for their courses connect with their own writing. (CRH)