Cites Jean Fritz's contributions to children's literature and presents her with the 1986 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. (DF)

Examined sources for articles published in The Journal for Specialists in Group Work up to the March 1984 issue. Authors and their institutions are rated based on a point scale. (Author/JAC)

Provides background on poet, fiction writer, and teacher Alan Ziegler. (FL)

Assesses American and French feminist theory. Considers several novels that reflect in varying ways their authors' ambivalence about appropriating the dominant (male) discourse and about what alternatives to this discourse may exist. (CMG)

Offers a personal view of science fiction and its value to children. (HOD)

Discusses the debate between Jay Saunders Redding and Imamu Amiri Baraka regarding the role of Black Studies in American Studies. Intersperses excerpts from and analysis of Redding's work with an interview conducted with him in 1980. (GC)

Artist and illustrator Clement Hurd reminisces about his friendship and collaborative work with children's author Margaret Wise Brown. (AEA)

Don Quixote's imaginings were compared with his squire's practical outlook. What the "squire," Sancho Panza, sees, Quixote pictures. The difference between the schizophrenic act and the act of creation were explored with the help of Cervantes and metaphors. (Author/RK)

Author defends allegations made that he abbreviated and altered passages from a book which he previously used as a research resource. (AM)

Considers the death-of-God theology from the point of view of a variety of theologians. (RK)

This paper speculates about whether a literary canon exists in contemporary Latin American literature, particularly in the prose genre. The paper points to Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa as the three authors who might form this traditional and liberal canon with their works "La Muerte de Artemio Cruz"…

Lotka's Law, originally applicable only in physical science, is shown to apply reasonably well to the humanities. (Author/RS)

Symposium held at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, August 16-18, 1972. (RS)

Author discusses the nature of Edmund Wilson's career, his style of thought and his ideas concerning the nature of modern scholarship. (CB)

This article was adopted from a taped session with Ray Bradbury, author of more than 300 published stories, articles, books, plays and scripts. (MF)