Discusses the qualities that move nonfiction writing to a literature of fact: intellectual content, passionate enthusiasm, and a writing style that incorporates storytelling skill, descriptive power, vivid prose, graphic excellence, and sharply defined focus. (AEA)

An analysis and appreciation of H. L. Mencken the writer, and Henry Mencken the man. (RL)

Articles about employment service counseling techniques compose only seven percent of all articles. The Journal generally publishes a broad spectrum of articles of interest to those involved with employment counseling. (Author)

Compares the actual Christopher Robin Milne with the character of Christopher Robin as found in the verses of A. A. Milne. (HOD)

College students and nonstudents of different ages were questioned regarding their attitudes toward articles with male or female authors. Age, sex, student status, and possibly socioeconomic status were found to influence evaluation of the articles, showing that sex prejudice involves many factors. (GC)

In this interview, author Isaac Asimov discusses science fiction writing, as well as his projections for education and society in the 21st Century. A brief biography of Asimov is appended. (SJL)

Four teachers and educators discuss the implications for English teachers of Neil Postman's "Teaching as a Conserving Activity." (RL)

Discusses the careers (usually brief) great writers had as teachers and the attitudes those writers had toward teaching and students. (IRT)

Describes a study which sampled two card catalogs of varying sizes in order to find the percentage of personal authors who have only one entry, and discusses the implications of the results of the study for adoption of "Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2" (AACR 2). (FM)

Richard Calisch, a high school teacher and published author, is interviewed about his dual careers. (DS)

Contributions to five leading economics journals in terms of institutional affiliations of authors are analyzed. It is noted that dramatic shifts in contributions among universities occurred between the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s. Possible reasons for these shifts are set forth. (Author/KC)

Outlines several provisions of the new copyright law that make securing copyright more convenient and reduce the risk of an author losing copyright protections through technical errors. (GT)

Interviews the short story writer Pam Houston about the "big questions of life." Notes that Houston writes about these questions and sets them in the outdoors. Suggests that she is fascinated by the myths of all cultures. (PA)

Comments on author cocitation analysis theory and methods. By entering Pearson's r's into multidimensional scaling and clustering routines, the author shows that, despite r's fluctuations, clusters based on it are much the same for the combined groups as for the separate groups. The combined groups when mapped appear as polarized clumps of points…

Investigates the rhetorical implications of Sydney Pollack's translation of Isak Dinesen's autobiographical texts. Argues that Pollack's film uses strategies of transference, redefinition, antithesis, and displacement to renarrate Dinesen's writings, resulting in a depoliticized romantic adventure. Finds that these strategies misrepresent Dinesen,…