Argues for the canonicity of "Sonnet: The Token," a John Donne poem whose authorship has been in doubt for some decades. Employs deconstruction as its critical approach, though that approach is nearly passe in Renaissance studies, and it calls the issue of authorship into question. (TB)

Reports on the 116th Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA) held in San Francisco June 26-July 1, 1997. Discusses intellectual freedom and Internet filters, the Communications Decency Act, the 1996 Telecommunications Act's Universal Service provision, the Hawaii outsourcing model, exhibits, books and authors, diversity, ALA…

Discussion of visions of the future that are based on past history highlights imaginative literature that deals with the human spirit rather than strictly technological innovations. Medieval society, the Roman Empire, mythological atmospheres, and the role of writers are also discussed. (LRW)

Notes that when students are entertained through reading and reading experiences, logically, their level of enjoyment and frequency in reading will increase. Considers how teachers need to look at what they are offering students to encourage their reading. Describes how the author actually introduces students to authors to help motivate their…

Presents an analysis of 500 submorphemic slips of the typewriter key that escaped the notice of authors and other proofreaders and thereby made their way into the published records of scientific research. (Author/VWL)

Interviews Walter Dean Myers about his childhood years, his interests in writing and reading, and his accomplishments as an author of children's literature. (MG)

Discusses an antiestablishment stance and explains how the adoption of an author of an outsider's viewpoint facilitates the observation and recording of the futility behind day-to-day activities. A discussion focuses on the importance of auditory qualities of speech in Pacific literature. (JL)

Explores Katherine Paterson's novels and her ability as a writer to plumb the mythic depths of everyday experience. Discusses the heroic journeys of her characters. (MG)

Describes an experimental Young Author's conference for secondary school students. Notes that bringing together young writers and professional authors provides incentive for writing, as well as an authentic audience and purpose. (RS)

Examined one volume year of each of four journals in the social sciences to compare 1,278 quotations against original sources. Found 89 quotations could not be found and 519 (43.7 percent) contained one or more inaccuracies ranging from punctuation to significant differences in meaning. Discusses implications. (Author/ABL)

Examined characteristics of "The Journal of Humanistic Education and Development" and the earlier "Humanist Educator" regarding author information, editorial board membership, and general content. Found that majority of the Association for Humanistic Education and Development officers, editorial board, and authors have been from the southern…

Details a review of collaborative styles of professional writers. Notes that some Society of Technical Communication members reported an often hierarchical collaborative process, whereas respondents within the Modern Language Association seemed suspicious of collaboration. Reveals, however, that a dialogic collaborative mode subverting the status…

This article presents a rationale and technique for stimulating students' interest in literature. An example, featuring author Donald Crews, is provided. A list of authors of books suitable for primary and middle grades is included together with an author information resource guide. (IAH)

Describes a study that compared indexing terms suggested by authors of articles in "The American Journal of the Medical Science" and indexing terms assigned to the same articles in MEDLARS. Case studies are used to examine the differences between author and indexer indexing. (CLB)

Describes the background to some books written by the author, and discusses her desire to motivate those adolescents who do not usually read to read her books. Expresses a desire to write quality books that will win adolescents over to reading. (MG)