Presents bibliographic listings of recent works on the teaching of psychology. Contains a larger number of articles reporting research on college teaching and on the education of women, minorities, and nontraditional students than earlier bibliographies. Includes books, research results, works concerning the history of psychology, and journal…

Reviews the 1990 conference on children's classics that was sponsored by Drexel University and the Free Library of Philadelphia. Highlights include summaries of and excerpts from papers by author and illustrator Wendy Watson and Anita Lobel, and information on the recipient of the 1990 Drexel Citation, author and illustrator Carolyn Croll. (LRW)

Ten top authors talk about how they use libraries; what they think of technology in libraries; the impact of libraries on society; how society values libraries; and how libraries helped inspire their writing careers. Authors include writers of novels, plays, poetry, historical fiction, nonfiction, and children's literature. (KRN)

Profiles Connie Porter, best-selling children's author of six books featuring Addy Walker, a fictional African American slave girl who escapes to the North in 1864. The books, for girls aged 7 through 12, are part of a collection featuring 5 girls in different periods of American history. Discusses Porter's writing and research processes. (MDM)

Discusses five things which help the author (herself a reluctant writer) to push past her own doubts, and notes how they are helpful in working with students who are reluctant to write. (SR)

Examines perceptions of the author-editor interaction. Discusses chances of acceptance by the journal of their choice, ways to maximize those chances, what to do when editors are slow in communicating with authors, and how to negotiate with editors about manuscript revisions. Notes that editors should show concern for authors and mediate referees'…

Discusses the importance of children's author Katherine Paterson, provides a brief biography, and suggests learning activities based on Bloom's Taxonomy for nine of Paterson's books. These activities are designed to encourage the acquisition of knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. (17 references) (LRW)

Discusses how difficult it often is for writing teachers to write for their students. Relates the experiences of 12 teachers who tried to use their own writing with their students. (PRA)

Presents the transcript of an interview with former President Jimmy Carter that focused on his book "Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation," written for adolescents. Topics addressed include the need for mediation and conflict resolution; a global perspective; and difficulties in writing books for adolescents. (LRW)

Discusses the development of African-American literature for young people. Describes the setbacks resulting from cutbacks of federal funds for schools and libraries, as publishers cut back on materials they did not consider marketable. Suggests bibliographic resources for discovering works for children by or about African Americans. (DK)

A frustrated author recounts his own experiences and those of others in dealing with publishers. He concludes that academic publishers prefer exchanging ideas and academic gossip with authors to the basics of business, letting the books sell themselves to a captive audience of academic libraries. (MSE)

Describes the way that novelist Michael Morpurgo came up with his character Anya for the story, "Waiting for Anya." Provides first-person account of the genesis of the character by the author. (HB)

Discusses how Bette Green carried out research for the preparation of her novel, "The Drowning of Stephan Jones." Speaks out against hate crimes against and the oppression of gay and lesbian youth. (HB)

Reports citation patterns for "The Journal of Business Communication" for the years 1978 to 1992. Investigates authorship trends, trends in intellectual content, and trends in the relationship between the journal and other journals. (SR)

Examines electronic full-text literature available on the World Wide Web and on CD-ROM. Discusses authors and genres, electronic texts, and fees. Highlights Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and nature writing. Provides a bibliography of Web guides, specialized Shakespeare pages, and pages dealing with the Shakespeare authorship debate and secondary…