Suggests that the consciousness-raising aspect of a women's literature course decried in an earlier issue was a positive element that could have lead to literary analysis. (MKM)

Cut! That's a take! An author's experience with a screenplay provides insights for young filmmakers. (Editor)

Describes the separation of modern professional writers from the real world and their misplaced concern with presenting an image of toughness instead of truly communicating. (DD)

Discusses the psychological attitudes held by different French-speaking black authors. (Author/AM)

Focuses on the attempts of W. B. Yeats and W. E. B. DuBois to channel the creative arts of the Irish and Black people, respectively, into a more substantially fulfilling art, an art that took its original impulse from history, legend and myth. (Author/AM)

Notes that the problem of appropriating Western art forms presents a dilemma for the black writer who on the one hand must allow the protagonist to fulfill the criteria of fiction but simultaneously must dramatize the ineffectiveness of that fiction as well. (Author/AM)

The legislative history of the new copyright law is reviewed and comparisons are made with earlier drafts regarding duration of copyright, works protected, exclusive rights in general, performing and broadcasting rights, compulsory licensing, fair use and photocopying, transfers, and manufacturing requirements. Available from: New York Law School,…

Provisions of the new law cover many issues important to educators, including rights for videotaping TV programs off the air, showing films, copying material for interlibrary loan, performing dramatic or musical works, and especially duplicating printed material for classroom use. The new guidelines are explained briefly. (LBH)

The role of the coauthor relationship in the structure of informal communications networks within disciplines is explored, and the validity of coauthor graphs used to map these relationships is tested for both small and large databases. (CLB)

Discusses professional writers' use of "metaphorical stories" to describe their composing processes. Maintains that fiction writers' ascription of independence to their characters has profound psychological implications. Cites metaphorical stories as an important means by which authors understand and communicate their composing…

The sale of complimentary textbooks to used-book dealers, who then resell them to college bookstores is discussed, along with author compensation for textbook resales. The question should be not how cheaply to sell a book but rather how to get good books. (MLW)

Explains the concept of Public Lending Right (PLR), which provides for payments to authors based on the circulation of their books by public libraries, and describes the British experience with PLR since 1979. Issues involved in PLR and the possibility of its adoption in the United States are also discussed. (MES)

The first 10 volumes of "Teaching Sociology" (1973-1983) were appraised; characteristics of the authors and their articles were examined. Case studies of instructional innovation were found to dominate the journal. The innovative work presented was quite diverse. The journal offers teachers a unique chance to share the joy of teaching.…

James Baldwin's special sense of his blackness enables him to combine Walt Whitman's awareness of urban wandering and Henry James' self-conscious cosmopolitanism in his books, particularly "Go Tell It on the Mountain." (BJV)

Writer of fantasy novels discusses the origins of her heroines and characterizes them as strong, passionate women who determine their own fate. (ARH)