Discusses the three categories of the overall Soviet human rights movement: that of the Jewish community, that which is comprised of the numerous Christian sects, and the component comprised of Soviet intellectual dissidents. (JM)

The tragic consequence of differentiation between light and dark skinned slaves was the blacks' own acceptance of color distinctions as bases for judging each other's value; many early black writers not only observed, but experienced this color value system. The stratification was of concern to them because it was part of the real situation.…

Reviews the life and career of sixteenth century cartographer Gerardus Mercator and, through samples of his work, isolates characteristics of his personal script to give calligraphic evidence of his authorship. (MB)

The majority of artists cannot support themselves on their earnings from their creations. Most resort to other types of employment, which range from teaching to truck driving, to meet their financial needs. (CK)

Report of an analysis of the prose of five British and five American authors which seems to refute Francis Christensen's contention that the cumulative sentence" is the typical sentence of modern English." (Author/RD)

Presents report of 1983 conference on trade books for young children co-sponsored by Drexel University and Free Library of Philadelphia. Keynote address by Ava Weiss, Art Director of Green Willow Books, is followed by summaries of workshops led by well-known authors, illustrators, and/or editors. A selected bibliography of books is included. (EJS)

Examined the graduate school origins of authors of Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP) articles for Volumes 15-28. Whereas some universities retained similar ranks, Chicago, Harvard, and University of California, Berkeley have declined in importance as sources of authors. Arizona State, Indiana, Maryland, Oregon, Purdue, Southern Illinois,…

This study examined how researchers use literature constituting literary scholarship by analyzing three creative writers and three literary movements. Results support contention that humanistic scholarship and methods by which its characteristics are studied are distinct from methods used for analysis of information transfer in social sciences.…

An award-winning author of children's books discusses her own writing. Among the most important considerations for her are: (1) self-expression; (2) letting the story speak from its own world; and (3) having children who read the book claim it for their own. (PP)