Members of the second United States booksellers delegation to the People's Republic of China observed that textbooks in China carry political messages; the state and teachers are involved in the publishing process; texts are written by committees; and textbooks are almost always paperbacks and not available as a retail item. (JMD)

Asserts that Wright's importance emerges out of his literary identification with a specific sociological vision of the life and destiny of black people in particular and human kind in general. Examines this vision interpretatively as a philosophy, as a historical trend in American culture, and as a personal and ideological commitment forming the…

In 1895 the United States and France became involved in a dispute concerning the arrest and imprisonment of one John L. Waller, a black American who dared to challenge French imperialism in Madagascar. The black press, perhaps at the height of its power and influence, reacted vigorously to Waller and his goals, and to the Cleveland…

Notes that throughout Irish history, the Irish man is persistently degraded and emasculated by poverty and political suppression resulting in a strong matriarchal element in Irish and Irish-American portrayal of life. (Author/AM)

Notes that Rizzo's memoirs constitute an historical document which intersects the immigrant experience of the era of mass Italian immigration. (Author/AM)

A law school teacher describes her response to the incorrect and insensitive treatment of rape in a criminal law textbook, including analysis and criticism of the text's content and communication with the publisher about it. (MSE)

Defends the incorporation of renowned French women writers into the French literature curriculum and suggests an implementation proposal for high school or college courses. A sample guide for ideas and techniques to stimulate thought, questions, and interpretations is also suggested. (Author/CB)

Compares imaginatively written nonfiction children's books with textbook treatments of the same material. Finds that many nonfiction books are informational but also not excitingly written. (NKA)

Discusses the relationship of the Black contemporary author, Alice Walker, to folklorist Zora Neale Hurston and presents a clarification of the relationship of gender and race in a revised theory of literary influence. Argues that Black women authors sometimes misread literary forbears in order to discover and express a positive matrilineage…

Argues that style and self are inextricably bound together in a writer's work, and the voice that they create emerges only after a certain level of writing development has been reached. This happens when the writer has been thoroughly immersed in a context and has had plentiful experience in a specific form of expression. (HOD)

Examines the publishing process, following a book from concept to product. (HOD)

Discusses the inclusion of citations to literary articles that have appeared in medical journals in National Library of Medicine's database, MEDLINE. Highlights include search aids, search strategies, sample references, and five publications that serve as orientations to current status of movement toward interdisciplinary study of medicine and…

Offers an appreciation of the work of Ring Lardner, and especially of his humorous use of the vernacular. Laments that so much of Lardner's writing is no longer in print. (RBW)

Describes a two-day residence in a fifth- and sixth-grade classroom of poet Arnold Adoff. Presents his interaction with five students as they struggle with their poetry writing. (HTH)

Describes a literacy program in Africa that trains new writers to produce a written literature for their new readers. (AEA)