Discussion of Negro autobiographies focuses on the writings of James Baldwin, Claude Brown, Eldridge Cleaver, Malcolm X., Anne Moody, and Richard Wright. (MF)

This study sought to investigate the orientation of student based upon the Clark Trow classification toward their personal future utilizing mock autobiographies. Given this knowledge the multiversity will hopefully provide experiences which will allow the individual student to gain a better understanding of self and the society in which he lives.…

Ms. Gold, a management consultant, describes the key to her success as reliance on the ACE theory: adaptability, consistency, and energy. This article is part of a theme issue on women and leadership. (SJL)

Explores the comparative possibilities of the content analytic method in personality assessment and demonstrates the potential utility of this technique in the development and purification of social psychological theory as it relates to the black experience in contemporary America. (Author/AM)

Contemplates autobiographical and creative life writing and journalizing, which contribute to the knowledge of the particularities of feminine experience. Discusses six different facets of feminist, autobiographical, and postmodern writing or teaching. (PA)

Contains an annotated bibliography of Asian American literature (published between 1992 and 1996) focusing on prose narratives, including novels, short stories, and memoirs. Includes also some critical studies of Asian American literature and some drama and award-winning poetry collections. (TB)

Contends that experimental drama interrogates the schism between the actor's real self and her/his playing of a stage role. Explores connections between experimental theatre practice and progressive educational work, through examples of drama and performance work in two Welsh adult education contexts. Discusses some of the pedagogical and wider…

Explains how the author has come to understand that all writing, in many different ways, is autobiographical and that autobiography grows from a few deep taproots that are set down in childhood. Shares some of his own writing as examples. (MG)

Reports on teaching strategies that strengthen students' reading skills in identifying how autobiographical writers signal specific purposes. Notes that students benefit from making stronger links between their reading and writing. (SR)

At Brooklyn College (New York), students' autobiographical narratives are used to help other students examine the structure of the world in which they grew up and to better understand the tension between the individual and society. In this way, sociology becomes more real and personal. (MSE)

Explores what writing teachers want to know about the ways cultural realities, such as gender, influence literary practices, such as writing autobiographical stories for composition classes. Argues that what they want to know affects how they read gender narratives and that reversing the terms would make a difference in their reading practices.…