This volume of newsletters focuses on connecting research and practice in adult literacy programs. Issue A of August 2001 includes: "Techniques for Teaching Beginning-Level Reading to Adults" (Ashley Hager); "Beginning ESOL Learners' Advice to Their Teachers" (MaryAnn Cunningham Florez); "The Neurobiology of Reading and Dyslexia" (Sally E. Shaywitz, Bennett A. Shaywitz); "Using a Multisensory Approach To Help Struggling Adult Learners" (Gladys Geertz); "Reading for Pleasure" (Sondra Cuban); "Theory to Practice, Practice to Theory" (Anne Murr); and "Teaching Reading to First-Level Adults" (Judith A. Alamprese). Issue B of October 2001 contains: "Describing the NCSALL Adult Development Research" (Eleanor Drago-Severson, et al); "Three Developmentally Different Types of Learners" (Eleanor Drago-Severson, et al); "Three Different Types of Change" (Eleanor Drago-Severson, et al); "The Power of a Cohort and of Collaborative Groups" (Eleanor Drago-Severson, et al); "A Conversation with FOB" (Sylvia Greene, Matthew Puma); "A Mingling of Minds" (Carol Eades); "Four Adult Development Theories and Their Implications for Practice" (Lisa M. Baumgartner); "Letting Learners Lead" (Debby D'Amico, Mary Ann Capehart); "TV411 and the Transformation of Self" (Earle Reybold); and "Common Ground" (Lynne M. Bedard). Issue C of February 2002 includes: "A Maturing Partnership" (Rima E. Rudd); "'Struggles': Writing as Healing" (Leslie Ridgway, Dale Griffith); "Reflections on the Women, Violence, and Adult Education Project" (Elizabeth Morrish); "Literacy, Health, and Health Literacy: State Policy Considerations" (Marcia Drew Hohn); "ESOL Teachers: Helpers in Health Care" (Kate Singleton); and "The Elizabeth West Project: A Health Professional Joins a Literacy Program in Downeast Maine" (Beth Russett). Issue D of June 2002 contains: "Pathways to Change" (Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer); "Teachable Moments: Videos of Adult ESOL Classrooms" (Reuel Kurzet); "Using a Learning Organization Approach To Enhance ABE Teachers' Professional Development" (M. Cecil Smith, Amy D. Rose); "Study Circles Challenge the Intellect and Strengthen the Professional Community" (Tom Smith); "PDK Couples Web Resources with Peer Interaction" (Shelly Ratelle); and "New Directions for Professional Development: Kentucky's Journey" (Sandra Kestner). Each newsletter also includes an annotated listing of literacy-related publications and information on literacy-related events. (MN)