Describes the Russian reader's interests in contemporary American literature. (MM)

This article reports upon the dedication and workshop held at the opening of the May Massee collection at the Kansas State Teachers College library. (SJ)

The first part of an essay on the contemporary literary heritage of the Southwest attempts to extract meaningful literary materials from the region's tangled historical heritage for writers. (AB)

American literature is full of stories, humorous and serious, concerning physically and mentally handicapped characters. Unfortunately, not all portrayals of the disabled in literature are kind, especially in the American comic tradition. (DB)

Discusses black novelists' use of white lead characters in their novels in the years between 1845 and 1945. Reasons cited include ambition, financial concerns, expansion of readership base, vicarious experiencing, approval of the white literary establishment, quest for universality, freedom of expression, and meeting the challenge. (MMU)

In her essay "Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power," Audre Lorde writes, "There are many kinds of power, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise. The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling." Lorde notes that women often…

Educators and marketing professionals agree that course-work must address interpersonal communication skills and ethical decision making in addition to traditional business functions and skills. This article describes an innovative approach to teaching the professional selling course in which students enhance their competency in these areas…

A brief reading of "Desire under the Elms" by Eugene O'Neill illustrates how a conventional Oedipal reading of the playscript opens up spaces within the text for deconstructive free-play. In this case, a tension is identified and foregrounded between this conventional application of the Oedipal complex and Freud's interpretation of the…

The article recounts biographical information concerning Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914), a little-known American poetess. It includes poems illustrating the cinquain, a stanza form she invented which is popular with children. (RD)

These instructional objectives have been selected from materials submitted to the Curriculum Laboratory of the Graduate School of Education at UCLA. Arranged by major course goals, these objectives are offered simply as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes instructors want their students to…

American writing, from popular to avant-garde, now sets off global reverberations. (Editor)

Lists approximately 200 books and articles that examine the writings of Ralph Ellison. (GW)

A Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright recollects his early school days, his intense dislike of orthodox schooling, and his development as an author. (JD)