November/December 1990

The author of The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All says, "If I have, at my death, created one other voice as alive for me and other people as Lucy, I will feel completely and utterly vindicated about my stay here."

Features

A Gathering of Poets at Kent State

by Stacey Chase
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Poets from around the country commemorate the Kent State tragedy in a three-day reading marathon.

Wanted! Someone To Make Me a Writer

by Clay Reynolds
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What do you do when someone asks you to read his or her manuscript?

Black & Blue & Gray: An Interview with Allan Gurganus

by Jeffrey Scheuer
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The author of The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All says, "If I have, at my death, created one other voice as alive for me and other people as Lucy, I will feel completely and utterly vindicated about my stay here."

Imprisoned Writers

by Fred Pelka
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A look at human rights organizations that monitor and protest the oppression of writers around the world.

Writing is a Dangerous Occupation in Much of the World

by Gara LaMarche
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A report from the program director of PEN American Center's Freedom-to-Write Committee.

A Realistic View of a Reading Tour

by Christopher Fahy
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Three poets and a fiction writer go on the road in New England.

How to Tell When a Manuscript Will Be Rejected Before Reading the First Word

by Laurence Goldstein
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Meditations from the editor of Michigan Quarterly Review.

News and Trends

Commission Issues Report on NEA

by Elliot Figman
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An independent bipartisan commission reports that no content restrictions should apply to artwork.

Vantage Loses Vanity Class-Action Suit

by Arthur S. Rosenblatt
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Vanity publisher Vantage Press is assessed $3.5 million in punitive damages.

B. Dalton Launches New Writers Program

by Arthur S. Rosenblatt
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One of nation's largest booksellers starts the "DISCOVER—Great New Writers" program.

CCLM Adds Presses and Becomes CLMP

by Jim Andrews
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Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines enlarges membership to include literary presses.

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