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."
November/December 1990
Features
A Gathering of Poets at Kent State
Poets from around the country commemorate the Kent State tragedy in a three-day reading marathon.
Wanted! Someone To Make Me a Writer
What do you do when someone asks you to read his or her manuscript?
Black & Blue & Gray: An Interview with Allan Gurganus
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
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
A report from the program director of PEN American Center's Freedom-to-Write Committee.
A Realistic View of a Reading Tour
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
Meditations from the editor of Michigan Quarterly Review.
News and Trends
Commission Issues Report on NEA
An independent bipartisan commission reports that no content restrictions should apply to artwork.
Vantage Loses Vanity Class-Action Suit
Vanity publisher Vantage Press is assessed $3.5 million in punitive damages.
B. Dalton Launches New Writers Program
One of nation's largest booksellers starts the "DISCOVER—Great New Writers" program.
CCLM Adds Presses and Becomes CLMP
Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines enlarges membership to include literary presses.