Gish Jen, a first-generation American talks about overcoming stereotypes and incorporating her Chinese heritage into her first novel, Typical American.
November/December 1993
Features
The Paris Review Turns Forty
Since its founding in 1953 by expatriate Americans, the Paris Review has been discovering new literary talent.
An Interview with Gish Jen
Gish Jen, a first-generation American talks about overcoming stereotypes and incorporating her Chinese heritage into her first novel, Typical American.
A Push to Clean Up Royalty Statements
Authors and agents fight to force publishers to tell exactly how much money their books are earning.
Zora Neale Hurston and Eatonville: A Friendship of One Hundred Years
A small African American town in Florida holds a festival to celebrate the hometown writer who became famous during the Harlem Renaissance.
An Interview With Czeslaw Milosz
Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz talks about straddling the worlds of his native Lithuania and his adopted United States, which he calls "a country of poetry."
From "A Ceremony of Closure": Diane Wood Middlebrook, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, and Diana Hume George Talk About Anne Sexton
A trio of experts on Anne Sexton, including her controversial biographer, discuss the poet's work and her now-public private life.
News and Trends
Justice Department Qualifies Appeal in Freedom of Expression Case
The Clinton Administration's Justice Department responds to the appeal of a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the "decency clause" written into the reauthorization of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Actress Jane Alexander Nominated to Head NEA
Jane Alexander, the award-winning actress, is named head of the National Endowment for the Arts by President Clinton.
Bennington Offers New Low-Residency Program
In January Bennington College will offer a new two-year, low-residency program in writing and literature.
A New Voice for People of Color
Launched last April African Voices is a new nonprofit arts and literary magazine.
Gideon's Poetry Book
The American Poetry and Literacy Project is tucking an anthology of American poetry into bedside drawers in hotel rooms and hospitals around the country.