Donald Hall, the country's elder statesman of poetry talks about his work, his influences, his competitive nature, and his marriage to poet Jane Kenyon.
September/October 1994
Features
The Aids Project Los Angeles Writers Workshop
Since 1991, journalist Irene Borger has taught weekly writing workshops to more than 100 AIDS patients and their caregivers.
A Regional Report from Wyoming
Writers in Wyoming are connected over vast distances by a strong sense of community
Calyx Books
In an Oregon town, a small feminist press survives despite too little capital, a hostile market, too much success.
An Interview with Donald Hall
Donald Hall, the country's elder statesman of poetry talks about his work, his influences, his competitive nature, and his marriage to poet Jane Kenyon.
An Interview with Kate Braverman
Kate Braverman, a "brick-throwing survivor of the ’60s," talks about her contemporary urban mythology for women.
An Interview with Charles Baxter
Charles Baxter, the prolific short story writer, talks about how he creates his vivid characters out of thin air.
Conversations in Cyberspace: The Writer's Place on the Information Superhighway
How to get connected on a computer network and communicate with other writers, learn about publication opportunities, read electronic book, and start an online journal.
News and Trends
Censored Novelist Faces Death Threats
Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and physician Taslima Nasrin faces a death threat from Islamic fundamentalists for statements she made in a newspaper interview.
"The Small Press" Makes Mainstream News
In April New York Newsday's Sunday book review section began a new column called "The Small Press," a 750-word review of hardcover fiction from small, independent, and university presses.
Creative Nonfiction—The Emerging Genre
"Poets Writing Prose," to be published in September, will be the second issue of a new literary journal, Creative Nonfiction, edited by Lee Gutkind.
New Videos: Conversations with African American Writers
Films for the Humanities and Sciences, one of the largest distributors of educational audiovisuals in the United States, has released five new color videos of contemporary African American writers.