Success has come late to May Sarton, the 80-year-old poet who feels that her prodigious verse, novels, and journals have been shunned by critics and ignored by academics.
July/August 1994
Features
Villa Montalvo
Summers bustle with concerts and readings, while winters provide a peaceful retreat at a northern California colony.
Sports and the Literary Writer
Baseball is not the only sport with its own distinguished body of literature
Poeming a Translation
Writers whose only knowledge of a language comes from a foreign dictionary are publishing inaccurate translations of poetry.
An Interview with May Sarton
Success has come late to May Sarton, the 80-year-old poet who feels that her prodigious verse, novels, and journals have been shunned by critics and ignored by academics.
News and Trends
Graywolf Press Director Resigns After Twenty Years
In March, Scott Walker, Graywolf's founding publisher and editor, announced his resignation.
New Edition of Grants and Awards Book Available from PEN
Due to appear in late July, the 1994–95 edition of the PEN American center Grants and Awards Available to American Writers has 220 new listings.
Writers Harvest: The National Reading
On November 2, the Literary Community will unite nationwide in the fight against hunger with Share Our Strength, one of the nation's largest nonprofit sources of funding for hunger relief.
Copyright Protection for the People
Protecting Artist and Their Work, a booklet published by People for the American Way—a 300,000-member, nonpartisan constitutional liberties organization—addresses questions concerning copyright law.
The Loft in Minneapolis Seeks New Director
Susan Broadhead, the president and executive director of the Loft, who announced her resignation on April 15, will continue in her position until her replacement is chosen.