December 1997

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Features
Creative nonfiction writing
By Rita Berman
Discovering a story in history
By Sonia Levitin
Poet to Poet
By James Applewhite
The perspective of poetic voice
Plot and character: inseparable elements, Part 2
By Margaret Chittenden
Index to Volume 110
Departments
They say
Roving editor
The rostrum
The all-important interview: questions and answers
By Brian McCombie
Myths of the writing life
By James A. Ritchie
From the editor
Off the cuff
Letters to the editor
Market newsletter
The writer's library
Where to sell manuscripts
Religious Magazines
Op-ed Pages
Political Articles
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