August 1998

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Features
Sleuth, Hunter, Biographer
By Linda Simon
The plot thickens
By Barbara Shapiro
From the incongruous to the humorous
By Michael Fedo
A conversation with Russell Banks
By Lewis Burke Frumkes
Finding new voices
By Alix Reid
Capturing the young adult reader
By Cheryl Zach
Departments
From the editor
The rostrum
Keep your writing on track
By Genie Dickerson
Off the cuff
The statue in the slab
By Edith Pearlman
They say
Roving editor
Letters to the editor
The writer's library
Market newsletter
Prize offers
Where to sell manuscripts
General Interest; Consumer/Personal Finance; History; Animals; Seniors'
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