Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash (1945-1976) Mimac Activist and Educator April 3, 2000 Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, a Micmac Indian rights activist, was born on March 27, 1945 in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, the third daughter of Mary Ell...

Among the many comments received about the early selections collected in The Heath Anthology of American Literature, the plaintive comment, even from early Americanists, about the number of so-called new writers represented there strikes me as most honest and forthright. Indeed, more than a few coll...

The Styles of Six Women Writers It is not surprising that most of the female writers we have enjoyed this year have written largely about gender issues, particularly (and obviously) women's rights to equal opportunity and equal treatment. However, almost every writer that we've read th...