Cultural Power (on Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America by Lawrence W. Levine & Boxed In: The Culture of TV by Mark Crispin Miller)
Loners Whose Voices Move (on Yellow Glove by Naomi Shihab Nye; Further Adventures With You by C. D. Wright; Descendant by Marianne Boruch; & Out in the Open by Margaret Gibson)
Notes Toward a Better Fiction (on Prize Stories 1988: The O. Henry Awards by William Abrahams; The Best American Short Stories, 1988 by Mark Helprin; & New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 1988 by Shannon Ravenel)
