Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers

Forum

Forum: A Publication of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers is a venue in which position papers, commissioned studies, and critical views on a range of pedagogical, educational, cultural, and scholarly subjects reflecting the distinctive perspective of our organization might be made available to a wide audience. Forum appears on an occasional basis and with the approval of the Executive Council of the ALSCW. View past Forum issues below

Forum Number 5

What is Education? A Response to the Council on Foreign Relations Report, "U.S. Education Reform and National Security" In this issue of Forum—an occasional publication of the Association of Literary... read more →

Forum Number 4

Literary Study in Grades 9, 10, and 11: A National Survey A newly released study by the ALSCW strongly suggests that two factors—a fragmented English curriculum and a neglect of... read more →

Forum Number 3

The Latest Illiteracy Forum No. 3, "The Latest Illiteracy", now brings together many instances of, as well as some reflections on, how different—largely, how much worse —things are these days,... read more →

Forum Number 2

Reading at Risk The ALSCW was founded, in part, to resist what we perceived to be two unhealthy forces of separation: the increasing detachment of the professionalized study of literature,... read more →

Forum Number 1

Writing Without Reading: The Decline of Literature in the Composition Classroom I'd like to welcome you to the inaugural issue of Forum: A Publication of the Association of Literary Scholars,... read more →