Our Working Tools: Getting the Most Out of References [workshop announcement]

Leaders: Gerry Harcourt, Suzy Trumbull

1989 Directory [publication schedule; call for changes, additions]

Conviviality [report: New Year party]

A Talk With James Fallows (JA) [report: magazine and book publishing]

The magazine market; The book market; What to write

An Oasis [SWET membership dues]

SWET for Profit: Financial Planning (ALB) [considerations and steps]

Hot Off the Presses [review]

Periodicals: Gochiso-sama [food]; Edge [literary]

On Buddhist Terms (EL) [letter: term translation choices may mislead]

On Buddhist Terms (JS) [reply]

A Computer Can Make You a Poorer Writer (LL) [word processing can restrict creativity]

How the screen monitors us; The pressure of a blink; A thesaurus is for Toshiba; The fault, dear Brutus, is not in the chips; The impossible command

Travel Writing Contest [Kansai Time Out call for articles]

In Memoriam (WF) [obituary: Alan D. Smith]

Rough Words Again (JS)

stock vs. share(s); prepositions with study; exchange vs. replace

Ask the Publishing Hexpert [when to italicize]

Greener Pastures? An Addition [advice on coming to work in Japan]

Book Mavin at Work [review]

Book: Webster's New World Dictionary of American English, Third College Edition

The Guest Mavin (MF) [review]

Book: A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature

Just the Fax, Ma'am [origin and history of the word fax]

Junk Mail: An Update (CB) ["signed" and your name must accompany return kanji]

Reading Translations [guidelines for distinguishing good translations]

Source: Interview with Burton Raffel

Ordering Books from the States (ref: RW) [bookstore recommendation: Kroch's and Brentano's]

Always Check the Boilerplate [errors/oddities]

Open Invitation [JAT meeting announcement]

Credit Where It's Due [contributors to this issue]