From the Editors

From the Editors Our first words come in appreciation ofall the members and contributors whose willing and even enthusiastic cooperation made possible this, the first issue ofthe Rocky Mountain Review ofLanguage andLiterature in whose development we can truly consider ourselves instrumental. Those who have generously served as reviewers ofarticles submitted should be receiving, ifthey have not done so already, their well-earned and delicious thanks. The Secretariat promises to call an emergency meeting when the "Aplets and Cotlets" run out. Unable to separate "sentence and solas," as Chaucer would say—or education and enjoyment—we too have celebrated this issue by having Joan teach us how to make sushi. And to our mutual delight, we find ourselves coalescing as an editorial staff: learning each other's expertises, e-mailing with manic exhilaration, and even politely eating Rachel's sushi foul-ups. As you can see, we have made the promised changes in the Review, most noticeably beginningwith its design. We hope that any disconcerting aesthetic rift in the bookshelfis more than compensated for by a new look which is both professional and contemporary. Next, you will note that in addition to the accessible literary scholarship, this issue features a newsection entided Forum, in whichwe hope contributors will continue initiating conversations about issues facing the profession and its participants. Please feel encouraged to contribute articles and/or responses in the form of letters to the editor by writing to us directly or, soon, via the RMMLA site on the World Wide Web (http://rmmla.wsu.edu/rmmla). Also, the first of our media reviews appear in this issue. More such reviews, and of more diverse resources for teachers and scholars, are already planned for future issues, but we welcome suggestions and invite more willing reviewers to contact us. Please note the schedule changes for the coming thematic issues ofthe Review. Additionally, we need to shriek some important reminders to contributors: • We need three (3) hardcopies ofmanuscripts. (Yes, its a big bundle, but that's how campus mail knows it's important. Triplicate proudly.) • Include a 50-100 word abstractwith your manuscript. (You'd do it for PMLA, wouldn't you?) • Please send your work on diskette. (Our fingers are still bleeding from retyping so many pieces in last fall's issue.) • Your name should not appear on the manuscripts. (That goes for you too, Umberto Eco!) MichaelRachelAna Maria DelahoydeHalversonRodriguez-Vivaldi SPRING 1998 +ROCKY MOUNTAIN REVIEW + 7 ...