Vol. 27, no. 1 (Spring 1983)
| Editor-in-Chief | Barbara S. Koelle |
| Production Editor | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Review Editor | Douglas G. Greene |
| Research Editor | Douglas A. Rossman |
| Contributing Editors | Jerry V. Tobias, John Fricke, David L. Greene |
| Consulting Editors | Martin Gardner, Dick Martin, Michael Patrick Hearn |
Wraparound cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from John R. Neill (The Oz Toy Book)
Spring 1983 Selected Contents
This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.
“Dear Sergeant Snow”: Maud Gage Baum’s Correspondence with Jack Snow (Part 2)
The fourth Royal Historian of Oz, Jack Snow, was an ardent fan of L. Frank Baum and wrote to his widow, Maud, decades before he was selected to continue the series. This second installment concludes Maud’s answers to a series of questions set by Snow in a 1927 letter. This article began in the Winter 1982 issue.
Baum’s Dragons
Camilla Townsend provides an overview of the dragons included in Baum’s works, including the Oz books, The Enchanted Island of Yew, and The Sea Fairies. Ruth Berman penned a follow-up article with more dragons for the Winter 1989 issue.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Revisited
Cal Dobbins revisits Baum’s fourth Oz book and considers its most compelling aspects.
A Barnstormer in Oz
Michael Korolenko and Katherine Neville interview Philip Jose Farmer, science fiction writer and author of the controversial new work, A Barnstormer in Oz.
Off to Illustrate the Wizard: An Interview with Michael Hague
Dan Smith interviews celebrated children’s illustrator Michael Hague about his new prestige edition of The Wizard of Oz.
Reviews
Talking With… Scraps by the People’s Light and Theater Company (theater; reviewer Barbara Koelle)
A Barnstormer in Oz by Philip Jose Farmer (fiction; reviewers Michael Korolenko and Katherine Neville)
A Barnstormer in Oz by Philip Jose Farmer (fiction; reviewer Hal Lynch)