Vol. 52, no. 1 (Spring 2008)
| Editor-in-Chief | Sean P. Duffley |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Joe Bongiorno |
| Contributing Editors | Angelica Carpenter, Atticus Gannaway, Sharon Ray |
Front cover art by Marcus Mébès, adapting Dick Martin (The Oz Club’s map)
Back cover photograph by Bill Campbell (Books and art from the Neill Gift Book Series)
Spring 2008 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.
The Roads of Oz
Barbara S. Koelle examines the roads that lead to and through Oz in the Baum, Thompson, and McGraw books.
How Big is Oz?
Using the only the “facts” presented in Baum and Thompson Oz books, David Hulan pieces together his theory of the size of our favorite fairyland.
The Nonestic Ocean
In this posthumously published essay, Fred M. Meyer attempts to chart the Nonestic Ocean that surrounds Oz and other fairy countries.
A Writer’s Road to Oz: The Annotator Addresses the Influence of Oz
Renowned Oz and Baum scholar Michael Patrick Hearn describes his earliest encounters with Oz.
Bibliographia Illustriana: The Neill Gift Book Series
Bill Thompson provides extensive background information, and a full bibliographical examination, of John R. Neill’s four-volume poetry Gift Book series from 1909–10, published by Reilly & Britton.
Reviews
John Dough and the Cherub introduction by J. R. Bell, Hungry Tiger Press edition (fiction; reviewer Jared Davis)
Shipwrecked in Oz by Marcus D. Mébès (fiction; reviewer Sue Henshon)
By the Candelabra’s Glare Pumpernickel Press edition (poetry; reviewer Blair Frodelius)
The Astonishing Tale of the Gump of Oz by Dennis Anfuso (fiction; reviewer Marcus Mébès)
Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture by Jon Savage (non-fiction; reviewer Angelica Carpenter)
Over the Rainbow by E.Y. Harburg (art book; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls by Elise Primavera (fiction; reviewer Sue Henshon)
Leading Ladies by Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney (fiction; reviewer Angelica Carpenter)
There’s No Place Like Here by Cecelia Ahern (fiction; reviewer Sue Henshon)