Vol. 64, no. 3 (Winter 2020)
| Editor-in-Chief | Sarah K. Crotzer |
| Production Editor | Sarah K. Crotzer (uncredited) |
| Associate Editor |
Nick Campbell |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| News Editor | Zoe O’Haillin-Berne |
| Reviews Editor | Atticus Gannaway |
| Editorial Assistant | Christina Maffa |
Front cover art by Dick Martin (Scarecrow, Glinda, and Tin Woodman)
Interior front cover art by Dick Martin (sketch for Glinda of Oz)
Interior back cover art by John R. Neill (drawing for The Marvelous Land of Oz)
Back cover art by John R. Neill (The Marvelous Land of Oz)
Winter 2020 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.
L. Frank Baum’s Farewell to Oz
Michael Patrick Hearn examines the themes, writing, and publication of Baum’s final Oz book, Glinda of Oz. Includes unpublished and original drawings by John R. Neill.
Oz Under Scrutiny: Glinda of Oz
Scott Cummings looks at reviews of Glinda of Oz contemporary with its original publication. Includes vintage advertising.
The Sorceress, the Goddess, and the Matriarchate
Robert B. Luehrs considers how theosophical teachings may have inspired the creation of Glinda the Good.
Discovering Glinda of Oz: John R. Neill’s First Encounter
Peter E. Hanff dips into the Oz Club’s archive to look at the original pencil drawing for one of Neill’s color plates, a famed portrait of Glinda from The Marvelous Land of Oz, which also appears on this issue’s back cover.
Lena Horne: Learning to Believe
Dina Schiff Massachi profiles stage and screen star Lena Horne, whose role as Glinda in the film version of The Wiz (1978) can be seen as emblematic of her career resurgence and late-life role as a civil rights icon.
Labor of Love
In this interview, Gili Bar-Hillel Semo lets readers in on her extraordinary talent as the translator, publisher, and audiobook narrator of the Oz books in her native Israel.
Finding Maud (Part 1)
The first half of a two-part feature in which Angelica Shirley Carpenter tells the story of Maud Gage Baum, Frank’s steadfast wife, and breaks down the inaccuracies presented by the fictionalization of Elizabeth Letts’ Finding Dorothy. Includes many remarkable photos from Maud’s life, some of which have never seen print before.
In Memoriam
David L. Greene (founding member of the Oz Club and editor-in-chief 1968 and 1977–78, The Baum Bugle).
Reviews
Oz.org (virtual theater; reviewer Rosemary Jones)
The Wizard of Oz illustrated by Carly Gledhill (board book; reviewer Garrett Kilgore)
Sky Island: A Trot & Cap’n Bill Adventure by Amy Chu and Janet Lee (graphic novel; reviewer J. L. Bell)
Adrian: A Lifetime of Movie Glamour, Art and High Fashion by Leonard Stanley (non-fiction; reviewer Paul Miles Schneider)