Jane Kenyon epitomizes many poets of the 1970s and 1980s: a feminist of sorts; an academic brought up through the ranks of little-magazine publication, followed by contracts with the independent presses. Her residence in New Hampshire and her marriage to...

Pioneering With a Piece of Chalk: The One-Room Country Schools of Alberta, 1885-1992 by William Peter Baergen. Available from the author, 4025-57 Street, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L1, 626 pp., illus., paper, large format, separate map, $40. This is a source book...

Collector sets up display for residents of Country Meadows - then holds class. CINDY STAUFFER When the school bell rang, they practiced their penmanship, learned geography, went to recess and drank from the water crock. They ate peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches and apples...