The Writing Life - The Writer's Wife By Frederick Busch, FREDERICK BUSCH, \o7 Busch's most recent novel is "Closing Arguments." He is Fairchild Professor of Literature at Colgate University\f7
The Writing Life : Ancient Eyes By David St. John, \o7 St. John's most recent collection of poems is "Terraces of Rain." He teaches at The University of Southern California\f7
The Writing Life : Poem as Preface By Sandra Cisneros, \o7 Cisneros is the author of "The House on Mango Street" and "Woman Hollering Creek." This poem is the preface to a hardcover edition of "My Wicked Wicked Ways," due from Turtle Bay Books in December\f7
Blacks Lead in Rejections for Home Loans By Robert A. Rosenblatt, \f7 and \o7 This story was reported by Times staff writers Robert A. Rosenblatt, Dwight Morris and James Bates. It was written by Rosenblatt.
PLATFORM : Channel That Drive By Henry Woods, \o7 HENRY WOODS is senior vice president of Thermo Brique West, a Long Beach-based distributor of a brick veneer product used to restore residential and commercial property. The company hopes to form joint\f7 -\o7 venture distributorships with current and former gang members and other youths. Commenting on entrepreneurship, he told The Times:\f7
Being Manager Calls for Variety of Skills By Jan Hickenbottom, \o7 Hickenbottom is a past president of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Community Assns. Institute (CAI), a national nonprofit research and educational organization. \f7
Home Improvement : Get a Grip on Broken Bulb By Gary Abrams, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; \o7 Abrams is a general contractor and freelance writer who covers home repair issues for The Times\f7
Gardening : Bird's-Nest Fern Not Easy to Grow Inside By Joel Rapp, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; \o7 Rapp is a Los Angeles free-lance writer\f7 ,\o7 the gardening editor of Redbook magazine and is heard Sunday mornings on KGIL radio\f7