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Thursday January 16, 1997: The end of affirmative action? California crusader goes national. Wednesday January 15, 1997: The real Rev. ML King Jr.: A threat to both the left and right. Tuesday January 14, 1997: Wild Wall Street: How high can baby boomer bucks push the market? Monday January 13, 1997: The Paula Jones affair: Another case of Clinton self-abuse. Thursday January 16, 1997: Good news from First Bullshit Bank: Your money is working for us!! Wednesday January 15, 1997: PC Pirates: Gluttony replaces lust at Disney's Magic Kingdom. Tuesday January 14, 1997: Poison PEN? New York writers club torn by charges of censorship. Monday January 13, 1997: As "The Loser" turns: The best soap opera on the Web. Black Classic Press, reviewed by Charles Taylor A prequel of sorts to the author's Easy Rawlins series, this tale about Easy and his dangerous sidekick, Mouse, is set in 1939 Texas. Losing It By Laura Fraser (Nonfiction) Dutton, reviewed by Sara Kelly A vigorous and pointed critique of America's obsession with weight, from a journalist with her own diet horror stories to tell. Love Invents Us By Amy Bloom (Fiction) Random House, reviewed by Lise Funderberg A shaggily eloquent coming-of-age story about a young suburban girl's odd affair with a furrier and friendship with an old woman. Monogamy By Adam Phillips (Nonfiction) Pantheon, reviewed by David Futrelle A quirky collection of 121 miniature essays about relationships and their discontents, from the British writer and psychoanalyst. The Conversations at Curlow Creek By David Malouf (Fiction) Pantheon, reviewed by Rob Spillman An impressionistic novel, set in the Australian outback in 1827, about a soldier and the prisoner he is supposed to help hang. Traveling Without Moving - Jamiroquai
Posts of the week Camille Paglia Swamp Fever By James Carville The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson The Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer The Burnt-out Cook By Patrick Kuh Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Verbivore By Richard Lederer A survivor of a feminist co-operative tells all. The medium isn't the message
By David Futrelle Do they serve oat muffins on doilies in Hell? "Albino Alligator," Kevin Spacey's directorial debut, is a bungled-heist caper a la Tarantino that's suspenseful but trite. "King of the Hill" is the last thing you'd expect from Butt-head creator Mike Judge: a huggy family sitcom. Carol Lay: Story Minute Keith Knight: The K Chronicles Ruben Bolling: Tom, The Dancing Bug |