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Volume I, Issue 34
January 26 - February 2, 1998
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Gumshoe Gestalt 
Will mystery writer C.E. Poverman continue his winning streak, or will fancier literature claim his considerable talents? [2]
Tim Vanderpool
Ain't Ain't in the Dictionary 
Surfing the Internet with a guy who can't swim. [3]
Devin D. O'Leary
From Classroom to Book 
Memphis schoolchildren write to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [4]
Leonard Gill
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The Prophet Motive
Judson Crews' "The Brave, Wild Coast." [5]
Blake de Pastino
Body Language
Historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg sees the body as a kind of message board that girls manipulate fiercely in their attempts to keep current with the demands of popular culture. [6]
Tonya Janes
Look Who's Talking
When it comes to the current literary crop, screwed-up childhoods and wretched parents are out, and talking animals are in. [7]
James DiGiovanna
Paper Shredding 
A shredder's handbook: "The Snowboarder's Total Guide to Life." [8]
Sam Jemielity
Now What? 
Love to read? Need some clever ideas? Our library of resources and staff picks are guaranteed to turn on plenty of mental light bulbs via your electrified eye sockets. [10]
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his week we take a hard-boiled look at the skyrocketing career
of C.E. Poverman, who writes in one of the least-respected but
most-read literary genres, mystery novels. Then we whoosh on over
to the world of online slang dictionaries, which are quite a valuable
resource for hard-boiled writers of all sizes. Switching gears,
we take a peek at the sweet-spirited letters children wrote to
Martin Luther King, Jr. for his holiday. Eat your heart out, Santa
Claus.
Then there's the reviews. Blake De Pastino looks at Judson Crews'
memoir about his year hanging around Henry Miller and finds that
it has marvelous beat-generation rhythm to spare. Tonya Janes examines
a Joan Jacobs Brumberg book that observes the ways young women
use (or mis-use) their bodies as cultural message boards. And
don't miss James DiGiovanna's review of a new book about the '90s
anthropomorphism trend, as well as Sam Jemielity's take on a snowboarding
book that's every bit as fluffy as a fresh snowfall.
There's plenty more where that came from. Scroll down and you
won't be sorry.
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Speed Reader
- "Best American Short Stories 1997" by Annie Proulx;
- "Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora" by Norma Prieto;
- "Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band" by Enrico Brizzi;
- "The Fight" by Norman Mailer
Northern Arizona Book Festival
Feeling multicultural? Then be sure to check in with the phenomenal and
varied group of authors meeting at this free conference February 6 through
8. Presented by Weekly Wire, the festival includes dozens of the most
respected names in literature. Don't miss it!
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