Volume II, Issue 15
October 5 - October 12, 1998
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"Celebrating Censorship" [2]
17th Annual Banned Books Week.
— Blake de Pastino, WEEKLY ALIBI
Limited Editions [3]
The Most Threatened Books of 1997-1998.
— WEEKLY ALIBI
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Letters at 3AM [4]
Waiting for the Big One in L.A. with Mike Davis's "Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster."
— Michael Ventura, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Gay Parade [5]
Chastity Bono says "outing" oneself is rewarding and empowering for both homosexuals and their families.
— Leigh Rich, TUCSON WEEKLY
Weston Revisited [6]
Charis Wilson's remembrance of her famous photographer husband Edward Weston adds much to our understanding of the artist.
— Gregory McNamee, TUCSON WEEKLY
Now What? [9]
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.
— WEEKLY WIRE
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
he American Library Association strives to keep America conscious
of our constitutional right to read. This week in Books, Weekly
Alibi's Blake de Pastino takes a look at this year's attempts to restrict that right, as well as a list of books that are either banned or being challenged throughout our country.
Also take a look at new non-fiction by authors Mike Davis, Chastity
Bono, and Charis Wilson, as well as many quick looks at new books in the Mini-Reviews section.
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Speed Reader [7]
- Prozac Diary by Lauren Slater
- Soft! by Rupert Thomson
- The Organ Grinders by Bill Fitzhugh
- But Darling, I'm Your Auntie Mame! by Richard Tyler Jordan
From Southerners to Seventh Grade [8]
- Hill Country by Janice Woods
- The Cockfighter by Frank Manley
- Lucky Bastard by Charles McCarry
- Queer 13 edited by Clifford Chase
- Take the Young Stranger by the Hand by John Donald Gustav-Wrathall
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