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Volume I, Issue 37
February 16 - February 23, 1998
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The Jacqueline Susann Story 
Review of "Lovely Me: the Life of Jacqueline Susann" by Barbara Seaman; plus "All Over but the Shoutin'" by Rick Bragg and Douglas Adams' "Starship Titanic" by Terry Jones. [2]
The Dishy Details on Susann
A few of Jacqueline's juiciest exploits.
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True Calling 
Jan Karon, author of the best-selling Mitford novels, describes her unlikely path to literary success. [4]
Tracy Jones
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Darkness Visible 
Danzy Senna's "Caucasia" confronts the issues of race, adolescence, and alienation. [5]
Elizabeth Manus
Self Help
Gayl Jones's new novel, "The Healing," tells the ordinary story of an extraordinary African-American faith healer. [6]
Elizabeth Schmidt
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Golden State of Mind 
In search of the soul of California. [7]
Gregory McNamee
Heart-Shaped Box
Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" grasps by the short hairs what can be a very scary subject for some. [8]
Mari Wadsworth
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Speed Reader 
"Two-Fisted Science" by Jim Ottaviani; "Call Me" P-P Hartnett; "The Lusty Lady" by Erika Langley; "Barney's Version" by Mordecai Richler. [11]
Ernie Longmire, Todd Gibson, Blake de Pastino, Chris Romero
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ver see the movie "Valley of the Dolls"? No, not "Beyond
the Valley of the Dolls," the Russ Meyer epic penned by Roger
Ebert. I'm talking about the original "Valley of the Dolls,"
the over-the-top '60s melodrama about a group of showbiz women
with a litany of personal weaknesses -- especially pill-popping
and "taboo" sex. It's an amazingly and amusingly bad
movie; comparisons to "Showgirls" couldn't be more apt.
I've never read Jacqueline Susann's original novel version, but
by all accounts, it's just as classically campy. Now I'm hearing
that Barbara Seaman's biography, "Lovely Me: the Life of
Jacqueline Susann," is even better. How can this be? Well,
turns out Susann was quite the pill-popping crazy herself. Who
knew?
We've also got reviews of the following, comparatively sober,
works:
I know that Valentine's Day is well over, but who says the romance
has to stop? Check out these love poems and share one with someone
you wuv.
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Verses From the Heart
"Weekly Alibi"'s Love Poetry Contest winners. [9]
The Sounds of Memory
Clearly, poet Luis Alberto Urrea understands the relationship between word and sound, as evidenced by his latest collection. [10]
Sharon Preiss
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. [12]
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