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Volume I, Issue 14
September 8 - September 15, 1997
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Culture Doctor 
Cookie Mueller was a hard-boiled psycho-hippie temptress in John Waters' films, and a dispenser of amusing tales in her print incarnation. [2]
Tonya Janes
Outcast of the Island 
John Fergus Ryan casts a spotlight on the darker side of love. [3]
Leonard Gill
My Slammer Vacation 
A diary of the Austin team during the hectic week of the 1997 National Poetry Slam. [4]
Phil West
In The Wake Of Revolution
A new collection of essays by Mario Vargas Llosa brings a worldly perspective into sharp focus. [5]
Heather McMichael
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
Gary Lavergne has released an impressive if flawed history of Charles Whitman's rampage atop the UT tower. [6]
Tom Aiken
Second-Hand To None
Al Hoff has come up with a sprightly guide to thrift-store delights. [9]
Stacey Richter
Heroes, Losers and Monkey Men 
From ZOT! to XXXenophile, we review the coolest comics on the shelves. [10]
Ernie Longmire and Devin D. O'Leary
Speed Reader
Highway: America's Endless Dream by Jeff Brouws; The Blue Devils of Nadia by Albert Murray; Murder in the New Age by D.J.H. Jones; King Suckerman by George P. Pelcanos. [11]
Blake de Pastino, Tracey L. Cooley, Julie Birnbaum, Jessica English
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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f life is all about what you leave behind after you've gone,
then we're exploring two extremes this week. On the up side,
we've got a review of Ask Dr. Mueller: The Writings of Cookie
Mueller, demonstrating that the well-connected art-world maven
had a wealth of sensitivity and insight to offer. On the down
side, check out this in-depth review of A Sniper in the Tower:
The Charles Whitman Murders, which studies the 1966 slaying
of 16 people (and wounding of 31 others) by a lone gunman in a
University of Texas tower. These two sidebars provide an additional
perspective on Whitman's horrific legacy.
Speaking of treasures and tragedies left behind by the dead,
find out how Al Hoff's Thrift Score delineates the best
and the worst in used-merchandise shopping. But if you prefer
the works of the living, well, try these on for size:
Read till your eyes fall out.
Talk Back 
Our online BBS is just like the Algonquin Round Table, only electronic,
sober, and without all the famous people.
Media Mix
Flaming Iguanas and Milk And Cheese--it'll all make sense. Honest. [08-04-97]
Right Place, Wrong Time
Age is wasted on the young in novelist Peter Rock's first effort. [07-28-97]
Richard Siken
Speed Reader
Reviews of Few and Far Between, Exile, Drown, and Ripening. [07-21-97]
Speed Reader
The Death and Life of Bobby Z, Deception, Lightning Song, Men Need Space. [06-13-97]
Blake de Pastino, Julie Birnbaum and Jessica English
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