Vol. 2, No. 2
January/February 1998
s p o t l i g h t o n . . .
Artist and philosopher
Gerald O'Connell
f r o m t h e e d i t o r s
Chris Lott
on the best and worst of 1997 and lessons from a long year;
Tom Dooley
on showing love, his problem with begging, and the evils of direct marketing
f r o m t h e i n s i d e
Prison essayist
Anthony Lee Brown
on sleep...
t h e s a l o n
Featured essayist
Valentine Michael Smith
on books...
m a k i n g t i m e
Music columnist
Don Mager
on Iannis Xenakis & Mikis Theodorakis
i n p r i n t
Scott Ruddick
on the launch of
Icon
magazine and more!
f i c t i o n
Lauren McHenry, Avital Gad Cykman,
and
Charlie Dickinson
p o e t r y
Philip Havey, Graham Coleman, Don Mager, Clinton Neuhaus, Charles Albano,
and
Amy Crane Johnson
n o n f i c t i o n
Tracy Polakovsky
t r a v e l
A. E. Sadler
d r a m a
Jonathan Lowe
h u m o r & s a t i r e
Daryl Lease
i n t e r / r e v i e w s
Book reviews by
Ann Skea, Harriet Klausner,
and
Chris Lott
c i n e m a
Film reviews by
Shaggy Bob, Chris Null,
and
Lax Madapati
Contributors' Notes