FICTION: 3 Short Pieces by Gilbert Girion
Gilbert Girion offers us three wisps of bittersweet memory from the fabric of human nature.

BOOK REVIEWS
K. T. Mcguire reviews Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid. Ron Hogan reviews The Last Stand by David Harris and Pollen, by Jeff Noon. Ron also interviews Mr. Noon.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Gisela Gamper
In a moving exhibition, Gisela Gamper's visions are guided by David Gamper's composition, Suzanne Axtel's words, and Richard Grove's elegant design...Wait for it, it'll suprise you.

Director 5, and SHOCKWAVE!
The Web finally grows up! (And we thought it would never come.) Edmond Garesché gives us the scoop on Director 5.0, and Steve Meloan shakes up the UD pages with Shockwave!!!

REVIEW: Marathon 2
Now that mild-mannered reviewer, Dave Hicks has blasted every office mate in site, he's eminently qualified to invite you all in for a good, old fashioned people hunt. Watch your back!

Street Kiss
A public display of affection by Zane Rivera.

ROAD TRIP: On the Road with Dave
You may have followed it as it happened. You may get to it now for the first time. Music Reviewer David Levine took his band, Little Green for a spin to Austin, TX, where the SXSW folks did not roll out the red carpet. Still a van full of fun though!

Music in the House
Geoff Badner spins a tale of the techno beat we just love to call "House Music."

INTERVIEW: Emmanuelle Béart and Claude Sautet
Laz Pujol interviews the star and director of Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud.

MOVIE REVIEWS: Fargo, Birdcage, Hate
Stan Schwartz gives us three more in his growing collection of fine, fine reviews...(We've heard rumblings that Siskel is getting nervous!)

Fun with Fungi
Shrooms!!! Paulette Licitra slices, dices and juliennes our fertilizer-growing friends.

Ties
Lang Phipps wears one. Do you?

Noise
Music to some, insanity to others. Peter Selgin is one of our least tolerant writers and you can guess how he feels about it.

Titanic in Dream and Legend
Okay, he's prolific. Whadaya you want from us? Peter Selgin stirs up the waters of the North Atlantic and reveals a personal obsession from childhood.

Want to contribute?
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