Fiction: Sweet Dreams, Jean Claude by Jim Sanks
The trouble with heroes is they always let you down.

Book Reviews
Drown by Junot Diaz, reviewed by Sylvio Torres-Saillant, By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee by Tama Janowitz, interview and review by Ron Hogan. Ron Hogan also reviews One River by Wade Davis.

Conversations With: Junot Diaz and Edwidge Danticat.
Conversations With: A new feature premiers with writers Junot Diaz and Edwidge Danticat. Born in the same year on the island of Hispaniola, he a Dominican and she a Haitian, two young Caribbean authors sit down to dinner and talk.

Garden Suite by Roz Calvert
Roz Calvert harvests a cornucopia of love.

WebTV reviewed by Kyle Shannon
Is it worth the money and the hype? And if you give one to Uncle Bob for Christmas will he finally get off your back about cool places to go on the *eennnternet*?

Stylish Gift Books
We love big, beautiful books full of gorgeous photos. They look swell lying around on coffee tables, but if you can part with them they make great gifts.

Artist Diane Fenster
Five new pieces (never before seen) by Digital Artist Diane Fenster with poetry by Rosalind Franklin and music by David Gamper.

B-Real of Cypress Hill
David Levine sits down with B-Real and they rap on Tupac, guns, drugs and politics.

Reviews
David Levine reviews Ween, Tupak's double CD, and Sophie Zelmani, plus interviews the lovely Sophie.

Film Reviews
Stan talks to Abel Ferrara and reviews The Funeral, Palookaville, Ridicule, The Garden of The Finzi Continis. Stan also interviews Dominque Sanda.