Chuck Palahniuk's darkly comic and
rhythmically written
"Lullaby" turns the old
nursery rhyme "sticks and stones will break my
bones, but words will never hurt me" on its head.

The lullaby of the title is an ancient African
culling song. Traditionally it was used to give a
painless death to the old or the infirmed. A
greedy bookseller has collected the culling song,
along with many other poems considered public
domain, in a collection entitled "Poem &
Rhymes from Around the World."
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Despite the rave reviews about
"Middlesex" I wasn't sure how much
I would enjoy reading a book about a
Greek-American hermaphrodite and his
family's immigration from Turkey to
Detroit. I bought the book on the
weight of the reviews, the Pulitzer
Prize it won, and my confidence in the
author.

I read Eugenides' first book "The
Virgin Suicides" when it was published
in 1993 and enjoyed it immensely. I am
a sucker for first-time novels. I was
wowed by Eugenides' confident,
atmospheric writing that drew me right
into the world of suburban American
teen-age boys, fantasizing and falling in
love with the beautiful and mysterious
Lisbon sisters next door.
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Overall v. entertain-
ing if somewhat  
fluffy. Cool
depiction of  S.F. in
the vaudeville days.
About 100 pages too
long & a little too
self-important.

Love what I've read
so far: story by Rick
Moody, quote from
Louis Begley, story
by Jay McInerney that
later became 'Bright
Lights Big City'

the topshelf of one
of the bookcases:
"Abbey's Road"
through "Where I'm
Calling From"

Outrageous, very
sexy, highly political
and  masculine.
Houellebecq's style
reminds me v. much
of Amis:
unapologetic, brash
and intelligent

photo booth
loving
guest book
talkin' about
shes-krafty diary
on the hi-fi
sundance highlights
click through
now serving
front page

I have been treasuring this rich little
series of Vintage Contemporary
Artist books since I bought them in
1987 (from Dolly's Bookstore
where I was working part time
while going to high school).

Elizabeth Avedon put together the
series and only one edition has been
printed. Look on Ebay for yours.

Each book features an extensive
interview with the artist by a
different critic. There are many
color and black and white prints as
well as a full bibliography.

These four artists are some of the
most important in my life. I still
refer to the books often.