February 1999
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
The February BookPage interviews:

Where heart meets hearth: Sue Miller on While I Was Gone

Ellen Phillips on the art of complaining: Shocked, Appalled and Dismayed! How to Write Letters of Complaint That Get Results

Meet the Author: The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne


FEATURES

Love is in the air ... and in the books

  • Feng Shui for Love and Romance by Richard Webster
  • The Passionate Palate: A Celebration of Love and Food by Ailene Eberhard
  • Astrological Guide to Love and Romance by Sydney Omarr
  • 100 Ways to Say I Love You: Handmade Gifts and Heartfelt Expressions by Jane LaFerla
  • The Handbook of Heartbreak by Robert Pinsky
  • Love: A Century of Love and Passion by Florence Montreynaud
  • Love: A Book of Quotations edited by Herb Galewitz
  • The Triumph of Love by Geoffrey Hill
  • The Technique of the Love Affair: By a Gentlewoman by Doris Langley Moore
  • Botanica Erotica: Arousing Body, Mind and Spirit by Diane De Luca
  • Practical Intuition in Love: Start a Journey Through Pleasure to the Love of Your Life by Laura Day
  • The New Yorker Book of True Love Cartoons

    Authors' authors: Romance writers share their favorite love stories

    Sweet Somethings: The newest valentine treats

  • Thief of Hearts by Katherine Stone
  • Mad Jack by Catherine Coulter
  • Glory by Heather Graham
  • A Case for Romance by Katie Rose
  • A Man for Megan by Darlene Scalera

    Celebrating Black History Month

  • Mosquito by Gayl Jones
  • Walking Through Mirrors by Brian Keith Jackson
  • Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
  • Among Others by Lois Griffith
  • The Moaner's Bench by Mars Hill
  • Modern Medea: A Family Story of Slavery and Child Murder from the Old South by Steven Weisenburger
  • The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Clayborne Carson
  • With Ossie and Ruby by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
  • Barbara Jordan: American Hero by Mary Beth Rogers
  • Remembering Slavery by John Lomax and Zora Neal Hurston
  • The African American Book of Values by Steven Barboza
  • Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century by Randall Kenan


    FICTION

    Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks

    Embryo by Charles Wilson

    Incubus by Ann Arensberg

    The Testament by John Grisham


    BURNING QUESTIONS
    BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all

  • NONFICTION

    What better way to recognize a birthday than with a beautiful book?

  • Ride Free Forever: The Legend of Harley-Davidson
  • Robin Williams by Andy Dougan
  • We Interrupt This Broadcast
  • Cynthia Hart's Scrapbook Workshop: A Complete Guide to Preserving Memories in Archival, Heirloom-Quality Books by Cynthia Hart
  • Think Like a Genius: The Ultimate User's Manual for Your Brain by Todd Siler

    The Immaculate Invasion by Bob Shacochis

    Biography
    Ray Charles: Man and Music by Michael Lydon

    Memoir
    Ex-Friends: Falling out with Allen Ginsberg, Lionel and Diana Trilling, Lillian Hellman, Hannah Arendt, and Norman Mailer by Norman Podhoretz

    Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found by Sarah Saffian

    Spirituality
    Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott


    AUDIO

    The Spoken Word: Love makes the cassettes go round

  • What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
  • Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
  • The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine
  • Stepmom by Maggie Robb
  • Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
  • Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott


    BUSINESS & FINANCE

    Generation X takes on the workplace

  • Day Job: A Workplace Reader for the Restless Age by Jonathan Baird
  • Is It Too Late to Run Away and Join the Circus? A Guide for Your Second Life by Marti Smye
  • Wear Clean Underwear: Business Wisdom from Mom by Rhonda Abrams
  • The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith
  • The Gospel of Good Success: A Road Map to Spiritual, Emotional and Financial Success by Kirbyjon H. Caldwell with Mark Seal
  • Achieving Your Financial Potential: A Comprehensive Guide to Applying Biblical Principles of Financial Success by Scott Kays
  • The Ultimate Book of Business Gurus: 110 Thinkers Who Really Made a Difference by Stuart Crainer


    CHILDREN'S BOOKS

    A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah Hopkinson

    A Book of Hugs by Dave Ross

    The Biographical Dictionary of African Americans by Rachel Kranz and Philp J. Koslow

    Like Likes Like by Chris Raschka

    Very Best (almost) Friends: Poems of Friendship collected by Paul Janeczko

    Women of Hope: African-Americans Who Made a Difference by Joyce Hansen



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