R  A  L  P H
  The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities

Volume XXXV, Number 4

Mid-Summer 2003

 

OUR 100TH ISSUE!

The Best of the Best
Twenty-one books
the editors believe to be
the very best that we have
read and reviewed
over the last decade.


The One Hundred
100 additional titles
drawn from our readings
that we think deserve your consideration
and your affection.


REVIEWS
Breath Sweeps Mind
"Listening to these tapes
means that you have to ration yourself ---
you grow so fond of the roshi
you want to go through them all in one day."

Schubert's "Winterreise"
"I have yet to hear a performer
sing these songs in English
without breaking down
or breaking up.
In German it's just bad poetry;
in English it's a howl."

Measuring America
"The most lasting gift of this book
is proof that
more than through freedom of religion or
freedom of speech or
the pure concepts of democracy,
our country came into being because of
simple brazen land hunger."


BRIEF REVIEWS
John Dillinger
Shakespeare's Sonnets, and
A Pox on You!


LETTERS
Of Beetles and Angels
Krishnamurti,
Volcanoes

Twenty-One Greats
A compilation of some of
the most delightful, arrogant,
witty, nasty, maudlin and
cantankerous letters that have
come in to RALPH over the years.


ARTICLES
Fifteen Favorite Articles
Ingall on his father,
T. Bradley on Lolos,
D. Cruickshank on growing up,
J. Gallant on Pier-Luigi Zucchini,
C. Amantea on Tortillas, and
C. Krafft on Toscanini


READINGS
Fifteen Classic Readings

L. Lee on His Mother,
C. Amantea on the Tijuana Titanic,
W. Hinckle on The Deputy,
G. MacCreagh on a Worm in His Leg,
W. C. Williams on Diphtheria,
W. A. White on Mary White, and
Nasdijj on AIDS


POETRY
Twenty-One Poems
Of the more than 300 poems
we've published since 1994,
these are the ones
that we think of as
The Very Best


THE OFFICIAL RALPH
Paradox-of-the-Month


GENERAL INDEX
A complete list of all books reviewed in RALPH,
arranged by title, including author, subject, and publisher,
plus a listing of all readings, articles and poems
that have appeared since 1994.


A PITHY SAMPLE
of our most notorious reviews
as collected in the hard-copy
"FOLIO"


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T H E  F A C T S
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Suggestions for would-be reviewers --- and payment schedule.
History
RALPH didn't spring full-blown from the brows of the gods:
     We've been around (in different guises) for over twenty-five years.     
The Fessenden Fund
Describing the good works of RALPH's official godparent

Lolita Lark, Editor-In-Chief
Post Office Box 16719
San Diego CA 92176

poo@cts.com


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