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Chronogram 11.2006

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View From the Top
On the Cover Lizards and Sake Cup - Iris Print.
Featured Contributors.
Letters to the Editor.
Esteemed Reader.
Editor's Note.

News & Politics
Beinhart's Body Politic Political pundit Larry Beinhart is ready to throw the book at corporate media—but asks you to read it first.

Literary Supplement
Short Story Contest Fiction by our short story contest winner, Jacob Ritari's "Futaride." Illustrations by Marcellus Hall.
Signature Pieces Regional authors write on a topic familiar to them: booksigning.
Joined at the Hip The winning and sublimely bemusing results of our contest for best portmantomes. Illustrations by Diana Bryan.
Chronogram's Choice The Year's Best-Reviewed Books by Hudson Valley Authors.
The Checks They Cherished Personal essays by Celia Bland, Nina Shengold, John Thorn, and Marilyn Johnson. Illustration by Liza Donnelly.
My Writerly Advice Couched in the classics, regular Chronogram contributor Sparrow dispenses sage wisdom to writers. Illustration by Liza Donnelly.
Poetry Poems by Athena Demetra Fliakos, Judith Ferrara, Ted Taylor, Glenn Werner, Jana Martin, Elizabeth Paternoster, Yana Kane, Nenah Sylver, Vanessa Raney, Mikhail Horowitz, and Bruce Weber. Edited by Phillip Levine.
Off the Written Track Mikhail Horowitz tours four little-known literary landmarks of the Hudson Valley.

Holiday Entertaining
Ring Around the Punchbowl The holiday cocktail party made easy by Pauline Uchmanowicz.
Around Home for the Holidays The Hudson Valley has everything you need to make your seasonal party perfect. Rebecca Wild Nelson is your guide.

Community Notebook
Regret: Studying the Upside-Down Dream Al Desetta looks at the sometimes emotionally paralyzing sense of sadness and loss that affects so many adults.
Art of Business Shannon Gallagher takes a stroll through Crafts People's West Hurley shop, a dream come true for lovers of exquisite, handmade items.

Arts & Culture
Portfolio Cartoonist R.O. Blechman's drawings, part of a group show of political art this month at SKH Gallery in Great Barrington.
Lucid Dreaming Advisory to readers: Beth E. Wilson discusses the impact of the right's "Crusade for Decency" on art and culture in America. (Images censored for reader safety.).
Music Peter Aaron profiles hardcore punk legends Bad Brains. Plus reviews of CDs: Open Book The Things We Keep, reviewed by Mike Jurkovic; Carr Nord Hofmann Maddox Biosphere, reviewed by Peter Aaron; Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird, reviewed by DJ Wavy Davy, Nightlife Highlights.
Food & Drink Harold Jacobs reviews innovative New Paltz eatery Beso.

Whole Living Guide
Cleansing from the Inside Out Aimee Hughes writes on detoxification, a natural, ancient healing technique that can make the body a purer, healthier, and more vibrant system.
Inner Vision On September 21, the Dalai Lama visited Woodstock to deliver a speech on compassion. We reprint a portion of his address.

Planet Waves Horoscopes
New Clear Blues Eric Francis Coppolino examines the rise of the Universe's Nuclear Axis, and what it means in light of the recent news from North Korea.
Horoscopes.

Parting Shot
Photographer Dennis Stock goes ape for Hollywood.