A Fistful of Essays (tentatively $29.92) is a collection of essays on literature, motion pictures (including television), and theatre. Approximately 100 pages. Signed and numbered paperback. Academic Nationalist University Press, forthcoming.

Contents Essays on Literature Implications of Dante's Placing of Ulysses in Hell And When We Long, We are All as Gatsby This essay could be titled "Appreciating" or "Understanding The Great Gatsby" -- though with a singular loss of poetic appeal. On Pale Fire Essays on Motion Pictures ElimiDATE The premiere of my weekly column, this one on the TV show ElimiDATE. The Sad State of American TV Sitcoms: Friends and Malcolm in the Middle On stupidity and its viewership. The Brilliance of Cool Devices Moulin Rouge, Music, Love, and Simultaneous Opposing Truths A Beautiful Man? A very brief essay on the film A Beautiful Mind. I Need a Secretary On the film Secretary and its social and philosophical implications. The Spectre of Soon-Yi Previn On Woody Allen's scandal and its implications. Bondage to the Image: Sexual Bondage in Cinema, Its Heritage, and Its Effects Essays on Motion Pictures The Audience of Restoration Theatre, 1660-1683; or, The Show Must Go on (Top). with Implications on Severall Plays. Intended for the Edification of its owne Audience, may they be Pleas'd and give Hands. The Monarch Divided Against Himself: Banks's The Unhappy Favorite as Therapy for Dryden's All for Love