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...fiction in between. The appearance of Henry Roth's Mercy of a Rude Stream (St. Martin's; 290 pages; $23) not only breaks an epochal case of writer's block; it comes with a subtitle -- Volume I, A Star Shines over Mt. Morris Park -- and the astonishing dust-jacket information that this is only the first of six new novels that Roth, now 87, has completed. What he has apparently done, late in life, is tell the story of why he did not produce such books and such a story a long time...
...also capable of deep religious faith. He is as intent on the impression he is making as any politician up for re-election. Yet he appears to be utterly unpretentious, preferring to dress casually in jeans and, when he rides his Honda Nighthawk 750 motorcycle, a black leather jacket. (On one of his motorcycle helmets he sticks decals that keep a running tally of every gene he and his collaborators have tracked down, including the ones responsible for cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease...
Looking rather haute lounge act in black ribbed velour leggings, suede boots and a bolero jacket, Davis is of course nothing at all like either of the demure, well-behaved Nixon girls. Her days as a drug-using dater of '70s rock personalities are detailed in her autobiography, The Way I See It, a book that also devotes a good deal of print to depicting Nancy as a violent harridan...
...like Kendra Miles, 15, shot in the chest in October, allegedly by a 14-year-old boy while standing on her front porch; Monte Fuller, 12, shot in the mouth this fall in a drive-by; Charles Brenson, 15, shot dead last month after refusing to surrender his ski jacket and shoes. Three days after Brenson's death, on Thanksgiving, Torey Dyson, 18, was shot in the chest. He collapsed on the sidewalk in front of a large peace mural featuring doves, a rainbow and a plea for peace in Milwaukee...
Inside the suspect's jacket pocket, policefound a replica of a firearm, Pasquarello said...