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asm? .1 WORTH THE READ DON'T BOTHER "Meditating to Attain a Healthy i Body Weight" by Lawrence LeShan 1 (Bantam). Maybe for some folks "Lost Arts" by Lynn Alley (Ten Speed Press). Guide to making vinegar, goat cheese, breads, other goodies. SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1995 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS D-6 Ah, the wrath of a scorned woman with a book deal. Gennlfer Flowers, who claims she had a 12-year affair with folumes touch Merrills pulse Bill Clinton (he denies It) while he was governor of Arkansas, says In her new book that the Bubba she knew liked the occasional marijuana buzz.

'3if fVtA urotr I ft 4r -1 he most talnly did Inhale." she writes in "Passion Betrayal," excerpted In New York mag and due out In late April. Clinton spokesman Mike McCurry responded, 'The White House Is not going to comment on any cash-for-trash stories." Miriam Sagan "New Mexico ruined me The Jackson, childhood home that Inspired Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty is now a literary Puebla, New Mexico (in finding "Miriam's WellSprings within Another poet defines home. Editors Niederman and Sagan present 41 regional voices, organizing their works alphabetically by poet from Adler to Zelazny. There are new poets, there are seasoned, award-winning favorites. One of ours is Joy Harjo, represented here by three poems.

Harjo credits place with "everything to do with how I to our ear, she becomes place: Cedar smoke In a prayer house "constructed in the last century" still whispers prayer, a half-shell moon "just large enough for a cradleboard and the child who takes part in the dance of evolution. (In Life flows through place; place. Into life. Listen to another: Martin Edmunds, who "came to New -Mexico for the wind and the ocean of sky." He came for place words like Acequla Madre, the Sangre de Crlsto mountains or a Morada; highway of wooden crosses.highway of Mexican bars highway of ditch bosses.highway of knife-wounds and stars." (conclusion of "The High Road to D.H. Lawrence found this land wondrous, Georgia O'Keeffe swirled its colors into the music of our soul.

New Mexico: If you have ever walked a dusty canyon trail or shuffled a dance at dusk on a high pueblo reservation, revisit those moments in your heart with these poets. Several volumes, many voices, all listening to the pulse that Merrill spent a lifetime touching. Walt Whitman would be pleased: the song of our land flows on. Sara Sanderson is an Indianapolis poet and freelance writer. Savageau's poetry.

She watches her mother set out the Christmas creche, realizes the clothes sewn for the Infant of Prague statue were more beautifulthan my brother's christening dress and shinier. peoples a teeming building woman whose husband did not come home last nightsneaks a cigarette in a second floor stairwellon the ground floor, the woman whose mother Is dying enters the number '3' Into the computer 400 separate times (In "Logic Savageau carries forth the poetic pulse of Merrill, knowing she saves aluminum foil, clothes hangers, her grandmother's hair, the moment her infant son nuzzled her breast or "the sound of geese overhead I save the water flowing through methat cannot be contained." A poet must write. Nowhere, today, does that call seem as concentrated as In and around New Mexico; perhaps the spirit of the land, the language of mesa, cliff or sage, craves expression. "New Mexico Poetry Renaissance," edited by Sharon Niederman and Miriam Sagan, collects the wilderness and beauty of heart, and this terrain. Editor Sagan admits she was born in Manhattan, raised in New Jersey, educated in Boston; but after a while.

New Mexico ruined me for any place else the rest of the world felt too flat, too wet, too low." Her own entries in the anthology are vintage Sagan, writing of "adobe, cedar posts, old dry woodcadence of earth and water. Everything needs a point of reference in the Aware of her heritage, Sagan realizes "Jews must be everywhereEven In La 4 ll ft J- I hi 4 retreat. Mississippi Gov. Kirk For-dlce signed a 5 Si bill into law this week, ill- ij making the "STONEWORK OF THE SKY." By Joseph Enzweller. St.

Paul, Graywolf Press. 72 pp. $12.50. "DIRT ROAD HOME." By Cheryl Savageau. WUllmantic, Curbstone Press.

92 pp. $11. "NEW MEXICO POETRY RENAISSANCE." Edited by Sharon Niederman and Miriam Sagan. Santa Fe. N.M.: Red Crane Books.

224 pp. By SARA SANDERSON Newi Corref pondent A POET HAS TO go out. out among the harsh wind with the rain beating on a yellow slicker. Cheeks stung, head bent, you discover the worm valiantly swimming nowhere. By instinct, you gravitate to the little diner the one with the heavy white mugs and endless free refills.

You listen to farmers play my-story's-better-than-yours, their laughter filling the room and the poet's pen. Finally, finally, you can write. We have lost one of the best: James Merrill died last month. His epic poem, "The Changing Light at Sandover" (1982), spun 17,000 lines of observation that will grace our future forever. Merrill knew the art of living combines snow, mystery, Queen Anne's lace and coyotes.

Listen for the new voices. Making his debut with "Stonework of the Sky," Joseph Enzweller Alaskan highway designer, ice dancer, pool player, carpenter mirrors Merrill's eye and love of words. Enzweiler has found the diners, walked the wind, woven a redbird's fire into winter berry wine. He has been "In a restaurant like an English inn, the antiques imported, screwed to the wallsand everywhere overhead a feel of torches flickering. (in "Dinner with Jack Enzweiler has waited for love, as spring is ending: "There I listen for you where torn bark whisperswith transformation official.

The Eudora MrAm I fife. Weltv Writers' ft i'Yn I Porter nrtll hp Cheryl Savageau A voice of daily life, strong image concludes in "Jason," may you gain "a faith to knowwhat's needed from the the faithto bear it home Move on, now, across the countryside, to "Dirt Road Home" by Cheryl Savageau. Again, a voice of daily life, strong image and the saving grace of healing. Writing of her own mixed ancestry, salting it with folk humor, storyteller Savageau sings of the goldfinch who "had swallowed the sunwhich slept the winter inside him" or children cheering and Jeering "01' Crazy Baker." She writes of her grandmother baking pies, later wanting her presence traveling together.your body warm cinnamonln the snowy night" (in "After Family, and religious heritage, play a prominent role In Joseph Enzweiler He mirrors Merrill's eye warm light (in "The The memories rise in a drop of sun on a wooden spoon or a cobweb in a straight-backed chair. Enzweller probably never met Merrill, but inherits the poetic desire to know "that where life beginsand ends, and where home Is." Home was crafted by Enzweiler's own hands, building his log cabin beam by beam, sharing it word by word.

Wood stove, wild basil or neighbors bringing a bushel of apples; ordinary things, extraordinary recognition of the larger pattern. If you crave connections, savor mystery, cling to hope spend some time with Enzweiler, "eat pizzarolled out on the countertop cooked in the woodstove, drinkingport as night goes on (in As Enzweiler By Harvey L. Chew 1995 Los Angeles Times Syndicate CROSSWORD on a three- Eudora Welty acre site several blocks from the Capitol. Lawmakers approved giving the Mississippi Writers Association $2 million to buy the Welty home and other surrounding property. The writers group eventually will repay the money and take over ownership.

"Its roots go way back." Welty said of the house. Welty's father built the home in 1907. and Eudora was born two years later. She wrote about the house in her autobiography. "One Writer's Beginnings." NON-FICTION 1.

"Breaking the Silence," Greg Louganis with Eric Marcus, Random House 2. "The Hot Zone," Richard Preston, Random House 3. "Death of Common Sense," Philip K. Howard, Random House 4. "Sisters Carol Saline, Running Press It's a literary bonbon for dog-lovers Provence" and "Toujours Pro 1 12 3 6 7 la 110 111 112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "24 25 26 27 30 31 32 1 33 34 35" 36 i 37 138 39 40 41 42 43 44 45" 46 47 48 "1 49 150 151 52 153 I 56 57 58 59 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 "A DOG'S LIFE." By Peter Mayle: New York: Knopf.

192 pp. $20. By STEVE SILK The Hartford Courant After two best-selling paeans to Provence, not to mention a couple of coffee-table books and a novel 5. "Couplehood," Paul Reiser, Bantam 6. "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," John Berendt Random House about his adopted homeland, English expatriate Peter Mayle trots out yet another look at his idyllic patch of turf this time as seen through the eyes of his pet hound.

Boy. I a will listen. What could possibly be next a hamster In Provence? It's almost pathetic. Or so you might think. As it turns out, "A Dog's Life" is no shaggy-dog story even though the abundant drawings by Edward Koren hint that it is.

For starters, Boy's winning autobiography reveals a dog pos-sessed of a sense of humor alarmingly like his master's. And. like Mayle, the dog proves to be an armchair philosopher with an endless curiosity and affection for the foibles of humankind, especially humankind native to Provence. These qualities serve Boy well in the course of his canine wanderings. In this dog's life, Boy's rambles lead him to one wacky neighbor after another.

Back at home, he Is exposed to an endless parade of eccentric guests and blundering workers. The resulting episodes and Boy's droll ruminations on them are more than a little reminiscent of the enchantments that made Mayle's best-selling "A Year In V-n 7. "An Anthropologist on Mars," Oliver Sacks, Knopf vence" so magical. In spite of the similarities, there's much that makes this rather lightweight volume distinctive Boy's confessions, for example. Boy wryly reveals some of the mysteries of canine behavior: the whys and wherefores behind a strategic lifting of the leg, the delights of chasing chickens, the challenges of flirting with a comely but well-guarded neighbor, and the joys of rolling in a partially decomposed pigeon.

Then, too, there is the etiquette of barking, the secret of selective obedience, and the seven gestures of appeasement a grab bag of surefire ways to avoid punishment. The old hound proves a bit of a misanthrope, too though his vitriol Is laced with laughs. His life story bristles with less-than-sensl-tive remarks about personal hygiene, Chihuahuas, babies and rectal thermometers. Somehow, Mayle manages all this without succumbing to terminal cuteslness. It's about time there was a literary bonbon like this for dog-lovers.

Cat-crazy readers, after all, have been feasting on this kind of stuff for quite some time. 8. "I Want To Tell You," O.J. Simpson, Little, Brown 4195 So be it Seamstress 9. "The Book of Virtues," William J.

Bennett, Simon Schuster thought, such Peter Mayle an idea might provoke a collective wince among even the staunchest of Mayle's fans. After all. this seems proof positive that there is no limit to Mayle's Provencal pandering. He's like a one-man Juggernaut, a shamelessly relentless crusader trumpeting ad nauseum the glories of Provence to all who 49 Droop '12 50 Dr. Zhivago's 13 love 51 Inveigle 21 54 PeerGynt's 22 mother 26 56 Sinatra hit 28 60 Toast 29 62 Nymorpolis 30 lead-in 31 63 Diva's solo 32 64 Analyze 33 grammatically 34 65 Road sign word 10.

"The Discipline of Market Leaders," Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema, Addison-Wesley FICTION 1. "The Celestine Prophecy," James Redfield, Warner NONFICTION "Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters, 1940-1956" and "The Portable Jack Kerouac" both edit 2. "Our Game," John le Carre, Knopf ed by Ann Charters i Answers to previous puzxle 3. "Border Music," Robert James Waller, Warner (Vikinq). A total of Betsy Winning margins Stadium Govt, agency Pirouettes Famed "booter" Longing Forthwith Hari Culture medium Bettor's challenge? General Bradley Perfect Gaucho'stool Fernando's aunt Stir up County Kerry seaport Charley Brown's dog Actor Flynn Yuletide song Inventor Howe 1,256 pages from the hipster chieftain, the beatific 11 35 39 40 43 66 Amphibian 67 Feed the furnace 68 A type of Mackerel? 69 With "or," threat word ACROSS 1 Mix and Thumb 5 Globes 9 Truman's birthplace 14 Music halls 15 avis 16 Texas shrine 17 Ohio nine 18 Image 19 Birthday and pound 20 Not inconsequential? 23 Annapolis grad.

24 Descendants 25 Rich, in Barcelona 27 Superlative ending 28 Not genuine 32 Mother, in Madrid 35 Type of tournament 36 1960's hairdo 37 Since 38 Like 41 "But on Tennyson 42 Tightly drawn 44 Borge or Hamlet 45 Consumed r. iazzman of words, 4. "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories," James Finn Garner, Macmillan the subterranean dharma bum of the Beat Generation. Autobiographical 5. "The Glass Lake," Maeve Binchy, Delacorte portraits of the JElTlC 1 I A I I A 1 A I AJB.A1 I LiL uJH 1 nJgJe nAiIT--- NA A-LiLN -L-HA AJjiili IjT A Qli ON8 IllJl.AX eIyIe et Jj HhIe vj rTO TH UATR fjAjs jLAF 4W TT" OSCAR Oi Nl A AJlXiJ JlAJL I ItUcLJ I I I 1 I Jack Kerouac American legend.

"The Complete 6. "Original Sin," P.D. James, Knopf "Genius in Disguise" by Thomas Kunkel (Random House). Gossipy biography of Harold Ross, the Colorado silver prospector's son who founded The New Yorker. "277 Secrets Your Dog Wants You to Know" by Paulette Cooper and Paul Noble (Ten Speed).

Compilation of pet-pourri so dogs and their owners can communicate and behave better. "For Men Only" by Richard Der-wald and Anthony Chiappone (Prometheus). Guide to image enhancement for men, including exercise, weight loss, plastic surgery, hair replacement and cosmetics. Many photos, including nudity. Glimpse into government MUNC1E.

Ind. The reapportionment battles of 1981 and 1991. the historic 50-50 split in the Indiana Statehouse in 1988 and the creation of Martin Luther King Day are topics of a new book by Hurley C. Goodall. The book.

"Inside the House," is Goodall's autobiographical account of his experiences as a state representative, 1978 to 1992. Published by Ball State University, It includes a glimpse into the personalities and policies which dominated state government. 7. "Daisy-Head Mayzie," Dr. Seuss, Random House DOWN 1 Buenos Aires 46 bull 48 2 "Waiting for Lefty" playwright 49 3 Red wine 4 More impertinent 51 5 The East 52 6 Relay and 53 horse 54 7 Tito 55 8 Rational 9 Obtained from 57 milk 58 10 Menu words 59 1 1 Ignore it completely? j61 8.

"The Bridges of Madison James Waller Warner Vipers Card game for Horseshoeing Guide, Second Edition" by Robert F. Wiseman (University of Oklahoma Press). A handy, soft-cover update on the modern farrier's art for experts, beginners and do-it-yourself horse owners; with illustrations. Some consider it the best ever written on horseshoeing in English. "Cowgirls: Contemporary Portraits of the Amerian West" by Ronnie Farley (Crown Publishing).

Great black and white photos of modern-day working cowgirls highlight a closer look at the real thing. A true delight. "Harry and Teddy" by Thomas Griffith (Random House). Turbulent friendship of press lord Henry R. Luce and his favorite repotter, Theodore H.

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