| Contents |
vol. 2. The human heart / Romaine Perin -- Forget about your father ; A bad move ; He only likes blondes ; A friend of the family ; A smart niece ; Caught up in romance / Donna Wysomierski -- How to get rid of pimples: Introduction ; Actual letter sent to me from a person who wanted this book way before it was put together ; Case 1: Andrew, secrets of the skinny ; Case 2: Brenda ; Case 3 Ioona, the third twin ; Case 4: Goda ; Case 5: Julie, the myster of tap water ; Case 6: Joe ; Case 7: Dora ; Case 8: Valerie, losing ; Case 9: Randy Eros, the sexiest kid in town ; Case 10: Gena, I hear America sinking ; Case 11: Alexandra ; Case 12: Miguel La Madrid ; The actual cure ; Index / Cookie Mueller -- Red moon/red lake / Ascher/Straus -- The colorist / Susan Daitch -- Five: Twice told tale / Constance DeJong ; Mein Wittgenstein / Joe Gibbons ; Future saint #1160 / Tama Janowitz ; Jokes / Richard Prince ; Her weak memory of the tornado ; Peggy and Fred in hell / Leslie Thornton-- Tourist attractions: Excerpt from Home Sick / Lynne Tillman ; Gran Turismo / Glenn O'Brien ; Tex / Caryl Jones-Sylvester ; Friendly files / Judy Linn ; I know the climate's wonderful, but how's the truth? / Robert Fiengo ; To Japan and back / Linda L. Cathcart ; Sanjiro's, Thumb's and apple pie / Micki McGee ; Gothic tourism / Cheryl Clarke ; Driftings / Douglas Blau ; Incunabula #3 / Susan Daitch ; Foreign in life / Jane Warrick ; Leaving Quito / Gary Indiana ; Painted Desert / Suzanne Jackson ; Pop life / Sekou Sundiata ; Legend 1 inch: 1 hour / Constance DeJong -- Door of counfounding ; Moving at a distance ; Naming the urge ; Extremes of high and low regard / Lou Robinson -- War comics I-VI ; Motivation / Lisa Bloomfield -- Pecunia no olet: Mater ; Conju ; Soror ; Filia / Mary Kelly. |
| Summary |
Published between 1979 and 1990, 'Top Stories' was a prose periodical specializing in experimental writing with a collaborative, punk-feminist ethos, edited by New York based photographer Anne Turyn (born 1954). Turyn founded the publication in Buffalo, New York, before moving the operation to Chelsea in the 1980s, where issues were produced in Chinatown, distributed by mail order and through Printed Matter, and printed in runs between 500 and 2,000. With 29 issues in total, the publication played a key historical role in the development of the group of artists and writers who helped define the "downtown" scene of the 1980s. All 29 issues of the periodical are collected in this anthology, which compiles experimental fiction, art, photography and graphic design. Contributors include: Donna Wyszomierski, Laurie Anderson, Pati Hill, Suzanne Johnson, Linda Neaman, Gail Vachon, Jenny Holzer, Peter Nadin, Judith Doyle, Kathy Acker, Lynne Tillman, Jane Dickson, Kirsten Thorup, Janet Stein, Anne Turyn, Lee Eiferman, Constance DeJong, Ursule Molinaro, Romaine Perin, Cookie Mueller, Ascher / Straus, Susan Daitch, Lou Robinson, Lisa Bloomfield and Mary Kelly. |
