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this week's cover

February 15-21, 1996

Cover: the Literary Quarterly

Postcards From the Edge: Why being eccentric is better than taking drugs.

Looking Back: A Santa Cruz legend's collected works.

News

Nuz: Flunking chem, fishing for BASS.

Bay Window

Naked Lunch: Waiter, there's a g-string in my soup!

Arts & Entertainment

Reggae Torch Bearer: Legendary Burning Spear remembers the days of slavery.

Notes From the Underground: Pennywise madhouse and tales from the farside.

Pissed!: Where have all the poseurs gone?

Ostrich Grill: This chef's head is definitely not stuck in the sand.