OUTLAW COUNTRY
Hands Up!
By Stanley Booth
Plus: Interviews with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, and BR5-49 lead guitarist & co-singer/songwriter Chuck Mead 

"Thanks a lot," Ernest Tubb
By John Whitehead

Nashville Just Before the Outlaws Rode Into Town
By David Dalton 

MUSIC
Post Depression
The legacy of Uncle Tupelo
By Greg Bottoms 

IDEAS
The Enduring Influence of Ayn Rand
By Richard Ralston 

ART
Fiercely Tilting Canvases
Chaim Soutine, an expressionist in Paris
By Amanda Davis 

BOOK
Poetry, Form, Narrative (and a little Macarena!)
The Fourth Annual West Chester University Poetry Conference
By Richard Abowitz

THEATER
Chasing Its Tale
Vincent Chin's brutal death is brought to the stage.
By Lou Harry 

FIRST WORK
Winning the Game
Writer Elwood Reid on what it's like to play Big Ten football
By Tyler Thoreson 

FILM
Something Rotten in Denmark
What's so moving about Dogma 95?
By Bobby Maddex 

NEW ARTIST
Next Stop $$$
An interview with filmmakers Brad Anderson and Lyn Vaus
By Greg Bottoms

REVIEWS
Lone Star Swing, No-Neck Blues Band, Buffalo 66, Stephen Sondheim and more