A poet in Hollywood: an introduction -- Poetry tonight -- Slouching toward a brief literary history of Southern California -- I married the icepick killer: scenes from the life of an actor's wife -- Two poems: East and West, right and left: politics through the eyes of poetry -- Frenzied Nirvana: behind the scenes of a poem -- War of the Edens -- Vanishing woman: Ann Stanford: in memoriam -- Development hell -- U-571: the silent screen -- Evil scientist runs amok. Again! -- History and the 'hood -- Destino -- Shakespeare meets the long gray line -- Out of life's shadows comes poetry with light -- Let me play the lion too: a remembrance.
