Published March 9, 2006 in issue 0510 of the HooK.

By HAWES SPENCER [email protected]

In this issue, we welcome Thomas Yeatts, who has devised a new column merging local literary interests and events with cultural context. In this, his debut of "Shelf Life," Yeatts, a graduate of UVA, discusses Rita Mae Brown, the one-time champion of avant-garde lesbianism, who is now immersed in Crozet... and cats.

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