Email Author Larra Ann Robertson

1999 Stories by Larra Ann Robertson

• Slam this

  published August 5, 1999

  There's no way to write about slam poetry if you don't know what it is, don't know what it means, don't know how... More >>

• Blowing out the '70s

  published July 22, 1999

  It seems as if the '70s became a joke around, oh, January 1, 1980. The things we associate with the decade -- from leisure suits to avocado-green... More >>

• Parlez-vous fun?

  published July 15, 1999

  The French often get a bad rap in the United States. Ask Americans to describe a typical Frenchman, and four out of five will paint you a picture... More >>

• Come Sell Away

  published July 8, 1999

  Salesmen are a strange breed. They're different from you and me. (Well, from me, anyway -- I couldn't convince a junkie to buy heroin.) They all... More >>

• Rebel with a cause

  published June 10, 1999

  I had this great idea for a movie the other day. A swaggering adventurer--a Texan, of course--spends years traveling the world participating in... More >>

• Long time coming

  published May 27, 1999

  I have a friend who is obsessed with immortality, and not in the figurative sense: He doesn't want to accomplish a feat so great that his name... More >>

• The real deal

  published April 29, 1999

  We suppose the swing revival is still going strong in Dallas. So many local clubs are cashing in on the craze that you could probably take free... More >>

• Cattle call

  published April 8, 1999

  We all know someone who's been an extra in a movie, or whose college roommate's cousin played a delivery boy in a sitcom, or who has frequented a... More >>

• Help for the tacky

  published March 4, 1999

  There are millions of drug addicts in this country. And that is a tragedy. But other groups have their worries too. Like homeowners, for instance.... More >>

• Hey Yiddle Yiddle

  published February 25, 1999

  Name this movie: A wildly popular actress stars as a young, sassy, headstrong Jewish woman who masquerades as a man and falls in love with one of... More >>