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56 D E L A S O U L

A f t e r a f our year hiatus, De La Soul prove y ou c an ' t keep their beats down w i t h the release of Mosaic Thump - an a l b um for heads who l ike to party

6 2 T H E W O R D I S S U E

If you read t h i s , we ' l l eat our words

6 2 A R T P R O J E C T # 1 : D A V I D S H R I G L E Y 6 4 D O T H E W R I T E T H I N G

Last Exit To Brooklyn author Hubert Se l b y J u n i o r , F r e n c h f em i n i s t w r i t e r H e l e n e C i x o u s and W i l l S e l f c h e w over t h e mean i n g of T ango ads, wo r d processors, and what drives t hem to write

7 0 A R T P R O J E C T # 2 : E D F E L L A 7 4 G I L S C O T T - H E R O N

Groove is in t he heart: t he godfather of rap t a l ks sp i r i t ual i nspiration, t he world w i d e web and h i p hop. Manchester poet L emn S i ssay w i n c e s after a brief encounter

7 8 A R T P R O J E C T # 3 : B R U C E M A U 8 0 G A R G O Y L E

Cul t lit a r ch i v i s t s Gargoyle's unofficial gu i de t o their f avourite dead wri t e r s

82 D O U G L A S C O U P L A N D

Question: A r e s t y l e magazines maps to the future? Answer: Yes, if you're Generation X author Douglas Coupland

8 3 I A I N S I N C L A I R

Who was Ed Dorn? What is East Ender Michael Moorcock doing in West Texas? Is our cultural collective memory disintegrating? A n d can you make a television programme about it? London writer lain S i nc l a i r adds to the confusion

86 J I M D O D G E

T h e venerable author of Stone Junction and Fup t emporarily abandons h i s l i terary endeavours to share his personal co l l ec t i on of t e rms f o r male masturbation

8 8 A B R I E F H I S T O R Y O F S L A N G

J ona t hon Green t races t he e t ymology of a se l ect i on of f our (and more) letter words

90 A R T P R O J E C T #4 : L A U R E N C E W E I N E R

92 N I C H O L A S R 0 Y L E

Two writers, one name. But wh i c h one wr i t es about s p l i c ed penises and w h i c h one about t he d i s so l u t i on of t he novel?

9 4 T 0 M 0 K 0 T A K A H A S H I

Takes t he perfect out of Microsoft's word p r ogramme, to create her own software package, c omplete w i t h lots of mistakes

96 A R T P R O J E C T #5 : D A V E K I N S E Y 98 R I C H A R D H E L L

Former member of Television and f l aming w i l d c a r d of New York's ' 70s punk scene, R i chard Hell knows a t h i ng or t wo about t he poetry of death and excess. Wh i c h c ou l d be why he's d r awn to t he dark poetic abstractions of B i l l Knott

1 0 0 S A D I E P L A N T

Is there a universal language? What has A r a b i c got to do w i t h t he d i g i t a l age? A n d is it i nextr i cably l i nked w i t h our understanding of messages and words? T e c hno - f emin i s t Sadie Plant ponders t h i s and more f r om a c yber cafe in Pakistan

1 0 2 O R A L C U R A T E D B Y S A R A H J A N E L 0 V E T T

It may be poetry but it's not for pussies

1 0 6 R A M M : E L L : Z E E

H i p hop's very unorthodox l exicographer, Ramm:ell : z e e believes all letters have been " e n s l a v e d " by wh i t e Western cu l t u r e . Except, he's f ound a way to f ree t h em

1 1 4 S E M P E R F L 0 R E A M U S

Photography by Horst Diekgerdes and s t y l i ng by Katy Eng l and

1 2 4 S T I L L L I V E S I N M O B I L E H O M E S

Photography by Cedric Buchet and s t y l i ng by A l i s t e r Mackie

1 3 2 C H A R M I N G

Photography by A n d e r s Edstrom and s t y l i ng by A n n - S o p h i e Back and Mattias Karlsson

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E D D I E - I R O N M A I D E N ' S A R T W O R K T h e s i l ent seventh member of I ron Maiden gets h i s moment in t he spot l i ght in t i me for the release of their latest a l bum, Brave New World