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150 Popular Culture Review William Petty received his Ph.D. in Modem/Postmodem American Literature from the University of Oregon. Currently he is teaching literature, writing, and on-line writing courses over the Internet at Oregon State University. Besides contempo rary postmodern American Literature, his interests include autobiographical nar ratives and popular culture. “Reading With One Hand” is for his partner of four teen years, Katie, who is his “belle dame.” Ronald R. Roach took his M. A. in Communication from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is a Candidate for the Ph.D. in Communication at Regent University. His interest areas are Enlightenment rhetoric and philosophy, religion, radio, and cinema. He has taught communication at College of the Albemarle and currently teaches communication and philosophy courses at Roanoke Bible College (Elizabeth City, NC). Satish Sharma is a Professor and former Director, School of Social Work, Uni versity of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. His research interests are global social wel fare, nation-building, peace studies, and Indian philosophy and he is widely pub lished nationally and internationally. He serves on many editorial boards and consults with the publishers. Becky L. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Management and Accounting at York College of Pennsylvania. She earned a Ph.D. in Leadership and Human Behavior from United States International University and a Master of Science degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fresno. William Thompson is chair of UNLV’s Public Administration Department. His specialties include Administrative Law, Fiscal Administration, and Political Economy and Gaming. He has a longstanding interest in country and folk music, particularly in Tom T. Hall. John Trombold, Assistant Professor at Sam Houston State, has published in the Journal o f Modern Literature, Journal o f Latin American Cultural Studies, the Minnesota Review, and Studies in American Fiction. Beginning in the summer of 1999, he will be a lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara.