WORDWORKS - SHOW 6

PAUL:	Joining me in the studio is Kathleen Hanrahan, our resident 
	book worm, with another instalment of Word Works.

KATH:	Hello, Paul.  I hear you had a wild time at the Toime of 
	Toimes Pageant.

PAUL:	I have to confess, I was completely taken in by the whole 
	thing.  I bought into the riot, the looting ... at one point I even 
	began to fear for my life.

KATH:	Great, hey ?

PAUL:	Tremendous.  Now Kathleen, you've got two new releases 
	with you, the first is ... ?

KATH:	First, by Dr. Judy Stoyles, "What Men Really Want."

PAUL:	In what regard, Kathleen ?

KATH:	In emotional terms, Paul. 

PAUL:	And how did Dr. "Judy", a woman I might note, divine what 
	we lads of the patriarchy truly seek in this vale of tears ?

KATH:	She's a clinical psychologist here in town, so she drew from 
	the experience of her patients ...

PAUL:	Sensitive men, I'd guess ....

KATH:	... and she conducted thousands of interviews.

PAUL:	Well, I certainly didn't fill out one of her questionnaires.  So 
	tell me what I really want, Kathleen.

KATH:	More nurturing.

PAUL:	(laughs)  You're not serious.

KATH:	There is a young and lonely boy somewhere inside you 
	Paul.  A boy that needs to be hugged.  You want less casual 
	sex and more intimacy.

PAUL:	(roars with laughter) NO WAY!  Is that in there ?

KATH:	Yes. I take it you don't agree.

PAUL:	Don't get me wrong Kathleen, I'm all for intimacy. Dinner 
	before hand, a little post-coital chit-chat, I'm a sensitive as 
	the next guy but if you want to know what men really want ...

KATH:	I do.

PAUL:	Well, for starters, jeez ... this is a little difficult Kathleen.

KATH:	No need to be embarrassed around me Paul.

PAUL:	Definitely more ... A.M. loving, you know first thing when you 
	wake up in the morning.  And I think it's fair to say that most 
	men want one of those new Dodge Rams, the one with the 
	V-10 Viper engine.  And more gravy, men would definitely 
	like to see the bad image of gravy rehabilitated.

KATH:	You've got to be kidding.

PAUL:	You asked.

KATH:	Well, Paul, I can see you don't need a copy of this.  But for 
	those folks who might want an in-depth look at "What Men 
	Really Want", Dr. Judy Stoyles's book is published by 
	Nipkopf for $22.99.

PAUL:	Next ?

KATH:	"Murphkin: A Life In Gander", the much anticipated 
	biography of Newfoundland novelist, Nicholas Murphkin.  
	This "big" book is by Ramon Pugsley.

PAUL:	I did a course on Murphkin in University.  The grand historic 
	sweep, characters by the hundreds, the almost life denying 
	pathos, the back-breaking task of carrying hard cover 
	editions of his work up stairs ...tremendous books.

KATH:	Considered by many to be this island's greatest writer, a 
	native son who, nonetheless, lived as a Russian Novelist.

PAUL:	He was born?

KATH:	Nick Murphy.

PAUL:	There are pictures here, from his early years in Gander, 
	looking tired and emotional aboard his sleigh, and look here 
	in his great fur hat.  Here's the dacha near Twillingate.

KATH:	That particular photograph was taken just before Bertha 
	Harnum rejected his marriage proposal.

PAUL:	An event which, really, shaped his adult life.

KATH:	Yes, Murphkin fell into a desperate black depression that 
	was to last the rest of his days.

PAUL:	Took to gambling.

KATH:	Tormented by crippling bunions and corns.

PAUL:	Caring for his drunken brother's enormous family of ...?

KATH:	Oh 36 yes ... and being thrown in prison for producing a 
	scurilous satirical pamphlet attacking the colonial's education 
	system.

PAUL:	And killed in a duel on the day of his release from Her 
	Majesty's.

KATH:	That fact is questioned in the biography. 

PAUL:	Oh?

KATH:	Murphkin was about to duel, had walked ten paces, aimed 
	his pistol and was, at the very moment he was to fire, blind 
	sided by a milk wagon, ironically driven by James Fitzpatrick 
	the man who Bertha Harnum, Murphkin's one true love, 
	eventually married.

PAUL:	An amazing story.  That's Ramon Pugsley's Murphkin: A Life 
	In Gander.  It's published by Mowdown House and retails for 
	$89.

KATH:	Seems expensive but it is over 1000 pages.

PAUL:	Comprehensive.  Thank's for coming in Kathleen.

KATH:	Good to have you back Paul.

PAUL:	Thanks so much.

KATH:	Next is "At The Cabin" an all Newfoundland book of erotica 
	by women, for women.

PAUL:	Stories and ...?

KATH:	Yes Paul, some pictorial material.

PAUL:	(rubbing hands together) But this is a high-tone affair right, 
	nothing seedy.

KATH:	You can glower guilt-free.

PAUL:	Great.

KATH:	I think this is long overdue, Newfoundland woman are re-
	claiming the erotic, taking it back from men, challenging the 
	phalocracy.

PAUL:	Mmmmmm.

KATH:	As only work by and for woman could do.

PAUL:	By, for and with women incidently.

KATH:	There are sections of women with other women.

PAUL:	And I have no problem with that Kathleen, but ... don't you 
	think this is cheating.  I mean if you are going to be a 
	lesbian, go for it, but if you're going to strap this ... apparatus 
	on ... well I mean, men come equipped.

PAUL:	Photographs ?

KATH:	And next is a ...

PAUL:	I didn't see any photographs ...

KATH:	... book on self-loving for women, called "Push Here, My 
	Dear" ...

P:	Yo, come on, now you're really kidding me, Kathleen.

K:	No.  Paul, this is a very serious subject in these days of 
	sexual liberation and choice in Nfld. 

P:	Got any pictures in that one ?

K:	It's published by The Island Of Press.

P:	Kathleen, you can't be telling me that women ... jiggy jiggy 
	themselves.

K:	It's only men who can pleasure us ?  That's rich.

P:	Women need ... external stimulation.

K:	That's why God gave us hands, Paul.

P:	Oh.

K:	And I can guarantee you that Ram chargers and gravy have 
	nothing to do with what we're looking for in a fulfilling sexual 
	life.