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The poem "BROWN FURNITURE" by Katha Pollitt is presented. First Line: Don't throw out that old chair! Last Line: if not the old?

Relates how the author monitors the activities of her former lover through the Internet. Web sites used for monotoring; Programs of academic gatherings attended by her lover; Donations made by her lover.

Relates experience of learning to drive in New York City. Development of close relations with the driving instructor; Correlation of life with inability to drive; Attempt of finding self-confidence through driving.

Focuses on the how Americans view poor women who receive welfare. Federal spending on Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Encouragement of non-middle-class values.

Discusses the new book titled `The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause,' by Germaine Greer.

Examines the causes for America's current preoccupation with fetuses. Includes a discussion of how ultrasound, other medical technology and society's expectations impact the fetus fetish. Imagery; Fears; Distortion.

Examines the traditional roles first ladies have held and why Barbara Bush is so popular in her role. Looks at why Hillary Clinton raises media suspicions and why she and other potential first ladies go under such scrutiny.

Presents the poem 'A Chinese Bowl.'

The poem "Moth," by Katha Pollitt is presented. First Line: Come bumble-footed ones, Last Line: whose one desire is to escape itself.

Presents the poem "Rapture," by Katha Pollitt. First Line: It is just as they knew it would be: Last Line: God, it appears, is elsewhere, even here.

Presents the poem "Cities of the Plain," by Katha Pollitt.

Presents the poem "Signs and Portents," by Katha Pollitt.

Presents the poem "Playground," by Katha Pollitt.

Presents the poem "Collectibles," by Katha Pollitt.

Presents the poem, "Dreaming About the Dead," by Katha Pollitt.

Presents the poem "Amor Fati," by Katha Pollitt.

Presents the poem "Mandarin Oranges," by Katha Pollitt.

Presents the poem "Small Comfort," by Katha Pollitt.

Presents the poem "A Walk," by Katha Pollitt.

Presents the poem "Lives of the Nineteenth-Century Poetesses".

Presents the poem "Milkweed," by Katha Pollitt.

The article presents the poem "Composition in Black and White," by Katha Pollitt. First Line: All day long they have sat here, Last Line: Taut and singing, alive like wires.

The article presents the poem "Failure," by Katha Pollitt. First Line: You'd never set foot in this part of town before, Last Line: scrawny, tough, your future if you're lucky.

The article presents the poem "To an Antarctic Traveller," by Katha Pollitt. First Line: When you return from the country of Refusal, Last Line: invisibly scribbled on a white tabula rasa.

The article presents the poem "Archaeology," by Katha Pollitt. First Line: You knew the odds on failure from the start, Last Line: come strong veiled women, bearing their perfect jars.

The article presents the poem "Ballet Blanc," by Katha Pollitt. First Line: Baryshnikov leaps higher than your heart; Last Line: Tomorrow you will wake up ordinary.

The article presents the poem "Discussion of the Vicissitudes of History Under a Pine Tree," by Katha Pollitt. First Line: The moment is what moves us, after all: Last Line: sky neither blue nor gray.

The article presents the poem "Moon and Flowering Plum," by Katha Pollitt. First Line: A huge moon rises behind branches; Last Line: muddy and full of frogs.

The article presents the poem "Blue Window," by Katha Pollitt. First Line: That longing you have to be invisible, Last Line: a door is flung open. Someone speaks someone's name.

Opinion. Discusses the need for understanding women's choice to be single mothers. Statistics; Feminism; Priorities; Security; Marriage and motherhood; Collapse of the traditional middle-class marriage; Hostility between men and women; Comments from critics.