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Plays, writin occupy write by Margarita fate An article titled "Hello New York" was printed on page one of the Village Voice in New York City, and the next day, the author was receiving calls from the Saturday Evening Post and other publications saying they liked his style. The writer of that short story and numerous other works is USC's writer-inrecidenrp William Prirp Fox Presently, he is doing the publicity rounds for his latest book, "Chitlin Strut & Other Madrigals," as well as working on two plays for PBS, an article for T. V. Guide, and another novel for Viking Books called "Ruby Red." Originally from Columbia, Fox was working as a salesman in New York City when he had that first story published more than 2C years ago. After writing stories and articles ior various magazines, ne was contracted tc write his first book, "Southern Fried." WHEN HE was making enough to support himself with his writing, he gave up tht salesman job and moved to Hollywood While there, he wrote for the "Beverlj Hillbillies," wrote two T.V. pilots, rewrote movie and T.V. scripts, and wrote th( original script to "Cold Turkey," a movi< about a whole town that tries to quit smok ing, starring Dick Van Dyke. He then moved to Europe for a whil< Mick Fleetwood': By Robert O'Connor The second chapter in Mick Fleetwood'; career offers a surprising mainstream soi from Fleetwood's African odyssey of last Not Me," Mick Fleetwood has directed hi< more conventional sound. Founder and drummer for the legendary Fleetwood maintains this same role with hi "Mick Fleetwood's Zoo." A compilation o musicians make up "The Zoo," includir ingham and Christine McVie, fellow members. The 11 tunes on "I'm Not Me" range fr mood to a more conservative and rom On October 14,1964, Bitty Mills stunned the world by runnin ITILftL bCI IbdUUl kai I dLC ii i wiyi i ipn. i irauv Bl wl ROBBYBKNSOi R U M M "1 a-* PAT HINGlf CLAUDIA CRON JEFF McCRACKFN V Produced by IRA ENGLANDFR Associate Produce Color by Medallion f il.-n laboratories loronlo tenses and Pa Released by BUI HA VISIA OISIRIBUIION CO. IHC ? 1983 (NG l?IIW.l'miHH ST LLUSUyKiLL2aMl3 MI mn V bush riv no ot omen so / we mo J j ^ g, promotions S r-in-msidence I before Kurt Vonnegut contacted him and B asked him to come to Iowa to replace him at ft the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop. - ; "I really liked it at Iowa," Fox said. "I had a I lot of success there." H Then in 1975 USC made him an offer he [X couldn't refuse, and Fox came home. ^ Sitting in on one of his graduate level I classes, one sees the casual, laid back teacher that encourages honest exchanges of ideas. ! ^ When asked if he enjoys teaching, he Q responds with a grin, "Can't you tell?" Yes, W Ua lour,Vic frpplu with hie stiirfpnts. yuu vail. 1 IV IMU5110 Itvvi; and they with him. Students like him, and he likes teaching them. ALONG WITH being on the editorial staffs and writing for such magazines as Audience, Atlantic Monthly, Atlanta Constitutional, T. V. Guide and Golf Digest, he is involved with PBS's American Playhouse. He is also coordinator of the Writer's Workshop series on ETV, which in 1982 brough 15 highly respected and well known writers to Columbia. Among them were George Plimp ton, John Irving, Susan Sontag, John Gardner and Kurt Vonnegut. % Asked if he ever writes about himself, he smiled and produced an article about "Leo Vogel," an amateur golfer with a duck hook. "I have a hook," he smiled. In fact, he ^ wanted to be a professional golfer, but the competition was too great, and that hook of his was just too big. 2 : Zoo steers away fr Burnette, George Hawkins an( burgeoning solo songwriting talents as the main nd, separating it Though most of the tunes are re uCiL i?f?? pmifs a rhpmictrv hard tr? resist. year, wim i iu - ~ j music towards a "ANGEL COME Home" is th track and contains some hypnot Fleetwood Mac, gloomy, Bob-Welch-sounding "Yc i new solo band The only major problem with ,4I'r ' songwriters and tend to be too reminiscent of past ; Lindsey BuckFleetwood Mac Want You Back" is the albur fresh anneal and auirkv attitude musically adventurous Lindsey B >m a lively 1950s Back" displays his immense and ii intic mode. Bill his supplication for a lasting rom; I the rv t it wasnt how he finished, it was ere he started that made him a champion. : \ j r tf <0* M I M Q jsic by MIKE POST Written by HfNRY Bf AN and SHIRl HENORYX MAURICE WOLFE Directed byO S EVERETT DDl^" j adei* CamefabyPanaviston* ip|j!cA?Ni?ci??eisueMsnO'<n>'I (NDIRPROOUCHONSINC ! IIJH W I \ TWO NOTCH ol I X) / 7?mo J E?t^k'i: Tfc % "^HHPP^ JP;. .:-' ?; 9-^|i^ ?< fhat is the 'Chittin Strut?' William Price Fox will be autographing copies of his new bo( 1 at the University Bookstore in the Russell House. om Fleetwood Mac i Steve Ross lend their Wi contributors to the Zoo. - - Like latively simple, the album Said I'n e album's melancholy first ic harmonies, as does the Many of the songs >u Might Need Somebody." from other establish n Not Me" is that its songs danceable rockabilly t Fleetwood Mack efforts. the archives of Elvis P Egan tune, and the ha n's finest song because of its the Beach Boys, altho . Written and sung by the Presiding as produ tuckingham, "I Want You Fleetwood has release nvestigative talent as well as wild exhibition of talei an tic relationship: not be overlooked by "? ?' m UJUSC90.; presen "The fflteriH week of Move Group Hlb 11. Oingo Boingo Good 2. Midnight Oil 10,9, 3. Let's Active Afoot 4. The Neats 5. Translator No T 6. New Marines No P 7. Boys Brigade 8. Tao Chemical 9. Europeans Reco 10. Big Country The < IHESBhHHV . ^ % :r A 1 Etftfflj jr I Hi )k, "Chitlin Strut & Other Madrigals," Nov. influence * ?'re living in a circle a dog without a home you wouldn't love me 7 lonely to the bone. on "I'm Not Me" seem to be adopted ed artists. "Tear It Up," a strong, une, seems to have come straight from resley. The title cut sounds like a Walter irmonies on "I Give" strongly resemble _ >ugh the latter is a beautiful ballad. ^ cer over his second solo outing, Mick an agreeable album. Though not a tit, The Zoo and Mick Fleetwood should the musical connoisseur. zzn T ial 5 ts itive 10" mber 7th um for Your Soul 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 i : ime Like Now 1 g eace ! ;'] gnition || Crossing |