June 10, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 24

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COVER STORY
By the Book
Jack Neely rummages around in the fascinating field of old books; Paige M. Travis talks with author Julia Lieber about her new mystery; and the staff casts about to find what a sampling of Knoxvillians in high and low places see as good summer reading this year.

FEATURE
Thank God for South Korea
When local rock ‘n’ roller Todd Steed isn’t warbling musical commentary about life in East Tennessee, he works with UT as a programs abroad coordinator. Mike Gibson catches up with Steed and talks about the separation of rock and state university.

Citybeat
Clint Casey talks with a local valedictorian of the Destination Imagination brigade, and Joe Tarr gets to the bottom of the beer-barrel controversy over the resurrection of New Knoxville Brewing Co.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
• EAR TO THE GROUND • LETTERS •

Opinion
Joe Sullivan takes a stroll down State Street with a critical but optimistic eye in Insights, Jack Neely looks back at a chance encounter with Ronald Reagan in Secret History, and an Editorial pushes for Spanish as a second language in these United States.

A&E
Clint Casey checks in with David Lowery; John Sewell opts for rockstar bios for his summer reading in Pulp, and Leslie Wylie reports on SIGGRAPH in Artbeat.
• EYE ON THE SCENE • CALENDAR • SPOTLIGHTS •

Movie Guru
Rosemary Nottoli reviews Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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New Health by Wendy Smith
Midpoint by Stephanie Piper
Sports by Tony Basilio
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd

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