Book Reviews:Desert Years: Undreaming the American Dream, by Cynthia Rich and Look Me in the Eye: Old Women Ageing and Ageism, by Cynthia Rich and Barbara McDonald (Reviewed by Maria Alberto)A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tices, by C. A. Conrad (Reviewed by Maija Hatton)Ardor: Poems of Life, by Janine Canan (Reviewed by Maija Hatton)The Goddess Festival: Restoring the Balance, Fayetteville, Arkansas CD (Reviewed by Maija Hatton)Paper Bride, by Nava Semel (Reviewed by Paula Ressler)Conversations with Octavia Butler, ed. By Consuela Francis (Reviewed by Stephanie Rogers)Sisterwitch Conspiracy, by Sonia Johnson (Reviewed by Jenny Wrenn)