On The. Bookshelf aspiring actress just graduated from room in a porno shop. "Other girls Brown University and back home in would be scared to do this," she tells Brooklyn. herself. "But not Ariel Steier. Ariel She takes a temp job at a large Steiner can [make love] in a porno corporation and teaches at a Hebrew booth and come out feeling liberat- school to support herself. During ed, not gross. lunch hours, she auditions for "fat But Steiner lies to herself. In mid- girl parts"; Steiner hasn't lost "the act, she decides, "I didn't want to be freshman 15." this miserable. I wanted to love it. I Her brashness lands her a part in was [making love] without caring, an Off-Off Broadway play to which just like a guy. Hadn't I won? she contributes vignettes based on Wasn't this the sex columnist's her dating experiences. Eureka! She dream?" discovers she Clearly not. has a talent Despite the with words, breezy style and •A GRATIFYING NOVEL submits a story numerous — a literal laughs, there's an blow by blow underlying sad- account of the ness here. If frustrations there's a moral to (sexual and oth- this tale, it's that erwise) of dat- missing the sexu- ing in New al revolution York- — to a may not be so weekly paper bad after all. and is offered a Run Catch Kiss column. has a lot of Her frank graphic language and frankly and action, so its raunchy revela- not for every- tions win her a body. But beyond certain amount that, this is an of notoriety. intriguing look at But the supply being single at of stories just the end of the can't keep up millennium. with the On the demand of a brink of the Amy Sohn: "I guess I feel weekly dead- 21st century, the way I write about sex line. So she Sohn, also a embellishes cer- is so humorous that to call Brown it graphic misses the tain encoun- University humorous side. ters, makes araduate, con- others up and siders herself gets into a real extraordinarily moral bind about what to write lucky. "My parents never once in the about Mr. Right when she thinks time I was writing the [Press] col- she's met him. umn made me feel as though I Sohn seems to have enjoyed writ- should stop. They never overtly ing this book as much as I enjoyed made me feel guilty about it," she reading it — taking the opportunity says. And they're happy about her to poke fun at the entertainment career path, as well as the fact that business, the press and dating, she's currently involved in a long- among other institutions. term relationship. (Ironically, Steiner's parents are treat- Sohn, however, is concerned ed sympathetically and with dignity.) about the complex issue of intermar- But what raises Run Catch Kiss riage — her current boyfriend is not above the - level of self-indulgence is Jewish. "My problems with intermar- its presumably intended honesty. riage never came down to me from It isn't easy being a liberated my parent's. My parents never raised modern woman when at heart you're me to feel as though they would be an old-fashioned girl. One of heartbroken or brutally upset if I Steiner's beaus takes her to a private . married outside the faith," she says. "That's something that came more from within, my own sense of oblig- Curt Schleier is a New Jersey-based ation to. my people." fl /+ eelance writer " VICKI LEWIS NANA VISITOR ROBERT URICH • TICKETS ON SALE TODAY! CALL TICKETMASTER (248) 645-6666 Tickets also on sale at the box office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Groups (20 or more): (313) 871-1132 (M-F 10am - 4:30pm) MASONIC TEMPLE THEATRE NOVEMBER 16-28 ONLY! Grammy Award-Winning cast recording on RCA Victor. Visit our website at www.chicagothemusical.com OUR GREAT DINNER SPECIALS! , $9.95 FILET MIGNON TIPS W/Burgundy Wine Saute CHOPPED SIRLOIN W/onions, green peppers, mushrooms $6.95 SHORT-R1BS or WHITE FISH SICILIAN° $7.95 $8.95 SAUTEED SCALLOPS over rice $7.95 WHITE FISH (Duratee, Broiled or Sicilian()) CHICKEN MARSALA $7.25 $8.95 SATURDAY.. VEAL MARSALA $6.95 ROAST CHICKEN DELI & GOURMET RESTARANT SHIVA DINNERS 21 754 E. 11 Mile Rd. • Harvard Row AND PARTY TRAYS FREE DELIVERY 248.352-4940 Fax: 248-352-9393 MONDAY .. TUESDAY . . . WEDNESDAY THURSDAY.. FRIDAY 7 "The Simone Vitale Band is an assurance of a great evening... One of the hottest bands in town." Danny Raskin, Jewish News "Royal Oak band leader extraordinaire Simone Vitale..." Bob Talbert, Detroit Free Press • Weddings • Anniversaries • Pri.v3te/Corporate Parties • Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Call Simone for the best personal service in town, with an exciting night of dancing and fun at your party. E YARD BAR IS Family Restaurant r SLAB FOR 2 $2 OFF r BBQ CHICKEN FOR 2 $2 OFF Includes: 2 Potatoes, 2 Slaws and 2 Garlic Breads L 10/ 1 5 1999 . 1 Coupon Per Order • Dine In or Cany-Out • Expires 10-28-99 JN j With or Without Skin 5 Includes: 2 Potatoes, 2 Slaws and 2 Garlic Breads L • 1 Coupon Per Order • Dine In or C,any-Out • Expires 10-28-99 ORCHARD LAKE RD. SOUTH OF 14 • Farm. Hills • 88 Detroit Jewish News tin. mAcr i()R mm 851-7000 JN ALSO GOOD AT OUR LIVONIA LO CATION ON PLYMOUTH RD.