MAE WEST: BETWEEN THE COVERS Luciana was kind enough to

Luciana was kind enough to sign a handful of photographs for us

JOE PALOOKA

After his life is threatened

and parlayed that impressive debut role into a two-decade string of heroic leads

and author of The Great American Paperback (2001)

MAE WEST: BETWEEN THE COVERS Luciana was kind enough toCollected for the first time are some of the most revealing, amusing, and rare interviews covering Mae Wests ten year career in movies. Wests celluloid image was explosive and trendsetting, but her outspoken and progressive thoughts about women and sexuality shocked and seduced the public. Her feminist riffs and screenplays made her a cultural icon for sexuality and social subversion. In the 1930s, she was not only considered scandalous, but