LESBIAN LOOKS: The UA Committee for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Studies closes its fourth-annual Lesbian Looks film and video series with the groundbreaking biographical documentary A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde. The multi-award winning 90-minute film is described as "an intimate portrait of this eloquent, award-winning Black lesbian poet, mother and warrior." Lorde's writing spans five decades, and articulates what some consider the most important social and political visions of this century. Join them for a free screening at 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 28, in the UA Modern Languages Building auditorium, between the Student Union and Cherry Avenue. Call 621-1239 for information. ARTS AND LETTERS: Although there are plenty of places on the Internet to find pornographic stories about Disney characters or lists of reasons why Star Trek: Voyager is better than Deep Space 9, a few stalwart souls still manage to sneak in material of actual worth. One of the best examples of selfless public service is the vast collection of free, on-line books available at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/ books.html. Literally thousands of classics, reference works, novels and assorted public domain works are available here, everything from the complete works of Plato to 10 Minute Guide to Lotus Notes 4. Another excellent source for scholars, researchers, educators and those interested in the arts is the Artists Index at http://www.sai.msu.su/ cjackson/fineart.htm. Hundreds of medium-resolution images from the history of art are available here, and the site can be searched by year, geographical location or artist's name. Download as much as you can before Bill Gates buys all the electronic rights to everything ever painted. MORE KUDOS FOR KINGSOLVER: An article in the February 10 issue of Publisher's Weekly reports that local author Barbara Kingsolver played hardball with her publisher, HarperCollins, over her next novel. Though she was reportedly publicly unhappy with a certain of that company's selection of authors (like Newt Gingrich), she nonetheless agreed to publish her next novel, Poisonwood Bible, with them: The article says HarperCollins paid up to a rumored $1 mil for the book. Guess our local girl's learned how to fight off more than just ornery desert pigs in the last couple years. To make her point complete, Kingsolver is also one of the individuals responsible for creating the Bellwether Prize for Fiction, "to recognize literature of social change." Presumably from her big earnings, she'll fund the $25,000 prize. Additionally, the award includes a 10,000-copy first printing for the winning work. ONE LESS HAUNT: Fans of the comfy porch, quiet setting and great children's story hours will mourn the loss of another of Tucson's independent booksellers: The Haunted Bookshop, 7811 N. Northern Ave., is closing. The shop, which has stood on the outskirts of the Tohono Chul Park grounds for nearly 23 years, has been battling the changing mega-chain market to no avail. So sometime mid-April, the books will be cleared out and the building will be donated to the park. If you haven't been out to see them lately, don't delay. Start this weekend with Diana Gabaldon's signing of Drums of Autumn, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 2. Call 297-4843 for information. INK SPOTS: Tucson author Terri Windling reads from and signs her fantasy novel, The Wood Wife, at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave. Call 792-3715 for information. And mystery fans can meet Richard Parrish at a signing for Wind and Lies, the latest in his Joshua Rabb series, from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at Clues Unlimited, 123 S. Broadway Village. Call 326-8533 for information.

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