<DIV><BR><P>In the '80s, when author/photographer Kurt Hollander lived in New York and published <I>The Portable Lower East</I>, life there was particularly rough, and cops often drove yellow cabs as a method to surprise and roust its residents. Before the decade ended, Hollander moved to the equally rough climes of Mexico City, making his living writing and photographing for <I>The Guardian</I>, <I>The New York Times</I>, <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, and many other publications.</P><BR><P>Hollander's visual and textual extravaganza, <I>Several Ways to Die in Mexico City</I>, provides a perspective of this extraordinary city that could only have been caught by an observant outsider who lived in all its nooks and crannies for over two decades.</P><BR><P>Crammed with caustic but fair observations of the city's history, food, cults, drugs, and buildings, Hollander proves that he can love a city and culture that also kills its inhabitants softly. The book contains dozens of extraordinary photographs.</P><BR><P>While living high in Mexico City, <B>Kurt Hollander</B> edited <I>poliester</I>, the renowned bilingual art magazine about the Americas. He also directed the feature film <I>Carambola</I> and wrote a successful series of children's books. Grove Press published the <I>Portable Lower East Side </I>anthology in 1994.</P><BR></DIV>