COVER STORY
In case y'all haven't noticed, the South has risen again and, in celebration
of that event, we bring you The Girls of the New South. The girl in the Confederate
cap is also this month's Playmate, Lisa Sohm. She was shot by Staff Photographer
Dwight Hooker, a distant relative of General Joseph Hooker, the Union general,
who allegedly had such a relaxed attitude toward ladies of the night that his
last name became synonymous with ... well, you know. That concludes this month's
apocryphal history lesson.
3 PLAYBILL
11 DEAR PLAYBOY
21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
24 MUSIC
Wings Over America waxed; the latest from movie and TV screens.
30 BOOKS
Newest works by Joan Didion, Erica Jong, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Reeves,
William Kotzwinkle and Walker Percy reviewed.
38 MOVIES
Fellini debunks Casanova; Hemingway well served by Scott; Oscar contender Robert
De Niro talks —a little.
48 THEATER
Carte Blanche, says Kenneth Tynan, the man who put it together, should inspire
erections.
53 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
57 PLAYBOY SEX POLL . . . HOWARD SMITH and BRIAN VAN DER HORST
This month's question: "What would you want an aphrodisiac to do for you
and for your lover?"
63 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
69 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: GARY GILMORE—candid conversation
A chilling talk with the Utah killer who wanted to get -hisself capital punished---and
did, on January 17. A study in criminal pathology that challenges conventional
wisdom about rehabilitation and imprisonment.
94 HOWARD HUGHES: INSIDE HIS SECRET FILES—article .. LAURENCE GONZALES
and LARRY DUBOIS
Finally, documentation of the eccentric billionaires bizarre lifestyle, his
drug habit, his -keepers--and his missing will.
99 ARTFUL BUNNY—pictorial
You met Jennifer Edl in Bunnies of '76. Now see more of her—and her erotic
sculptures.
107 SWEATING GOLD—article JAY ROSENSTEIN
An intrepid sports sleuth reveals how much Broadway Joe, Catfish, Dr. J. and
Jimmy Connors really earn. It ain't hay.
108 IT'S ROUGH OUT THERE—attire David PLATT
How to stay dry and fashionable when the weather isn't cooperating.
114 VOYAGES OF A MILE-HIGH FILLE DE JOIE—fiction JUDITH JOHNSON SHERWIN
A Swiftian (but sexy) satire about the adventures of a Brobdingnagian lady.
116 AMBITIOUS MISS—playboy's playmate of the month Lisa Sohm knows exactly what she wants out of life—and with her qualifications
it ought to be a snap.
128 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
131 THE HITE REPORT: WHAT DO WOMEN REALLY WANT?—article BARBARA NELLIS
A conversation with Shere Hite, the controversial author who got women talking
about how they achieve orgasm.
133 "CARTE BLANCHE"—pictorial
A close-up view of Kenneth Tynan's new (and nude) sequel to Oh! Calcutta!
138 MY WEEKEND OF FLASHY ORGASMS—article Dan Greenburg
Our tireless investigator dips his wick and his psyche in Sandstone's communal
Jacuzzi.
142 THE GIRLS OF THE NEW SOUTH—pictorial PETER ROSS RANGE
Peanuts and Presidents aren't the only regional products worth exporting—a
tantalizing look at today's belles, with text by a former good ole boy.
153 LETTERS OF GALLANTRY—ribald classic
155 PLAYBOY MUSIC '77—survey
A noteworthy wrap-up, including results of the Playboy Music Poll, a look at
the year that was and a bunch of off-the-wall tributes.
164 THE NEW SHAPE OF TAPE—modern living NORMAN EISENBERG
What's happening in cassettes and open-reel equipment.
167 CORDIALLY INVITING—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG
Liqueurs—in more delicious flavors than Baskin-Robbins has.
169 LITTLE Annie FANNY—satire .. HARVEY KURTZMAN and WILL ELDER
214 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI
242 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE
Up-to-the-minute flashes on what's happening, where and with whom.
