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What Durst didn't know is that the petite blond with the big eyes was not just another fan but one of the most strikingly gifted singers to come along since Mariah Carey. Aguilera, 18, is poised to become pop's next female superstar. Her debut single, Genie in a Bottle, took only a few weeks to rise to No. 1 and is generating the kind of genuine enthusiasm on radio and MTV that doesn't come around much anymore. The song reveals a crystalline voice full of wonderful shadings and with a soulful ring that sets her apart...
...Havana street by California guitarist Ry Cooder, who invited him to sing on a new album he was producing, Buena Vista Social Club. That record became a surprise hit in America, in no small part because of Ferrer's expert work, and led to this, his solo debut. "The Cuban Nat King Cole," as Cooder calls him, now savors a sweet, unexpected stardom. Says he: "I've been able to fix up my house a little." Ferrer is 72, and his voice lacks the strength it once had, but its power is undiminished. "I don't want the flowers...
...Schrank's debut novel, Miracle Man (William Morrow; 290 pages; $13), is a brilliantly observed story about the desire to live in an egalitarian world. The protagonist, Martin Kelly Minter, is a white middle-class son of hippie schoolteachers who finds himself increasingly troubled by the socioeconomic inequality that he sees all around him. He also happens to be a kleptomaniac. Kelly's crusade to redistribute the world's wealth begins when he drops out of Vassar, moves into an illegal sublet in Spanish Harlem and takes a job with the Miracle Moving company, which specializes in relocating rich clients...
...manner that indicates she may be in possession of one of the more outlandishly imaginative minds in contemporary fiction. Richter's book, just out, is being actively promoted by Barnes & Noble and has already far exceeded the retailer's sales expectations. Romantic relationships receive less fantastical treatment in another debut, Ken Foster's The Kind I'm Likely...
...Although the interview may make the debut issue of Ms. Brown?s new venture the hottest item on this week?s newsstands, it?s not entirely clear that it?ll bounce her clear of New York mayor Rudy Giuliani in what?s shaping up to be a closely-contested Senate race. "Her enemies like to cast her as cold, calculating and ambitious, and sharing her own pain in this interview helps to humanize her," says McAllister. "But that won?t necessarily change anyone?s mind about whether or not they want her representing them in the Senate." And -- wouldn...