Just in time for graduation, a smart and edgy collection of advice for young people from dozens of the most creative and visionary people on the planet. Contributors include: Camille Paglia * Wayne Koestenbaum * Jonathan Ames * Jennifer Belle * Howard Zinn * Joe Dallesandro * Bruce LaBruce * Dr. Laura Schlessinger * Tom Robbins * Judith Butler * Martha Nussbaum Horst * William S. Burroughs * Larry Niven * Veruschka * Lydia Lunch * Spalding Gray * Eileen Myles * Roger Scruton * Ken Kesey Mary Gaitskill * Richard Powers * Mark Dery * Florence King * Mark Simpson * Bob Shacochis * Joanna Scott * Quentin Crisp * Carolyn Chute * Michael Thomas Ford * Alexander Theroux * George Saunders * Charles Baxter * Ian Shoales * Fay Weldon * Bruce Benderson * Scott Russell Sanders * John Shirley * Dr. John Money * Cindy Sherman * Richard Meltzer * Gene Wolfe * Abbie Hoffman * Diane Wakowski * Richard Taylor * Bette Davis * Arthur Nersesian * Jim Harrison * Martha Gellhorn * Lucius Shepard * Dan Jenkins * Steve Stern * Murray Bookchin * John Zerzan * Maurice Vellekoop * Joel-Peter Witkin * Stewart Home * Maxx Ardman * Katharine Hepburn * Bret Lott * Lynda Barry * Alain de Botton * Mary McCarthy * Hakim Bey * Anita O'Day * Chris Kraus * R. U. Sirius * C. D. Payne W. V. Quine * Rita Dove * Robert Creeley * Valerie Martin * Paul Krassner * Alphonso Lingis * Mark Helprin * John Rechy * Ram Dass * William T. Vollmann * Bettie Page