Little areas of light staining on book ledge Random House, 1991, 284 pages Former managing editor for the legendary Texas Observer, longtime reporter for The New York Times, and essayist on the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, Molly Ivins is known for her bracing wit and sheer verbal energy. Filled with illuminating commentary, hilarious anecdotes, and sharp words for fat cats everywhere, Ivin offers a rip-roaring good time from first page to last.