Great news for Oprah Noodlemantra’s Book Club–the marvelous Darlene Cates, who portrayed Bonnie Grape, mother of Gilbert and Arnie, in WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE, will be responding to questions posed by the members of the Zone’s book club in connection with their current discussion of the novel. ONBC moderators Liz and DeppintheHeartofTexas will be accepting readers’ suggestions for questions; if you would like to participate, email your questions to jdzonbc@yahoo.com by Friday, April 20th. “Depending on how many questions we receive, we may not be able to use each and every question, and similar questions may be combined,” say the moderators. Look for the answers from Darlene, who calls herself “Johnny’s biggest fan,” on ONBC in May. Congratulations to DITHOT and Liz–we’re very proud of you and ONBC! –Part-Time Poet