Playboy April 1977

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.