1989 | Harper's Magazine

Her voice is flat and coolly distant, so I imagine things aren’t over between us. F. said he ran into his former wife in the street, in New York, and…

Readings

by Cindy Sherman,

Coming into clearcut

by Richard K. Nelson,

Why there are financial planners

Drawn by A. Bacall,

Working-Class Heroes No More

by Barbara Ehrenreich,

Unemployment strategies

by Harper’s Staff,

This is your life

by Harper’s Staff,

When is a flag desecrated?

by Ken Knowlton, Barbara Bean Knowlton,

The general’s wife

by Rafael Goldchain,

Rushdie’s words, under guard

by Harper’s Staff,

G-men with attitude

by Milt Ahlerich,

Ceausescu

by Ana Blandiana,

No little prince

Readings

Drawn by Rick Stromoski,

Mr. Wujec goes to Warsaw

by Jerzy Jastrzebowski,Translated by David Ost,

Harper’s index

by Harper’s Staff,

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

Art by Victoria Kann,

Plus fours

by E.R. Galli,

No. 83

by Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton,

Out my computer window

by Hugh Kenner,

Travels in the land of BIX

Archive: 1989

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By the letters

No. 84

Adiós, General

Prophet of a new postmodernism

In Darkest Hollywood

A Political Opiate

Readings

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Try a little tenderness

The good parts

Diary of an Ex

Readings

Coming into clearcut

Why there are financial planners

Working-Class Heroes No More

Unemployment strategies

This is your life

When is a flag desecrated?

The general’s wife

Rushdie’s words, under guard

G-men with attitude

Ceausescu

Readings

Mr. Wujec goes to Warsaw

Harper’s index

Letters

Untitled

Plus fours

No. 83

Out my computer window

December 1989

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