Harper's Magazine: September 1996

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September 1996

CONTENTS
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	Photo [Cover art] By Len Jenshel (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Deserts; Natural monuments; Roads PDF IMAGES
4-9	Letters/Department Letters On Perchance to dream, from April 1996: Letter By David Foster Wallace On Oh, how happy we will be, from June 1996: Letter By David Hellerstein Letter By Ron Charles Letter By Gina Gionfriddo Letter By Paul Genova On Letters, from July 1996: Letter By David Foster Wallace PDF IMAGES
10-12	Notebook/Article Back to school By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Courts and courtiers; Curricula; Education, Humanistic PDF IMAGES
15	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
17-20	Readings/Article Which democracy should we export? By Thomas Carothers SEE ALSO: Democracy; 1993-; Political development PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Burned by Newt? By Dale Washam SEE ALSO: Claims vs. Newt Gingrich; Contracts; Washam, Dale; Gingrich, Newt; Plagiarism; Political candidates; The Republican Party; Trials, litigation, etc.; Washington (State) PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Collection Readings PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Chester A. Arthur By J. Scott Ament SEE ALSO: Arthur, Chester Alan; Portraits PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Dwight D. Eisenhower By Gregory Araya SEE ALSO: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David); Portraits PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration John Tyler By Sara Connor SEE ALSO: Tyler, John; Portraits PDF IMAGES
20-22	Readings/Article Ken Saro-Wiwa's last laugh By Ken Saro-Wiwa SEE ALSO: Death and burial; Executions and executioners; Saro-Wiwa, Ken; Nigeria; Political corruption; Political prisoners PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Illustration Far above, the faint drone of airplanes headed elsewhere By Michael Ashkin SEE ALSO: Models and modelmaking PDF IMAGES
23-24	Readings/Article Dodging with the Democrats SEE ALSO: The Democratic Party; Interviewing in radio; Political candidates; Talk shows PDF IMAGES Readings/Article 2 sick 2 be 4gotten SEE ALSO: High school students' writings, American; Foster, Kevin; Murderers; Psychology; School yearbooks PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article Taking English for a spin SEE ALSO: Names PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A word from our sponsors SEE ALSO: Radio advertising; Radio broadcasting of sports PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Photo California taco By Rubén Ortiz Torres (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Parade floats PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction Silicon Valley of the dolls By Michael S. (Michael Shawn) Malone PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article Technology and me By Kurt Vonnegut SEE ALSO: Authorship; Automation; Kurt Vonnegut; Writing PDF IMAGES
28-30	Readings/Poem The good son By Kim Robert Stafford PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Collection Readings By Bailey Doogan PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration The hunt By Bailey Doogan SEE ALSO: Human-animal relationships; Hunting; Men PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration The return By Bailey Doogan SEE ALSO: Human-animal relationships; Men PDF IMAGES
30-35	Readings/Article In the grip of obsession By Lauren Slater SEE ALSO: Compulsive behavior; Slater, Lauren; Mental health; Obsessive-compulsive disorder PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Photo The swings on Irish Day By Lynn Hyman Butler (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Coney Island (New York, New York); Swings PDF IMAGES
35	Readings/Collection Readings By Jock Sturges (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Christina, Misty Dawn, and Alisa; Northern California, 1989 By Jock Sturges (Photog.) SEE ALSO: California, Northern PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Christina, Misty Dawn, and Alisa; Northern California, 1994 By Jock Sturges (Photog.) SEE ALSO: California, Northern; Teenage girls PDF IMAGES
37-46	Article True west: Relocating the horizon of the American frontier By Richard Rodriguez SEE ALSO: Homes and haunts—California; Rodriguez, Richard PDF IMAGES
47-54	Fiction The shape of water By Mark Slouka PDF IMAGES
55-62	Article London fog: This precious lottery, these fuddled cows, this England By Nicholas Fraser SEE ALSO: Homes and haunts—England; Lotteries; Fraser, Nicholas PDF IMAGES
64-71	Review Dragon fiction: The (very lucrative) advent of the Christian thriller By Vince Passaro SEE ALSO: Colson, Charles W.; O'Connor, Flannery; Peretti, Frank E.; Gideon's torch (Book); Bayly, Joseph; Burkett, Larry; Robertson, Pat; Meier, Paul D.; The end of the age (Book); The oath (Book); The third millennium (Book); The Thor conspiracy (Book); The violent bear it away (Book); Winterflight (Book) PDF IMAGES
73-75	Article Rat patrol: A saga By Frank Gannon SEE ALSO: Childhood and youth; Explosions; Family; Gannon, Frank; Games PDF IMAGES
79	Double acrostic/Department No. 165 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Red-letter day By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES