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A Journal of Human Lactation study of 666 Spanish women correlated the number of months a child spends breast-feeding with the length of the mother’s education, a study in PAIN…

3 down and counting

by Harper’s Staff,

Speakeasy

by Joshua Cohen,

A Czech’s boozy refuge from writer’s bloc

Man of the World

by Terry Eagleton,

Christopher Hitchens's marks and misses

New books

by Larry McMurtry,

The good Samaritan

by Joyce Carol Oates,

A Rising Tide

by Andrew Marantz,

Planning the future of a sinking island

American Vespers

by Earl Shorris,

The ebbing of the body politic

Drip, Jordan

by Ben Ehrenreich,

Israel’s water war with Palestine

Abraham’s Children

by Bernard Avishai,

Toward a right of return for Palestinians

The Accidental Universe

by Alan Lightman,

Science’s crisis of faith

Card 19

by Brenda Shaughnessy,

The sun

Readings

by Ralph Eugene Meatyard,

The first venom

by Ben Marcus,

The war on error

by Abu ‘Adnan Suhail,

History deletes itself

by Hans-Ulrich Obrist,

Tompkins Square Park riot, 1988

by Ai Weiwei,

The forced estate

by Harper’s Staff,

Representative democracy

by Harper’s Staff,

[untitled]

by Amy Elkins,

Zak (second row, university team captain), Princeton, NJ

by Amy Elkins,

Dan (wing/fullback), New Haven, CT

by Amy Elkins,

Double zoo

by Roland Barthes,Translated by Andrew Brown,

Schatzsuche (treasure hunt)

by Andreas Meichsner,

A very palpable hit

by Harper’s Staff,

The decline of gossip

by Joseph Epstein,

Harper’s index

by Harper’s Staff,

Easy chair

by Harper’s Staff,

More Government, Please!

by Thomas Frank,

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Archive: 2011

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Findings

3 down and counting

Speakeasy

Man of the World

New books

The good Samaritan

A Rising Tide

American Vespers

Drip, Jordan

Abraham’s Children

The Accidental Universe

Card 19

Readings

The first venom

The war on error

History deletes itself

Tompkins Square Park riot, 1988

The forced estate

Representative democracy

[untitled]

Zak (second row, university team captain), Princeton, NJ

Dan (wing/fullback), New Haven, CT

Double zoo

Schatzsuche (treasure hunt)

A very palpable hit

The decline of gossip

Harper’s index

Easy chair

More Government, Please!

Letters

December 2011

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