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Archive: 1987

Readings

The Action of Metaphor

Thrusting from the head of Picasso’s goat are bicycle handlebars. They don’t represent anything, but they are goat’s horns, as night is a black bat, metaphorically. Come into the garden…

Shooting a buck

by Richard K. Nelson,

Whoopi’s blue eyes

by Marlaine Glicksman, Spike Lee,

Hope for the small farmer

Drawn by P.S. Mueller,

Nixon

by Sam Snead, George Mendoza,

The fairway tapes

Gorbachev’s next move

by Matthew Evangelista,

Call me entrepreneur

by Harper’s Staff,

I like Harper’s!

by Harper’s Staff,

Pet rocks

by Harper’s Staff,

The Tao of Marin County

by Harper’s Staff,

Jesus freak meets pothead

by Jack Reynolds,

Black-out time

by Harper’s Staff,

The whole town’s whining

Drawn by Peter Hannan,

Outside history

by Lawrence Weschler,

Harper’s index

by Harper’s Staff,

Cautionary tales

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

by Harry Gruyaert,

Archive: 1987

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Readings

The Action of Metaphor

Shooting a buck

Whoopi’s blue eyes

Hope for the small farmer

Nixon

Gorbachev’s next move

Call me entrepreneur

I like Harper’s!

Pet rocks

The Tao of Marin County

Jesus freak meets pothead

Black-out time

The whole town’s whining

Outside history

Harper’s index

Cautionary tales

Letters

Untitled

January 1987

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