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The illusion of disillusionment

Octopus

by Charis Conn,

What he did was weep. With a convulsive, shredded sound, as if fabric were being rent or animals slaughtered. He was so small that his most solemn sorrowful sounds were…

Absences

by James Conaway,

On losing, by degrees, one's father

Readings may be harmful to your kids

by Tom Engelhardt,

In the Nadirland of today's children's books

The problem with banks? Bankers

by L. J. Davis,

Bad loans, not bad laws, created the current crisis

Fathers, sons, sports

by Scott R. (Scott Russell) Sanders,

The materials below were distributed in March by Michigan State Police headquarters to the state’s local police departments. In January the Michigan state legislature passed a bill that rescinded various…

If he’d only had an Uzi

by Larry Pratt,

Readings

Drawn by P. Steiner,

Evicted

Translated by Melvin Kornfeld,

A Russian Jew's story (again)

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by Harper’s Staff,

Archive: 1991

The illusion of disillusionment

Harper’s index

Achievement test

Letters

Untitled

Burden of proof

No. 102

Octopus

Absences

Readings may be harmful to your kids

The problem with banks? Bankers

Elimination dance

The ultimate tattoo

A new “I do”

Readings

Planning that fabulous night

Fathers and sons

Fathers, sons, sports

Keep this in your lunchbox

Fainting on the farm

Underrating Russia

The wild West Bank

Controlled burn

Readings

Inaccessible events

Now, Give Me My Handgun

If he’d only had an Uzi

Readings

Evicted

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The illusion of disillusionment

Harper’s index

Achievement test

Letters

Untitled

Burden of proof

No. 102

Octopus

Absences

Readings may be harmful to your kids

The problem with banks? Bankers

Elimination dance

The ultimate tattoo

A new “I do”

Readings

Planning that fabulous night

Fathers and sons

Fathers, sons, sports

Keep this in your lunchbox

Fainting on the farm

Underrating Russia

The wild West Bank

Controlled burn

Readings

Inaccessible events

Now, Give Me My Handgun

If he’d only had an Uzi

Readings

Evicted

Harper’s index

July 1991

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