1993 | Page 3 of 14 | Harper's Magazine

A journey through south China, land of capitalist miracles, where yesterday's rice paddy becomes tomorrow's metropolis, and a thousand factories bloom

Three ways to die from the fifties

by Robert Olen Butler,

Leaves

by Charles Simic,

Leaf pattern, sea grape tree, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida

by William Neill,

Leftovers

by Italo Calvino,Translated by Tim Parks,

Hard truths about concrete

by Peter Schjeldahl,

Giving it to the man, with relish

by Tim Archibald,

The very late edition

by Luke Jaeger, Shoshana Marchand,

The moron lobby strikes again

by Darlene Lieblich,

My dear John Deere

by Ronald L. O’Halloran, Park Elliott Dietz,

Hot feet

by Harper’s Staff,

The abdominizer

Art by William Scarbrough,

[untitled]

Art by William Scarbrough,

The gasmaster

Art by William Scarbrough,

The gutslicer

Art by William Scarbrough,

Readings

by Judy Olausen,

The grunge diet

by Lisa Carver,

The flood’s forgotten victims

by Deborah Efron,

Clash of the middle classes

by Alan Wolfe,

Beverly Hills mansion envy?

by Harper’s Staff,

When actors think really, really hard

by Eric Stoltz, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Modine,

Archive: 1993

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Harper’s index

Yellow brick road

Letters

Untitled

Lights fantastic

No. 130

Memories Held in Check

A note on the type

Faulty diagnosis

Going to see the dragon

Three ways to die from the fifties

Leaves

Leaf pattern, sea grape tree, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida

Leftovers

Hard truths about concrete

Giving it to the man, with relish

The very late edition

The moron lobby strikes again

My dear John Deere

Hot feet

The abdominizer

[untitled]

The gasmaster

The gutslicer

Readings

The grunge diet

The flood’s forgotten victims

Clash of the middle classes

Beverly Hills mansion envy?

When actors think really, really hard

November 1993

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