1994 | Page 8 of 15 | Harper's Magazine

From a list of prank phone calls compiled on April Fools’ Day by the receptionist at the Brookfield Zoo, in Brookfield, Illinois. The zoo estimates that it receives 2,000 prank…

L’amour du fromage

by Bruno Gheerbrant,

Teaching little ones about a death in the family

Drawn by P.S. Mueller,

Quitting

by Shelley Ross, Evan Harris,

Harder than it looks

In confidence

Art by Emily Eveleth,

All you need is marketing

by Primo Angeli,

A June of one’s own

by Harper’s Staff,

The myth of competitiveness

The final triumph of the West

by Harper’s Staff,

[untitled]

Art by Yu Youhan,

Archive: 1994

From the Archive

Got it! Thanks for signing up!

Variations on a theme by Queen Nefertete

Unjust desserts

Another fond Nixon memory

Readings

The conservative cave-in

Harper’s index

Morte de Nixon

Letters

Untitled

Shady characters

No. 138

A Chinese box

Honored guest

Death of a giant

Can separate be equal? New answers to an old question about race and schools

Conspicuous consumption

The hanging

Sunday, Tarzan in his hammock

Mono Lake, CA–after snowstorm

A bull market in weirdness

Brookfield’s Merry Pranksters