2003 | Page 4 of 14 | Harper's Magazine

The following letter was sent to the pope last October by Lionel Poiliâne, a prominent French baker who died in a helicopter crash later that month. Translated from the French…

Tattoos

by Rafael Pérez Estrada,Translated by Steven J. Stewart,

You Can Run But You Can’t Hide

by Sheng’an Wang,

From Olympic Security English, published by the Chinese People’s Public Security University Press. The book is the basis of a three-month English course designed to help Beijing police officers prepare…

Early buds #1

Art by Judith Belzer,

E.T. Block Call

by Harper’s Staff,

From 100,000 messages for space aliens received by Team Encounter, a Houston aerospace company. The company periodically beams these “cosmic calls” into space as radio broadcasts and plans to launch…

Today is yesterday tomorrow

Art by Mamma Andersson,

Clause 21

by Oz Shelach,

Archive: 2003

Letters

Untitled

Playing around

Dedicated dodecahedron

Sounds and sweet airs

A mind so fine

New books

The moment they were waiting for

As though truth were a fool

Where the Taliban roam

On the frontiers of fund-raising

A masterpiece of loathing

Against school

Family statement

Oh Canada! Oh!

Chair and Cup

Beware of Dogg

Prayer to the aardwolf

This Is My Body, Have Seconds

Tattoos

Outrun memory

Hotel on Baltic, hourly rates

Oak wood is strong

Expecting to fly

I fought the law

You Can Run But You Can’t Hide

Early buds #1

E.T. Block Call

Today is yesterday tomorrow

Clause 21

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Archive: 2003

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Letters

Untitled

Playing around

Dedicated dodecahedron

Sounds and sweet airs

A mind so fine

New books

The moment they were waiting for

As though truth were a fool

Where the Taliban roam

On the frontiers of fund-raising

A masterpiece of loathing

Against school

Family statement

Oh Canada! Oh!

Chair and Cup

Beware of Dogg

Prayer to the aardwolf

This Is My Body, Have Seconds

Tattoos

Outrun memory

Hotel on Baltic, hourly rates

Oak wood is strong

Expecting to fly

I fought the law

You Can Run But You Can’t Hide

Early buds #1

E.T. Block Call

Today is yesterday tomorrow

Clause 21

October 2003

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