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Few men are so disinterested as to prefer to live in discomfort under a government which they hold to be right, rather than in comfort under one which they hold to be…

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

Art by Michael C. Witte,

Findings

by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

A gay penguin couple in China’s Polar Land zoo were ostracized by other penguins and then placed in a separate enclosure after they made repeated attempts to steal the eggs…

Upgrades

by Harper’s Staff,

Art is

by Benjamin Moser,

The audacity of still life

Unbeliever in the impossible

by Robyn Creswell,

The poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

The world of cheese

by Joseph O’Neill,

Bearing Arms

by Benjamin Busch,

The serious boy at war

The Murder of Leo Tolstoy

by Elif Batuman,

A forensic investigation

Sick in the Head

by Luke Mitchell,

Why America won't get the health-care system it needs

Study for memory lane

Art by Martin Mull,

Wow, Fiction Works!

by Colson Whitehead,

By Colson Whitehead, from “James Root on How to Read,” part of a talk delivered last July at the Tin House Writers Workshop, in Portland, Oregon. Sag Harbor, Whitehead’s fourth…

Briefly noted

by Harper’s Staff,

Krisuvik geothermal field, Iceland

by Joan Myers,

Smooth operator

by Harper’s Staff,

Otherwhere

by Claire Bateman,

The estrangement

by Jamaica Kincaid,

You didn’t have to shoot the kid

by Harper’s Staff,

Hard labor

by Harper’s Staff,

Plaza

Art by Linden Frederick,

By chance, of course

by Wendell Berry,

The war on telephone poles

by Eula Biss,

Ill NiÃ±o/Irving Plaza

by Georgi Tushev,

Dream studio

Art by Olive Ayhens,

Tool time

by John Kurtz,

God Is My Shelter

by Daniel Rothenberg,

By Kazim, a Shia resident of Amara, Iraq, from a personal narrative recorded by the Current Violations in Iraq Project. Directed by Daniel Rothenberg of the International Human Rights Law…

Harper’s index

by Harper’s Staff,

A quibble

by Mark Slouka,

Archive: 2009

Harper’s index

Achievetrons

Letters

Untitled

Findings

Upgrades

Art is

Unbeliever in the impossible

The world of cheese

Bearing Arms

The Murder of Leo Tolstoy

Sick in the Head

Study for memory lane

Wow, Fiction Works!

Briefly noted

Krisuvik geothermal field, Iceland

Smooth operator

Otherwhere

The estrangement

You didn’t have to shoot the kid

Hard labor

Plaza

By chance, of course

The war on telephone poles

Ill NiÃ±o/Irving Plaza

Dream studio

Tool time

God Is My Shelter

Harper’s index

A quibble

Debug

Archive: 2009

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Harper’s index

Achievetrons

Letters

Untitled

Findings

Upgrades

Art is

Unbeliever in the impossible

The world of cheese

Bearing Arms

The Murder of Leo Tolstoy

Sick in the Head

Study for memory lane

Wow, Fiction Works!

Briefly noted

Krisuvik geothermal field, Iceland

Smooth operator

Otherwhere

The estrangement

You didn’t have to shoot the kid

Hard labor

Plaza

By chance, of course

The war on telephone poles

Ill NiÃ±o/Irving Plaza

Dream studio

Tool time

God Is My Shelter

Harper’s index

A quibble

March 2009

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