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The sweet hereafter

by Paul Roberts,

Our craving for sugar starves the Everglades and fattens politicians

In defense of the book

by William H. Gass,

On the enduring pleasures of paper, type, page, and ink

Tarnished gold

by Marc Herman,

At Walden Pond

by E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White,

Supply-side journalism

by Seth Ackerman,

An all-American prescription for German unemployment

The kingdom of apples

by David Guterson,

Picking the fruit of immortality in Washington's laden orchards

Beyond Columbine

by Harper’s Staff,

The future of English

by H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken,

How to peel a poem

by Cynthia Huntington, Heather McHugh, Paul Muldoon, Charles Simic,

Five poets dine out on verse

Untitled

by Michael Steele,

Fowl trouble

by Christopher D. Cook,

In the nation's poultry plants, brutality to worker as well as to bird

My countryside, then and now

by Malcolm Cowley,

A study in American evolution

Busted flush

by David Plotz,

South Carolina's video-poker operators run a political machine

Dispatches from a dead war

by Sebastian Junger,

On the island of Cyprus, a hateful peace emerges

Wheaties

by Shane DuBow,

Chasing the ripening harvest across America's Great Plains

Untitled

by Sarah Smith,

Brand you

by Thomas Frank,

Better selling through anthropology

What Hitler wants

by Leon Trotsky,

At war with ourselves

by Michael Hirsh,

In Kosovo, America confronts its own ideals

Burning Olivier

by George Michelsen Foy,

The brief life and private burial of an infant son

Piracy, 1997-98

by Benjamin Soskis,

Russia in the red

by Andrew Meier,

Undone by capitalism, Moscow drifts toward chaos

Death squad diary

by Kate Doyle,

Looking into the secret archives of Guatemala's bureaucracy of murder

Lab notes

by Don Asher,

Experiments in chemistry and jazz

Viral culture

by Mark Kingwell,

A fashionable theory takes the self out of consciousness

The green machine

by Jennifer Kahn,

Is Monsanto sowing the seeds of change, or destruction?

Listening for silence

by Mark Slouka,

Notes on the aural life

Untitled

by Walt Whitman,

Golden lads and chimney-sweepers

by Jonathan Bate,

Curst be he yt moves my bones

by Richard F. Whalen,

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The sweet hereafter

In defense of the book

Tarnished gold

At Walden Pond

Supply-side journalism

The kingdom of apples

Beyond Columbine

The future of English

How to peel a poem

Untitled

Fowl trouble

My countryside, then and now

Busted flush

Dispatches from a dead war

Wheaties

Untitled

Brand you

What Hitler wants

At war with ourselves

Burning Olivier

Piracy, 1997-98

Russia in the red

Death squad diary

Lab notes

Viral culture

The green machine

Listening for silence

Untitled

Golden lads and chimney-sweepers

Curst be he yt moves my bones

November 1999

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