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by Sigmund Freud,

A salvo for Lucy Negro

by Harold Bloom,

Every word doth almost tell my name

by Joseph Sobran,

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by Charles Chaplin,

Is Shakespeare dead?

by Mark Twain,

The reproof valiant

by Irvin Matus,

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by Henry James,

Thy countenance shakes spears

by Mark K. Anderson,

As they like it

by Marjorie Garber,

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by Ralph Waldo Emerson,

The lie with circumstance

by Daniel Wright,

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by Walt Whitman,

The sweet swan

by Gail Kern Paster,

A never writer

by Tom Bethell,

A son in shadow

by Fred D’Aguiar,

Remembering, in fragments, a lost parent

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On the bayou, cockfighting remains undefeated

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by Arthur Miller,

Notes on the past and future of American theater

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Minnesota elects a toy governor

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by David Samuels,

Small bets at long odds on thin greyhounds

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At sea with 90,000 tons of diplomacy

But is it advertising? Capitalist realism at the Clio Awards

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Scribble, scribble, scribble

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The literary impulse, its despair and delight

Sailing out of Panama

by Patrick Symmes,

The American empire discards an obsolete canal

Still life

by Mary Gordon,

Notes on Pierre Bonnard and my mother's ninetieth birthday

Up in smoke

by Ted C. Fishman,

The suckers bring the money; Wall Street supplies the matches

Home after dark

by Jayne Anne Phillips,

A funeral for three girls in Kentucky

The Radioactive Boy Scout

by Ken Silverstein,

When a teenager attempts to build a breeder reactor

Foundering father

by Alexander Hamilton,Edited by Lewis H. Lapham,

A 1797 confession of adultery

Let them eat nutri-cake

by Sheldon Rampton,

Merriam-Webster thinks our "biosolids" don't stink

Goodbye to all that

by Christopher Hitchens,

Why Americans are not taught history

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Untitled

A salvo for Lucy Negro

Every word doth almost tell my name

Untitled

Is Shakespeare dead?

The reproof valiant

Untitled

Thy countenance shakes spears

As they like it

Untitled

The lie with circumstance

Untitled

The sweet swan

A never writer

A son in shadow

Enter the chicken

On Broadway

An action figure for all seasons

Going to the dogs

The pilot’s tale

But is it advertising? Capitalist realism at the Clio Awards

Scribble, scribble, scribble

Sailing out of Panama

Still life

Up in smoke

Home after dark

The Radioactive Boy Scout

Foundering father

Let them eat nutri-cake

Goodbye to all that

April 1999

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