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Is Shakespeare dead?

by Mark Twain,

The reproof valiant

by Irvin Matus,

Untitled

by Henry James,

Thy countenance shakes spears

by Mark K. Anderson,

As they like it

by Marjorie Garber,

Untitled

by Ralph Waldo Emerson,

The lie with circumstance

by Daniel Wright,

Untitled

by Walt Whitman,

The sweet swan

by Gail Kern Paster,

A never writer

by Tom Bethell,

The ghost of Shakespeare

by Harper’s Staff,

A son in shadow

by Fred D’Aguiar,

Remembering, in fragments, a lost parent

Enter the chicken

by Burkhard Bilger,

On the bayou, cockfighting remains undefeated

On Broadway

by Arthur Miller,

Notes on the past and future of American theater

An action figure for all seasons

by Dennis Cass,

Minnesota elects a toy governor

Going to the dogs

by David Samuels,

Small bets at long odds on thin greyhounds

Insomnia: six poems

by Jorge Luis Borges,

The pilot’s tale

by Matthew Klam,

At sea with 90,000 tons of diplomacy

Album

Art by Janet Bloch,

[untitled]

by Andrea Robbins, Max Becher,

But is it advertising? Capitalist realism at the Clio Awards

by Jonathan Dee,

Scribble, scribble, scribble

by Nicholas Delbanco,

The literary impulse, its despair and delight

Nickel-and-Dimed

by Barbara Ehrenreich,

On (not) getting by in America

The world upside down

by Sabina Spaldi,

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

Naked states

by Spencer Tunick,

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

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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

The ghost of Shakespeare

A son in shadow

Enter the chicken

On Broadway

An action figure for all seasons

Going to the dogs

Insomnia: six poems

The pilot’s tale

Album

[untitled]

But is it advertising? Capitalist realism at the Clio Awards

Scribble, scribble, scribble

Nickel-and-Dimed

The world upside down

Sailing out of Panama

Still life

Up in smoke

Naked states

Home after dark

The Radioactive Boy Scout

April 1999

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