Readings Archives

Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

Readings

by Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher,

Tama’s mama

by Phyllis Janowitz,

Long distance

by Edna O’Brien,

In the land of the dream catchers

by Jan Holland,

Readings

Art by David Cowles,

Readings

Art by David Cowles,

[untitled]

by Harper’s Staff,

Muttonchops Need Not Apply

by Harper’s Staff,

From “The Disney Look,” a set of guidelines on personal appearance distributed to all new employees of Walt Disney World Company. The AFL-CIO filed grievances on behalf of three employees…

We fax pizzas

Drawn by Ted Martin,

Nick’s barber shop

by Bernard Cooper,

Come and gone

by Verlyn Klinkenborg,

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona

by Eliot Porter,

Sunset clouds, New Mexico

by Eliot Porter,

[untitled]

by Harper’s Staff,

Personals Ad

by Allen Ginsberg,

AIDS, mourning, and action

by Michael Feingold,

Teaching AIDS

by Harper’s Staff,

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

Motivating tools

by Harper’s Staff,

How I learned to stop worrying

by Harper’s Staff,

Zaire

by François Lusanga Ngiele,Translated by Peter Rosenblum,

"now I wait for death"

Nine faces

Art by Yasumasa Morimura,

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

What’s central to Central Europe?

by Erazim V. Kohák,

Urban beast

Art by Luis Cruz Azaceta,

The lady in the van

by Alan Bennett,

Death of a right fielder

by Stuart Dybek,

Death of an umpire

Art by Elbert Davis,

Short-term memories

by William L. Ladson,

The canon and the wisdom of the East

by Arthur Coleman Danto,

Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

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Readings

Tama’s mama

Long distance

In the land of the dream catchers

Readings

Readings

[untitled]

Muttonchops Need Not Apply

We fax pizzas

Nick’s barber shop

Come and gone

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona

Sunset clouds, New Mexico

[untitled]

Personals Ad

AIDS, mourning, and action

Teaching AIDS

Readings

Motivating tools

How I learned to stop worrying

Zaire

Nine faces

Readings

What’s central to Central Europe?

Urban beast

The lady in the van

Death of a right fielder

Death of an umpire

Short-term memories

The canon and the wisdom of the East

June 1990

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