Readings Archives

Readings

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

The tree

by August Kleinzahler,

Being there, writing here

by Clifford Geertz,

Events in the skies

by Doris May Lessing,

Readings

by Robert Glenn Ketchum,

God’s policy

by Harper’s Staff,

Sports’ GNP

by Harper’s Staff,

1-800-CALL-SPY

by Harper’s Staff,

From a flyer recently distributed to all Army personnel by the Army Intelligence and Security Command. The hotline has received 19,000 calls since it was established last winter. !!! ESPIONAGE…

Professor Spook

by Stanley Moskowitz,

Ronnie’s big day

by Michael K. Deaver,

Readings

Drawn by Denis Dowland,

The profit in work’s pleasure

by Wendell Berry,

Hunt

Art by Mark Dean,

Hunting in earnest

by Edward Abbey,

Readings

by Anders S. Nordström,

Gorilla tales

by Donald E. McLeod,

Word perfect

by Jeremy P. Tarcher,

New naval options

by Harper’s Staff,

Art and money

by Harper’s Staff,

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

First we set up the chairs

by Ariel Dorfman,

Readings

by Terry Yank,

AIDS alert

by Harper’s Staff,

How Republicans “Spread” AIDS

by Chuck Rund,

From an internal memorandum leaked by an employee of Charlton Research, a political consulting firm in San Francisco that has done work for the Republican party. The memo was leaked…

A short history of love

by Lawrence Stone,

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

The “that’s old news” strategy

by John Thorner,

Readings

Drawn by Tom Toles,

On thinking through a little problem

by William H. Gass,

The function of winter

by Jay Parini,

Taking inventory on the Dumont Farm, Wellman, Iowa, 1985

by Stephen Shames,

Readings

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

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The tree

Being there, writing here

Events in the skies

Readings

God’s policy

Sports’ GNP

1-800-CALL-SPY

Professor Spook

Ronnie’s big day

Readings

The profit in work’s pleasure

Hunt

Hunting in earnest

Readings

Gorilla tales

Word perfect

New naval options

Art and money

Readings

First we set up the chairs

Readings

AIDS alert

How Republicans “Spread” AIDS

A short history of love

Readings

The “that’s old news” strategy

Readings

On thinking through a little problem

The function of winter

Taking inventory on the Dumont Farm, Wellman, Iowa, 1985

March 1988

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