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

Sins of the father

by Peter Sichrovsky,Translated by Jean Steinberg,

About forty years ago, in a high-school English class, I learned that talking about literature, like talking about yourself, incurs some small dangers of self-revelation, even though literary talk is…

The dialectics of dissent

by Miklós Haraszti,

Royal Gorge, Colorado

by David Graham,

The Weathermen, twenty years on

by Peter Marin,

Why Prague?

by Harper’s Staff,

Foggy Bottom agit prop

by Johnathan Miller,

Losing control of our economy

by Michael Moffitt,

The zone of no salutes

by Kent A. Womack,

The geography of election news

by William C. Adams,

Standing up for the banana

by Robert M. Moore,

The black vote

by Harper’s Staff,

We deliver

Readings

Drawn by Edward McLachlan,

Hard sell

by T. C. Boyle,

Toussaint

by Ronald F. Turner,

Short stories

by Daniel Boulanger,Translated by Penny Million Pucelik, Marijo Despréaux Schneider,

Weapons of pessimists

Prophecy

Beijing’s popcorn entrepreneur

by W.J.F. (William John Francis) Jenner, Zhang Xinxin, Sang Ye,Edited by Delia Davin,

[untitled]

by Bill Burke,

Readings

by Bill Burke,

Readings

by Bill Burke,

Readings

Drawn by Robert Haverluck,

Arab walls, reflecting change

by Anton Shammas,Translated by Yael Lotan,

“Who’s had who”

by Susan Bell, Helen Fielding,

Revising Lenin’s legacy

by Fedor Mikhaæilovich Burlaëtìskiæi,

Regan and the rug merchants

by Alan Furman,

Readings

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

Sins of the father

Miami to New York

Bret, like brainstorms

Readings

Fall’s end

Literary Talk

The dialectics of dissent

Royal Gorge, Colorado

The Weathermen, twenty years on

Why Prague?

Foggy Bottom agit prop

Losing control of our economy

The zone of no salutes

The geography of election news

Standing up for the banana

The black vote

Readings

Hard sell

Toussaint

Short stories

Prophecy

Beijing’s popcorn entrepreneur

[untitled]

Readings

Readings

Readings

Arab walls, reflecting change

“Who’s had who”

Revising Lenin’s legacy

Regan and the rug merchants

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Readings

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

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Sins of the father

Miami to New York

Bret, like brainstorms

Readings

Fall’s end

Literary Talk

The dialectics of dissent

Royal Gorge, Colorado

The Weathermen, twenty years on

Why Prague?

Foggy Bottom agit prop

Losing control of our economy

The zone of no salutes

The geography of election news

Standing up for the banana

The black vote

Readings

Hard sell

Toussaint

Short stories

Prophecy

Beijing’s popcorn entrepreneur

[untitled]

Readings

Readings

Readings

Arab walls, reflecting change

“Who’s had who”

Revising Lenin’s legacy

Regan and the rug merchants

January 1988

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