Readings Archives

Readings

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

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

Reflections on Bullshit

by Harry G. Frankfurt,

Velocity of Money

by Allen Ginsberg,

A visit with Yevtushenko

by William H. Gass,

Readings

by Amy Arbus,

The red cocoon

by Kobo Abe,Translated by Lane Dunlop,

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

The Action of Metaphor

by Leonard Michaels,

Thrusting from the head of Picasso’s goat are bicycle handlebars. They don’t represent anything, but they are goat’s horns, as night is a black bat, metaphorically. Come into the garden…

Shooting a buck

by Richard K. Nelson,

Whoopi’s blue eyes

by Marlaine Glicksman, Spike Lee,

Hope for the small farmer

Drawn by P.S. Mueller,

Nixon

by Sam Snead, George Mendoza,

The fairway tapes

Gorbachev’s next move

by Matthew Evangelista,

Call me entrepreneur

by Harper’s Staff,

I like Harper’s!

by Harper’s Staff,

Pet rocks

by Harper’s Staff,

The Tao of Marin County

by Harper’s Staff,

Jesus freak meets pothead

by Jack Reynolds,

Black-out time

by Harper’s Staff,

The whole town’s whining

Drawn by Peter Hannan,

Outside history

by Lawrence Weschler,

I am bigfoot

by Ron Carlson,

Philip Larkin, with books

by Christopher Barker,

Nebraska

by Ron Hansen,

Little manifesto

by Lori M. Carlson,

Muir on deer

by John Muir,

Readings

Drawn by Sidney Harris,

A woman and her dog

by Harper’s Staff,

Tammy Bakker

by Tammy Faye Bakker,

Maureen Reagan

by Betty Beale,

Readings

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

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Readings

Reflections on Bullshit

Velocity of Money

A visit with Yevtushenko

Readings

The red cocoon

Readings

The Action of Metaphor

Shooting a buck

Whoopi’s blue eyes

Hope for the small farmer

Nixon

Gorbachev’s next move

Call me entrepreneur

I like Harper’s!

Pet rocks

The Tao of Marin County

Jesus freak meets pothead

Black-out time

The whole town’s whining

Outside history

I am bigfoot

Philip Larkin, with books

Nebraska

Little manifesto

Muir on deer

Readings

A woman and her dog

Tammy Bakker

Maureen Reagan

February 1987

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