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From hundreds of letters sent to Casey Anthony, a twenty-four-year-old Florida woman arrested in 2008 on charges of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. Florida’s state attorney’s office, which released the…

Squawkeye state

by Harper’s Staff,

Filly

Art by Karin Mamma Andersson,

Speak, Money

by Roger D. Hodge,

From The Mendacity of Hope: Barack Obama and the Betrayal of American Liberalism (HarperCollins). Hodge is the former editor of Harper’s Magazine. As we prepare yet another round of offerings…

Ready to fly

Art by Pang-Chieh Hsu,

The nukes of hazard

by Harper’s Staff,

A new examiner

by David Foster Wallace,

Sad lieutenant

by Stanley A. McChrystal,

Plight Simulator

by Harper’s Staff,

Lines of dialogue from a test version of the First Person Cultural Trainer, a computer game developed by a research team at the University of Texas at Dallas. The game…

Red squares

by Harper’s Staff,

Trouble Helix

by Harper’s Staff,

From posts on the private message board for 23andMe, a company that sells mail-in genetic-testing kits. In June, 23andMe accidentally mixed up the test results of as many as ninety-six…

Nitrogen cycle/10 Reds

Art by Leslie Shows,

Critique of pure semen

by Frédéric Pagés,Translated by Wes Enzinna,

Pop science

by Eben Klemm,

I want my life back

by Harper’s Staff,

The orphan lamb

by Amy Hempel,

[untitled]

Art by Andrew Sendor,

The Arganzuela family

Art by Andrew Sendor,

Jacques and Jacqueline

Art by Andrew Sendor,

Los malos

Translated by David Noriega,

Lightning fields 128

by Hiroshi Sugimoto,

Blue Ridge by headlights

Art by Tom McGrath,

A Dozen Dawn Songs, Plus One

by Philip Levine,

First the windows gray, then go black again, but gray is on the way. Williams lights up and says, It’s on the way, but I can’t hear him over the…

In a Watery Mood

by Arabella Kurtz, J. M. Coetzee,

From an email exchange between psychologist Arabella Kurtz and novelist J. M. Coetzee

Squiffy swadgers

by Harper’s Staff,

Trying to get a handle on it

Art by Daniel Peddle,

Salisbury stakes

by Philip Breeden, Martin Longden,

Frank talk

Edited by Lawrence W. Levine, Cornelia R. Levine,

Condemned to Delete It

by Harper’s Staff,

From edits to history and social-studies curriculum guidelines proposed this year by Texas State Board of Education member Don McLeroy, who was defeated in the Republican primary in March. Jean…

Readings

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

One hellish choice

Dear Casey

Squawkeye state

Filly

Speak, Money

Ready to fly

The nukes of hazard

A new examiner

Sad lieutenant

Plight Simulator

Red squares

Trouble Helix

Nitrogen cycle/10 Reds

Critique of pure semen

Pop science

I want my life back

The orphan lamb

[untitled]

The Arganzuela family

Jacques and Jacqueline

Los malos

Lightning fields 128

Blue Ridge by headlights

A Dozen Dawn Songs, Plus One

In a Watery Mood

Squiffy swadgers

Trying to get a handle on it

Salisbury stakes

Frank talk

Condemned to Delete It

Debug

Readings

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

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One hellish choice

Dear Casey

Squawkeye state

Filly

Speak, Money

Ready to fly

The nukes of hazard

A new examiner

Sad lieutenant

Plight Simulator

Red squares

Trouble Helix

Nitrogen cycle/10 Reds

Critique of pure semen

Pop science

I want my life back

The orphan lamb

[untitled]

The Arganzuela family

Jacques and Jacqueline

Los malos

Lightning fields 128

Blue Ridge by headlights

A Dozen Dawn Songs, Plus One

In a Watery Mood

Squiffy swadgers

Trying to get a handle on it

Salisbury stakes

Frank talk

Condemned to Delete It

October 2010

Debug