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Readings

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

Pompeii

by Charles Bernstein,

From the June issue of Poetry. The rich men, they know about suffering That comes from natural things, the fate that Rich men say they can’t control, the swell of…

In dreams I kiss your hand, madam

by William Gaddis,

From the introduction to the catalogue of Art4.ru, a contemporary-art museum in Moscow owned by Igor Markin. The museum, in which Markin, a forty-one-year-old plastics magnate, invested $10 million, houses…

Discredit report

by Adam J. Szubin,

I got a Taliban, bro

by Harper’s Staff,

Everybody who’s anybody

by J. Edgar (John Edgar) Hoover,

America, I’ve Given You All

by Allen Ginsberg,

Stupid brave

by Harper’s Staff,

D-Day Cup

Praise to the Swiss Federation

by Gabriel Gudding,

Canal building

Art by Huan Zhang,

Holler back

by Harper’s Staff,

Active metaphors

by George Saunders,

London Apt Fire, 2007

Art by Richard Storms,

Shoot everyone you see

by Harper’s Staff,

Silver Lake Operations #5, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007

by Edward Burtynsky,

Signed, sealed, delivered

by Harper’s Staff,

On not growing up

by Ben Marcus,

When the pie was opened

by Paul Muldoon,

On hitchhiking

by Harry Crews,

Dare not speak our name

Translated by Karen Emmerich,

Radio days

by Jonathan Shainin,

Clinging to guns and religion

by Matthew Murray,

Unnatural history

Art by John Macdonald,

Candid camera

by Harper’s Staff,

E.T.

Art by Craig McPherson,

Strunk and awe

by Harper’s Staff,

Tutti assieme democraticamente

Art by Daniele Galliano,

A Foreign Policy You Can’t Refuse

by John C. Hulsman, A. Wess Mitchell,

By John C. Hulsman and A. Wess Mitchell, from “Pax Corleone,” published in February on the website of The National Interest. Hulsman is a scholar in residence at the German…

Readings

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

Pompeii

In dreams I kiss your hand, madam

No other conceivable option

Russian Arch

Discredit report

I got a Taliban, bro

Everybody who’s anybody

America, I’ve Given You All

Stupid brave

D-Day Cup

Praise to the Swiss Federation

Canal building

Holler back

Active metaphors

London Apt Fire, 2007

Shoot everyone you see

Silver Lake Operations #5, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007

Signed, sealed, delivered

On not growing up

When the pie was opened

On hitchhiking

Dare not speak our name

Radio days

Clinging to guns and religion

Unnatural history

Candid camera

E.T.

Strunk and awe

Tutti assieme democraticamente

A Foreign Policy You Can’t Refuse

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Readings

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Pompeii

In dreams I kiss your hand, madam

No other conceivable option

Russian Arch

Discredit report

I got a Taliban, bro

Everybody who’s anybody

America, I’ve Given You All

Stupid brave

D-Day Cup

Praise to the Swiss Federation

Canal building

Holler back

Active metaphors

London Apt Fire, 2007

Shoot everyone you see

Silver Lake Operations #5, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007

Signed, sealed, delivered

On not growing up

When the pie was opened

On hitchhiking

Dare not speak our name

Radio days

Clinging to guns and religion

Unnatural history

Candid camera

E.T.

Strunk and awe

Tutti assieme democraticamente

A Foreign Policy You Can’t Refuse

August 2008

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