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

Elementary school

by ,Translated by Dorna Khazeni,

Most Favored Nation

by Harper’s Staff,

From a memorandum of conversation for a meeting held in Beijing on February 17, 1973, attended by U.S. National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, Chairman Mao Zedong, Prime Minister Zhou Enlai,…

Untitled (spray)

Art by Kenichi Yokono,

Boys

by Frederick Seidel,

SchÃ¶ner tag 2 (beautiful day 2)

Art by Sven Kroner,

Former Detroit Public Schools Book Depository

by James D. Griffioen,

The utopian wars

by Thomas Lux,

A great amnesia

by Marilynne Robinson,

Obsession

Art by Sandow Birk,

The depravities of war

Art by Sandow Birk,

Invasion

Art by Sandow Birk,

Investigation

Art by Sandow Birk,

Red fog

by Leonard Schwartz,

Magee Field

Art by Lli Wilburn,

Foul ball

by Harper’s Staff,

Knowing is half the battle

by Travis Patriquin,

War gigs

by Harper’s Staff,

Sprawl

by Danielle Dutton,

Tiny dancer

Art by Eric Zener,

Terms of enslavement

by Harper’s Staff,

Where everybody knows your name

by Harper’s Staff,

Dog-eared afternoon

by Harper’s Staff,

Simiform-6

by Tim Flach,

The destiny of Borges

by Tomás Abraham, Alejandro Rússovich, Enrique Eduardo Marí,Translated by Jennifer Acker,

Encyclopedia of horror

by Charles Simic,

Understory flareups

by Laura McPhee,

Monkey shines

Translated by Jina Moore NV,

The evidence of things not seen

by David Berlinski,

Pan American Terminal, Kennedy Airport

by Enoc Pérez,

Autoportrait

by Edouard Levé,Translated by Lorin Stein,

Readings

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

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Elementary school

Most Favored Nation

Untitled (spray)

Boys

SchÃ¶ner tag 2 (beautiful day 2)

Former Detroit Public Schools Book Depository

The utopian wars

A great amnesia

Obsession

The depravities of war

Invasion

Investigation

Red fog

Magee Field

Foul ball

Knowing is half the battle

War gigs

Sprawl

Tiny dancer

Terms of enslavement

Where everybody knows your name

Dog-eared afternoon

Simiform-6

The destiny of Borges

Encyclopedia of horror

Understory flareups

Monkey shines

The evidence of things not seen

Pan American Terminal, Kennedy Airport

Autoportrait

May 2008

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