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The bones of Muzhiks

by Francine Prose,

Isaac Babel gets lost in translation

On drugs

by Daniel Kunitz,

Gateways to gnosis, or bags of glue?

Cold verities

by Lee Siegel,

The chilly ethics of American pragmatism

The Adams tyranny

by Richard N. Rosenfeld,

Lost lessons from the early republic

The quality lit game

by George Plimpton,

Remembering Terry Southern

Up from extremism

by Kevin Baker,

Getting it wrong about the American right

The second coming of Richard Yates

by Lee Siegel,

Neo-naturalism and the inescapable past

Endlessly talking

by Guy Davenport,

After a century, Whitman's selected chat

Interior decoration

by Mark Kingwell,

Politics as lifestyle accessory

The chairman has left the building

by Michael Thomas,

A new book about Alan Greenspan opts for access over insight

People of the book

by Guy Davenport,

A new history of all King James's men

A buried life

by Kevin Baker,

The pleasures and pitfalls of WASP reticence

Out of print

by Michael Korda,

Publishing's future, seen from the inside

Paris is boring

by Cristina Nehring,

Claiming France for the new homebodies

Seize the Day Job

by Lee Siegel,

Sacrificing Saul Bellow on the altar of one's own career

Snuff fiction

by Wilton Barnhardt,

Dennis Cooper, gay humorist?

Death

by Arthur Krystal,

It's what ails you

Flowers of greed

by Matthew Mills Stevenson,

Tulips in the ages of exuberance

A brave old world

by Russell Jacoby,

Looking forward to a nineteenth-century utopia

The politics of getting it wrong

by Melvin A. (Melvin Allan) Goodman,

A new book doesn't prove what the CIA thinks it proves about the agency's performance at the end of the Cold War

Dead man writing

by Pico Iyer,

The strange, haunted world of W.G. Sebald

Death of a nation

by Anthony Walton,

Remembering Elijah Muhammad, true American

Don’t judge his heart

by James S. Bowman,

Is our notion of the founding fathers' "characters" relevant material for history?

The glory of J.F. Powers

by Donna Tartt,

A writer's work is resurrected

A life in the maze

by Guy Davenport,

Tim Hilton's new book on John Ruskin completes the two-volume biography of a Victorian giant

To the dot-com station

by Thomas Frank,

Rebranding Britain with American quackery

One man as an island

by Michael Korda,

How Winston Churchill saved the world

Revising Vietnam, again

by James William Gibson,

A new history argues that Kennedy might have pulled us out

Arcadian adventures

by Mark Kingwell,

Walter Benjamin, the connoisseur of everyday life

Connubial abyss

by Kathryn Harrison,

The mysterious narrative of marriage

Reviews

Insight on the latest books, films, theater, and music.

The bones of Muzhiks

On drugs

Cold verities

The Adams tyranny

The quality lit game

Up from extremism

The second coming of Richard Yates

Endlessly talking

Interior decoration

The chairman has left the building

People of the book

A buried life

Out of print

Paris is boring

Seize the Day Job

Snuff fiction

Death

Flowers of greed

A brave old world

The politics of getting it wrong

Dead man writing

Death of a nation

Don’t judge his heart

The glory of J.F. Powers

A life in the maze

To the dot-com station

One man as an island

Revising Vietnam, again

Arcadian adventures

Connubial abyss

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The bones of Muzhiks

On drugs

Cold verities

The Adams tyranny

The quality lit game

Up from extremism

The second coming of Richard Yates

Endlessly talking

Interior decoration

The chairman has left the building

People of the book

A buried life

Out of print

Paris is boring

Seize the Day Job

Snuff fiction

Death

Flowers of greed

A brave old world

The politics of getting it wrong

Dead man writing

Death of a nation

Don’t judge his heart

The glory of J.F. Powers

A life in the maze

To the dot-com station

One man as an island

Revising Vietnam, again

Arcadian adventures

Connubial abyss

November 2001

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