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Every sweatshop has a silver lining

by Lee Siegel,

Happiness is a PBS documentary on New York

Our daily bread

by Frederick Kaufman,

On the triumph of American gastrosophy

Our man on Capri

by Michael Korda,

Remembering Graham Greene

Urban philosopher

by Michael Lind,

A walking tour of Lewis Mumford

Exile on Main Street

by Jonathan Dee,

A Russian writer tries his hand at the Great American Novel

Eyes Wide Shut

by Lee Siegel,

What the critics failed to see in Kubrick’s last film

It’s globalicious! Two servings, half-baked, of the new economy

by Thomas Frank,

Thus spoke Jedediah

by Roger D. Hodge,

The distilled wisdom of a cornpone prophet

I know why the caged bird cannot read

by Francine Prose,

How American high school students learn to loathe literature

Unlikely stories

by Vince Passaro,

The quiet renaissance of American short fiction

The reanimators

by Jonathan Dee,

On the art of literary graverobbing

Unmaking Friends

by Christopher Hitchens,

Norman Podhoretz as crumb

The old man and the manuscript

by Tom Jenks,

Hemingway, in his last book, writes his own sad epitaph

The criminal within

by Albert Mobilio,

A genre of how-to manuals indulges our darkest fantasies

The unsparing vision of Don Delillo

by Vince Passaro,

In his new novel, Underworld, an American fresco

Made men of letters

by Albert Mobilio,

Our thing about the Cosa Nostra

Black letters on a white page

by Vince Passaro,

In a new compendium of African American literature, a world of politics

The Encyclopedia of Insanity

by L. J. Davis,

A psychiatric handbook lists a madness for everyone

A flapping of scolds

by Vince Passaro,

The literary establishment descends on T.S. Eliot

Dragon fiction

by Vince Passaro,

The (very lucrative) advent of the Christian thriller

Cliffhangers

by Bruce Barcott,

The fatal descent of the mountain-climbing memoir

To make a cow laugh

by Gene Lyons,

A bad book about the phony Whitewater scandal

New flash from an old isle

by Vince Passaro,

Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel exhibits Britain's literary vigor

Modern Victorians

by Marilynne Robinson,

Dressing politics in the costume of history

Notions of ideas. Intellectual histories, fine and rare

by Carlin Romano,

Bring on the night. The stellar ambitions of the new astronomers

by Laurence A. Marschall,

Dance

by Marvin Mudrick,

Apollo and Terpsichore

Dance

by Marcia B. Siegel,

Dancing in the middle of the road

Other people’s mail

by Joseph Epstein,

The letters of famous people are most interesting if you read between the lines

Chastity returns

by Erich Eichman,

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Every sweatshop has a silver lining

Our daily bread

Our man on Capri

Urban philosopher

Exile on Main Street

Eyes Wide Shut

It’s globalicious! Two servings, half-baked, of the new economy

Thus spoke Jedediah

I know why the caged bird cannot read

Unlikely stories

The reanimators

Unmaking Friends

The old man and the manuscript

The criminal within

The unsparing vision of Don Delillo

Made men of letters

Black letters on a white page

The Encyclopedia of Insanity

A flapping of scolds

Dragon fiction

Cliffhangers

To make a cow laugh

New flash from an old isle

Modern Victorians

Notions of ideas. Intellectual histories, fine and rare

Bring on the night. The stellar ambitions of the new astronomers

Dance

Dance

Other people’s mail

Chastity returns

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Every sweatshop has a silver lining

Our daily bread

Our man on Capri

Urban philosopher

Exile on Main Street

Eyes Wide Shut

It’s globalicious! Two servings, half-baked, of the new economy

Thus spoke Jedediah

I know why the caged bird cannot read

Unlikely stories

The reanimators

Unmaking Friends

The old man and the manuscript

The criminal within

The unsparing vision of Don Delillo

Made men of letters

Black letters on a white page

The Encyclopedia of Insanity

A flapping of scolds

Dragon fiction

Cliffhangers

To make a cow laugh

New flash from an old isle

Modern Victorians

Notions of ideas. Intellectual histories, fine and rare

Bring on the night. The stellar ambitions of the new astronomers

Dance

Dance

Other people’s mail

Chastity returns

February 2000

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