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20th century

Unlikely stories

by Vince Passaro,

The quiet renaissance of American short fiction

In the nation's poultry plants, brutality to worker as well as to bird

by Malcolm Cowley,

A study in American evolution

by David Plotz,

South Carolina's video-poker operators run a political machine

by Sebastian Junger,

On the island of Cyprus, a hateful peace emerges

by Shane DuBow,

Chasing the ripening harvest across America's Great Plains

by Jeffrey St. Clair, Alexander Cockburn,

Art by Ashley Bickerton,

by Vladimir Zhirinovsky,Translated by Eve Conant,

by Bonnie Lutz,