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\coman, André, Intimacy, Su 43 Wi 120, review of This Republic of Suffering
After Callimachus (Poem), John Talbot, Su 109 Death and the American Cir | War bv Drew
Alone at the Movies, Mark Kkdmundson, Wi 63 Gilpin Faust.
indrews, John EF, Wry Eye on the Bard Subjectivity Is All, Robert Campbell, Wi 123
(Books), Wi 130 review of Modernism: The I ure of Heresy from
Apollo and Dionysus (POETRY), Langdon Han Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond by Peter Gav.
mer, Au 64 The Casserole Inquisition, Sandra M.
Art of Doing, The (Books Gilbert, Wi 125, review of The Tenth Muse:
Sp 128 My Life in Food by Judith Jones.
Art of Literature and the Science of Litera- Wry Eye on the Bard, /ohn I) Andrews, Wi
ture, The (Books), Brian Boyd, Sp 118 130, review of Shakespeare: The World as Sage
\rTS: On the Road to Nowhere, Jolin P. by Bill Brvson
Diggins, Wi 102; The Quiet Sideman, Co! Latin’s Eminent Career, A. /. Stallings, Wi
Ileming, Wi 110; Polymer Persons, Pris: 133,) review of Ad 2a fl finitun | bF iog apahiey of
Long, Sp 108; What the Mind’s Eye Sees, Lat by Nicholas Ostler.
Jason Edward Kaufman, Sp 113; Grand \ Long Walk in the New World, Robert Wil
Horse Opera, Richard Locke, Su 130; Synco- § Wi 137, review of A Land So Strange: The
pated Clock, Indeed, Janet Frank, Su 135: Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca by Andrés
From Oppressed to Oppressors, \\ Reséndez
Smith, Au 109 The Art of Literature and the Science of
Literature, Brian Boyd, © > 118.
Balanchine’s Cabinet, A The Art of Doing, Wayne Curtis, Sp 128,
Wi 74 review of The Crafisman by Richard Sennett.
Balancing Acts (ED A Dangerous Weapon, Andy Grundberg, Sp
\1 \ 131, review of The Soiling of Old Glory: The
harles, Royal Blue (Fi Story o Photograph that Shocked America by
1, WORKS IN PROGRESS: Wi 13 Louis P. Masui
;Su 13; Au 18 Drought and Famine, Dan Bouk, Sp 13
Jeremy, The Grasshopper and His review of The Great Warn ing: ( limate (¢ hang
Space Odyssey (Books), Su 154 the Rise and Fall of Civilizations by Brian
Bernstein, Leonard, Truth in a Time of War, Au Fagan.
74, (Introduction, Something Called Ter- Sleepless Nights, Sarah Fay, Sp 136, review
rorism by Carol |. Oja and Mark Ed of Insomniac by Gayle Greene
Horowitz, Au 71) The Case of the Defective Detective, Brit
Bidart, Frank, Collector (Poem), Sp 64; Under Peterson, Sp 138. review of The Suspicions of
Julian, c362 A.D. (Poem), Sp 67 cher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great
blum, kr si, The New Old Way of Learning lorian Detective by Kate Summerscale.
Languages, Au 80 Enlightenment Lite, Sudip Bose, Sp 140,
Boarding: Hemaris thysbe (Poem), Joanie Mack review of A Blue Hand: The Beats in India by
ski, op 3 Deborah Baker.
Boats (Poem), Kay Ryan, Su 61 Over There, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Su 138,
BOOKs: review ol Reappraisals Reflections on the For
Souls Hungering After Meaning, Michael golten Twentieth Century by Tony Judt.
Dirda, Wi 112, review of Aegypt, The Solitudes Democracy in Three Dimensions? Heathe)
Love © Sleep, Daemonomania and Endless Ewing, Su 143, review of Washington: The
Things by John Crowley. Viaking of the American ( apital by Fergus M.
The Work of Death, Ernest B. Purgurson, Bordewie h.
Ireland Revised, George O’Brien, Su 146, By the Name of God, the Most Merciful and
review of Luck and the Trish: A Brief History of Gracious (Poem), Henri Cole, Au 67
Change, 1970-2000 by R. F. Foste1
Repatriating Art, Susannah Rutherglen, Su Campbell, Robert, Subjectivity Is All (BOOKs),
149, review of Who Owns Antiquity? Museums Wi 123
and the Battle Over Our Ancien Heritage by Caplan, Lincoln, Who Cares About Executive
James Cuno. Supremacy? (EXHORTATION), Wi 20
A Look Beyond the Tragic Mystique, Captives of the Junta (LETTER FROM BURMA),
Vaitheu Ladd Su 152, review of Posthumous William Lychack, Au 9
Keats by Stanley Plumly. Cardinal, Ann Hagman, Balanchine’s Cabinet,
The Grasshopper and His Space Odyssey, Wi 7
Jeremy Bernstein, Su 154. Case of the Defective Detective, The
The Swiveling Light of Truth, Roberta Sil (Books), Britt Peterson, Sp 138
man, Au | 17. Casserole Inquisition, The (Books), Sandra
Immortality Gained, Jay Parini, Au 125, V.. Gilbert, Wi 125
review of Milton: Poet, Pamphle teer, and Patriot Censor in the Mirror, The (EXHORTATION), Ha
by Anna Beer. Jin, Au 26
Copyright Wrongs, Pau/ Clausen, Christopher, The Most Important Elec-
Au 128, review of Remix tion in History (TUNING Up), Au 24
Commerce hrive in the f Cold Comfort, Emily Stone (LETTER FROM
Lawrence Lessig ANTARCTICA), Su 8
How Special a Relationship? Joshua Hawley Cole, Henri, Passion (Poem), Au 66; By the
Au 131, review of The King and the Cowboy Name of God, the Most Merciful and Gra-
Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh. cious (Poem \u 67; Taxidermied Fawn
Secret Partners by David Fromkin. (Poem), \u 69; Seaweed (Poem), Au 70
Potted History, Scott Reynolds Nelson, Au 134, Collector (Poem), Frank bidart, Sp 64
review of Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend COMMONPLACE BOOK: Anne Matthews, ed., Grat-
of the Slave Potter Dave by Leonard Todd itude, Wi 140; Neglect, Sp 142; Hope, Su
Shaking Habit’s House, Sarah L. Courteau, 158: Secrets, Au 142
Au 137, review of How Fiction Works by James Confluences, /e) fer Sinor, Wi 80
Wood. Confluences of Sound and Sense (POETRY),
The Preparation of a Lifetime, Sanford / La god1 on Ha, mmer, Su 5s 8
Ungar, Au 140, review of Racing Odysseus: A Copyright Wrongs (Books), Paul K. Saint
College President Bec omes a reshma) {gain by {mour, Au 128
Roger H. Martin. Courteau, Sarah | Shaking Habit’s House
Bosco, David, Moral Principle vs. Military (Books), Au 137
Necessity, Wi 25 Curtis, Wayne, The Art of Doing Bx IOKS),
Bose, Sudip, Enlightenment Lite (BOOks), Sp 128
Sp 140 Cushman, Stephen, Politics (Poem), Wi 44:
Bouk. Dan. Drought and Famine (Books) Under the Auspices (Poem), Wi 45
Sp 133 Cuss Time, /i// McCorkle, 59
Bout, The, Blair Fuller, Su 8$
Boyd, Brian, The Art of Literature and the Sci- Daily Miracle,The, William Zinsser, Wi 49
ence of Literature (BOOKS), Sp 118 Dangerous Weapon, A (BOOKS), {ndy Grund
Broken Balance, The (EXHORTATION), Edward berg, Sp 13]
Hoagland, Sp 18 Democracy in Three Dimensions? (BOoOks),
Bromell, Nick, The Liberal Imagination of Heather Ewing, Su 143
Frederick Douglass, Sp 34 Deresiewicz, William, The Disadvantages of an
Bronze Bells of Autumn (Poem), Linda Pas Elite Education (EXHORTATION), Su 20
tan, Au 89 Diggins, John Patrick, On the Road to Nowhere
Buoyancy, Willard Spiegelman, Su 99 (Arts), Wi 102
Dirda, Michael, Souls Hungering After Mean- Colin, The Quiet Sideman (Arts),
Fle HLLNY,
ing (Books), Wi 112 Wi 110
Disadvantages of an Elite Education, The, For Jacques Barzun on His Centennial (FIND-
William Deresiewicz (EXHORTATION), Su 20 INGS), Wi 144
Domino Theory (Poem), Kay Ryan, Su 62 lrank, Janet, Syncopated Clock, Indeed
Doyle, Brian, A Most Interesting Young Man (Arts), Su 135
(TUNING Up), Su 18 From Oppressed to Oppressors (ARTS),
Dozen Finches, A (Poem), Kay Ryan, Su 60 Wendy Smith, Au 109
Dreaming of a Democratic Russia, Sarah FE. Fuller, Blair, The Bout, Su 88
Viendelson, Wi 35 Furgurson, Ernest B., The Work of Death
Drought and Famine (Books), Dan Bouk, (Books), Wi 120
Sp 133
Gilbert, Sandra M., The Casserole Inquisition
Easter Island (Poem), Kay Ryan, Su 65 (Books), Wi 125
Eprror’s Note: Robert Wilson, Balancing Acts, Grand Horse Opera (Arts), Richard Locke,
Wi 3; Models, Sp 2; Unpulled Punches, Su Su 130
2; Rattling with Implications, Au 2 Grasshopper and His Space Odyssey, The
Edmundson, Mark , Alone at the Movies, Wi 63 (Books), Jeremy Bernstein, Su 154
Elshtain, Jean Bethke, Over There (Books), Gratitude (COMMONPLACE BOOK), Anne Mat
Su 138 thews, ed., Wi 140
End of the Black American Narrative, The, Greger, Debora, Windy Ode (Poem), Wi 48
Charles Johnson, Su 32 Grundbere, indy, A Dangerous Weapon
Enlightenment Lite (BOOks), Sudip Bose. (BOOKS). Sp 13]
Sp 140 Gurganus, Allan, Reflection on Portrait of Walt
Esposito, John L. and Dalia Vogahed, Islam’s Whitman by Thomas Eakins (POINT Of!
Silent Majority (WORKS IN PROGRESS), Sp 12 DEPARTURE), Sp 144
Esquith, Sam, WORKS IN PROGRESS: Wi 15;
Sp 13; Su 16; Au 21 Hadas, Rachel, The Long Hall (Poem), Wi 46
Ewing, Heather, Democracy in Three Dimen- Hammer, l angdon, Maker and Collector
sions? (BOOKS), Su 143 (POETRY), Sp 62; Confluences of Sound and
EXHORTATION: Who Cares About Executive Sense (POETRY), Su 58; Apollo and Dionysus
Supremacy? Lincoln Caplan, Wi 20; The Bro- (POETRY), Au 64
ken Balance, Edward Hoagland, Sp 18; The Happy with Crocodiles (FICTION), Jim Shepard,
Disadvantages of an Elite Education, Su 110
William Deresiewicz, Su 20; The Censor in the Hawley, Joshua, How Special a Relationship?
Mirror, Ha jin, Au 26 (Books), Au 15]
Exit No Exit (TUNING UP), David Lehman, Sp16 Hempel, Amy, Moonbow (FICTION), Wi 101
Her Own Society, Brenda Wineapple, Su 81
Falconer, Bruce, The Torture Colony, Au 33 Hoagland, Edward, The Broken Balance
kay, Sarah, Sleepless Nights (Books), Sp 136 (EXHORTATION), Sp 18
FicTION: The Leap, Roxana Robinson, Wi 92; Hope (COMMONPLACE BOOk), Anne Matthews,
Moonbow, Amy Hempel, Wi 101; Royal ed., Su 158
Blue, Charles Baxter, Sp 91; Me and Big Horowitz, Mark Eden and Carol J]. Oja, Some-
Foot, Jill McCorkle, Sp 103; Happy with thing Called Terrorism, Au 7] (Introduc-
Crocodiles, Jim Shepard, Su 110; Symbols, tion to Truth in a Time of War by Leonard
Sheila Kohler, Su 124; Making Good, Lon Bernstein, Au 74)
Segal, Au 90; Modern Lovers, Rick Moody, How Special a Relationship? (Books), Joshua
Au 98 Hawley, Au 131
FINDINGs: For Jacques Barzun on His Centen-
nial, Wi 144 Immortality Gained (Books), jay Parini,
Finish (Poem), Kay Ryan, Su 64 Au 125
Intimacy, André Aciman, Su 43 \VicConkey, James, What Kind of Father Am I?
Ireland Revised (BOOks) Georg O’Brien, Sp 16
Su 146 VicCorkle, Jill, Cuss Time, Wi 59; Me and Big
Islam’s Silent Majority (WORKS IN PROGRESS), Foot (FicTION), Sp 103
John b. Esposito and Dalia Vogahed, Viackowski, Joanie, Boarding: Hemaris thysbe
op 12 (Poem), Sp 33
It Cannot Be Said for Certain (Poem), Ka) Vacone, Steve, A Slow Devouring, Sp 83
Ryan. Su 63 Maker and Collector (POETRY), L; angdo):
Hamme op 62
Jin, Ha, The Censor in the Mirror (EXHORTA Making Good (FICTION), Lore Segal, Au 90
TION), Au 26 Matter of Fact, A (WORKS IN PROGRESS), Bill
Johnson, Charles, The End of the Black Amer- Kovach, Au 20
ican Narrative, Su 32 Matthews, Anne, ed., COMMONPLACI BOOK:
Gratitude, Wi 140; Neglect, Sp 142; Hope,
Kaufman, Jason Edward, What the Mind’s Eye Su 158; Secrets, Au 142
Sees (ARTS) Sp 113 Me and Big Foot (Fi
Kean, Sam, WORKS IN PROGRESS: Au 18 Sp 103
Kohler, Sheila, Symbols (FICTION), Su 124 Mendelson, Sarah k., Dreaming of a Demo-
Kovach, Bill, A Matter of Fact (WORKS IN cratic Russia, Wi 35
PROGRESS), Au 20 Models (EpItor’s NOTE), Robert Wilson, Sp 2
Modern Lovers (FICTION), Rick Moody,
Ladd, Matthew, A Look Beyond the Tragic \u 98
Mystique (Books), Su 152 Vogahed, Dalia, and John L. Esposito, Islam’s
Latin’s Eminent Career ( Bx \OKS Silent Majority (WORKS IN PROGRESS)
Stallings, Wi 133 Sp 12
Leap, The (FICTION), Roxana Robinson, Wi 92 \Vloody, Rick, Modern Lovers (FICTION), Au 98
Lehman, David, Exit No Exit (TUNING UP), Sp 16 Moonbow (FICTION), Amy Hempel, Wi 101
LETTER FROM ANTARCTICA: Cold Comfort, Moral Principle vs. Military Necessity, David
Emily Stone, Su 8 Bosco, Wi 25
LETTER FROM BURMA: Captives of the Junta, Vion, Kyoko, Pullovers, Su 66
William Lychack, Au 9 Most Important Election in History, The
LETTER FROM OAXACA: No End in Sight, Robert (TUNING Up Chi stophe ( lause i. \u 24
Joe Sioul. Sp 6 Most Interesting Young Man, A (TUNING UP),
LETTER FROM VIENNA: Trapped in a Golden Brian Doyle, Su 18
Age, \lexandra Starr, Wi &
LETTERS: Wi 4; Sp 4; Su 4; Au 4 Neglect (COMMONPLACE BOoOk),
Liberal Imagination of Frederick Douglass, (f /lEWS,, ed.. Sp 142
The, Nick Bromell, Sp 34 Velson, Scott Reynolds, Potted History (Books),
Locke, Richard, Grand Horse Opera (Arts Au 134
Su 130 New Museums for the National Mall (Works
Long, Priscilla, Polymer Persons (Arts), Sp 108 IN PROGRESS), Bruce McCall, Au 22
Long Hall, The (Poem), Rachel Hadas, Wi 46 New Old Way of Learning Languages, The,
Long Walk in the New World, A (Books) Ernest Blum, Au 80
Robert Wilson, Wi 137 No End in Sight (LETTER FROM OAXACA),
Look Beyond the Tragic Mystique, A (Books), Robert Joe Stout, Sp 6
Matthew Ladd, Su 152
Lychack, William, Captives of the Junta (Lr1 O’Brien, George, lreland Revised (BOOKs),
rER FROM BURMA), Au 9 Su 146
Ochoa, Emily, WORKS IN PROGRESS: Wi 16; Sp 14
VicCall, Bruce, New Museums for the National Oya, Carol /. and Mark Eden Horowitz, Some-
Mall (WORKS IN PROGRESS), Au 22 thing Called Terrorism, Au 71 (Introduc-
148
tion to Truth in a Time of War by Leonard Robinson, Roxana, The Leap (Fiction), Wi 92
Bernstein, Au 74) Rome’s Gossip Columnist, Garry Wills, Sp 68
On the Road to Nowhere (Arts), John Patrick Royal Blue (FICTION), Charles Baxter, Sp 91
Diggins, Wi 102 Rutherglen, Susannah, Repatriating Art
Over There ( Be YOKS), Jean Be thke I lshtain., (Books), Su 149
Su 138 Ryan, Kay, A Dozen Finches (Poem), Su 60;
Boats (Poem), Su 61; Domino Theory
Parini, Jay, Immortality Gained (Books), (Poem), Su 62; It Cannot Be Said for Cer-
Au 125
tain (Poem), Su 63; Finish (Poem), Su 64;
Passing the Torch, Stephen J. Pyne, Sp 22 Easter Island (Poem), Su 65
Passion (Poem), Henri Cole, Au 66
Pastan. Linda, Bronze Bells of Autumn Saint-Amour, Paul K.., Copyright Wrongs
(Poem), Au 89 (Books), Au 128
elerson, Britt, The Case of the Defective Seaweed (Poem), Henri Cole, Au 70
Detective (BOOKS), Sp 138 Secrets ©( COMMONPLACI BOOK), Apne
POETRY: Maker and Collector, Langdon Ham Vatthews, ed., Au 142
mer, Sp 62; Confluences of Sound and Segal, Lore, Making Good (FICTION), Au 90
Sense, Langdon Hammer, Su 58; Apollo and Shaking Habit’s House (Books), Sarah i
Dionysus, Langdon Hammer, Au 64 Courteau, Au 137
POINT OF DEPARTURE: Reflection on Portrait of Shepard, Jim, Happy with Crocodiles (Fic-
Walt Whitman by Thomas Eakins, Al/an Gw TION), Su 110
ganus, Sp 144; Reflection on the Art of Shipwrecked, Janna Malamud Smith, Sp 77
Surprise, Sieve Vineberg, Su 160; Reflection Sign Language (TUNING UP), Charles Trueheart,
on a Dark Page in our History, Marcus Wi 18
Rediker, Au 144 Silman, Roberta, The Swiveling Light of Truth
Politics (Poem), Stephe n Cushman, Wi 44 300KS), Au 117
Polymer Persons (ArTS), Priscilla Long, Sinor, Jennifer, Confluences, Wi 80
Sp 108 Sleepless Nights (Books), Sarah Fay, Sp 136
Potted History (Books), Scott Reynolds Nelson, Slow Devouring, A, Sieve Macone, Sp 83
Au 134 Smith. Janna Malamud, Shipwrecked, Sp 77
Preparation of a Lifetime, The (BOoOKs), San Smith, Wendy, From Oppressed to Oppressors
ford ] l ngayr, Au l tO (ArTS), Au 109
Pullovers, Kyoko Mon, Su 66 Something Called Terrorism, Carol J. Oja and
Pyne, Stephen J., Passing the Torch, Sp 22 Vark Eden Horowitz, Au 71 (Introduction to
Truth in a Time of War by Leonard Bernstein,
Quiet Sideman, The (Arts), Colin Fleming, \u 74)
Wi 116 Souls Hungering After Meaning (BOOKS),
Vic hae 1 Dirda, \W i l 12
Rattling with Implications, (EDITOR’s NOTE) Spiegelman, Willard, Buoyancy, Su 99
Robert Wilson, Au 2 Stallings, A. E., Latin’s Eminent Career
Rediker, Marcus, Reflection on a Dark Page in (Books), Wi 133
our History (POINT OF DEPARTURE), Au 144 Starr, Alexandra, Trapped in a Golden Age
Reflection on a Dark Page in our History (LETTER FROM VIENNA)W,i 8
(POINT OF DEPARTURE), Marcus Rediker, Au 144 Stone, Emily, Cold Comfort (LETTER FROM
Reflection on Portrait of Walt Whitman by ANTARCTICA), Su 8
Thomas Eakins (POINT OF DEPARTURE), Siout, Robert Joe, No End in Sight (LETTER FROM
Allan Gurganus, Sp 144 OAXACA), Sp 6
Reflection on the Art of Surprise (POINT O! Subjectivity Is All (Books), Robert Campbell,
DEPARTURE), Steve Vineberg, Su 160 Wi 123
Repatriating Art (BOOKS), Susannah Ruther- Swiveling Light of Truth, The (Books),
glen, Su 149 Roberta Silman, Au 117
Symbols (FICTION), Sheila Kohler, Su 124 Vineberg, Steve, Reflection on the Art of Sur-
Syncopated Clock, Indeed (Arts), Janet Frank, prise (POINT OF DEPARTURE), Su 160
Su 135
Watson, Richard, WORKS IN PROGRESS:
Talbot, John, After Callimachus (Poem), Su Wi 17
109 What Kind of Father Am I? James McConkey,
Taxidermied Fawn (Poem), Henn Cole, Sp 46
Au 69 What the Mind’s Eye Sees (Arts), /ason
Telhan, Gaurav, WORKS IN PROGRESS: Sp 13; Edward Kaufman, Sp 113
Su 13 Where Does American History Begin? Jed
Torture Colony, The, Bruce Falconer, Au 33 Widmer, Au 54
Trapped in a Golden Age (LETTER FROM Who Cares About Executive Supremacy?
VIENNA), Alexandra Starr, Wi 8 (EXHORTATION), Lincoln Caplan, Wi 20
Trueheart, Charles, Sign Language (TUNING Widmer, Ted, Where Does American History
Up), Wi 18 Begin? Au 54
Truth in a Time of War, Leonard Bernstein, Wills, Garry, Rome’s Gossip Columnist, Sp 68
\u 74 (Introduction, Something Called Wilson, Robert, Balancing Acts (EbDIToR’s
Terrorism by Carol ]. Oja and Mark Eden Note), Wi 3; A Long Walk in the New
Horowitz, Au 71) World (Books), Wi 137; Models (Epiror’s
[TUNING Up: Sign Language, Charles Trueheart, Norte), Sp 2; Unpulled Punches (EpiTor’s
Wi 18; Exit No Exit, David Lehman, Sp16; A Note), Su 2; Rattling with Implications
Most Interesting Young Man, Brian Doyle, (EpiTor’s NoTE), Au 2
Su 18; The Most Important Election in His- Windy Ode (Poem), Debora Greger, Wi 48
tery, Christopher Clausen, Au 24 Wineapple, Brenda, Her Own Society, Su 81
Wist, Sara, WORKS IN PROGRESS: Wi 14
Under Julian, c362 A.b. (Poem), frank Bidart, Work of Death, The (Books), Ernest B. Fur-
Sp 67 gurson, Wi 120
Under the Auspices (Poem), Stephen Cush WORKS IN PROGRESS: Sandra Beasley, ed., Wi 13:
man, Wi 45 Sp 11; Su 13; Au 18
Ungar, Sanford J., The Preparation of a Life- Wry Eye on the Bard (Books), John F-
Andy ws,
time (BOOKS), Au 140 Wi 130
Unpulled Punches (Epiror’s Note), Robert
Wilson, Su 2 Zinsser, William, The Daily Miracle, Wi 49
