July 2001 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- 77 North Washington Street
  Michael Kelly
  , pp. 8-9
- In This Issue, pp. 10-15
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 16-21
- Innocent Bystander
  Cullen Murphy
  , pp. 22-31
  Customized Quarantine
- A French Fourth
  Charles Trueheart
  , p. 32
- Fouled Out
  Eyal Press
  , pp. 33-37
- The Counterterrorist Myth
  Reuel Marc Gerecht
  , pp. 38-41
- Love, Singaporean Style
  Joshua Kurlantzick
  , pp. 42-45
- The Colonel and the Bomb
  Bill Donahue
  , pp. 46-48
- Mark Twain's "Skeleton Novelette"
  Roy Blount Jr.
  , pp. 49-53
- A Murder, A Mystery, and a Marriage
  Mark Twain
  , pp. 54-79
- Biker
  Ted Kooser
  , pp. 80-83
- Graham Greene's Vatican Dossier
  Peter Godman
  , pp. 84-87
- Lily and Bronze
  Mark Doty
  , pp. 88-95
- The Mad Poets Society
  Alex Beam
  , pp. 96-103
- A Reader's Manifesto
  B.R. Myers
  , pp. 104-119
- World
  Talvikki Ansel
  , pp. 120-122
- Show-and-Tell
  George Singleton
  , pp. 123-127
  A short story
- Literary Lives
  Edward Sorel
  , pp. 128-129
  A drawing
- Travel: Real Places
  Emily Hiestand
  , pp. 130-136
- Gardens: Liquid Refreshment
  Stephen Budiansky
  , pp. 137-139
- Sport: Field of Tin
  William Zinsser
  , pp. 140-142
- Food: Sausages, Souse, and Shandybookers
  Corby Kummer
  , pp. 143-147
- Two---Make That Three---Cheers for the Chain Bookstores
  Brooke Allen
  , pp. 148-153
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  A Harrowing Mirror of Loneliness (Review)
  Stephen Amidon
  , pp. 154-156
  The Collected Stories of Richard Yates, by Richard Yates
  1. The Collected Stories of Richard Yates by Richard Yates
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  --- by Caitlin Flanagan (Review) , pp. 157-160
  1. I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby by Bill Sloan
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  Review Veeck--As in Wreck, by Bill Veeck and Ed Linn (Review)
  David Uhlin
  , p. 161
  1. Veeck--As in Wreck by Bill Veeck and Ed Linn
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  Review The Hunters, by Claire Messud (Review)
  Stewart O'Nan
  , p. 161
  1. The Hunters by Claire Messud
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  Review Noblesse Oblige, by Nancy Mitford (Review)
  Brooke Allen
  , p. 161
  1. Noblesse Oblige by Nancy Mitford
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  Review Simone Weil, by Francine du Plessix Gray (Review)
  Elizabeth Judd
  , p. 162
  1. Simone Weil by Francine du Plessix Gray
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  Review The Geometry of Love, by Margaret Visser (Review)
  Alan Buster
  , p. 162
  1. The Geometry of Love by Margaret Visser
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  Review The Flight of the Maidens, by Jane Gardam (Review)
  Juliet Barker
  , p. 163
  1. The Flight of the Maidens by Jane Gardam
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  Review Babe in Paradise, by Marisa Silver (Review)
  David Uhlin
  , p. 163
  1. Babe in Paradise by Marisa Silver
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  Review A Theory of Relativity, by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Review)
  Barbara Wallraff
  , p. 164
  1. A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard
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  Review The Dog Who Spoke with Gods, by Diane Jessup (Review)
  Christina Schwarz
  , p. 164
  1. The Dog Who Spoke with Gods by Diane Jessup
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  Review The Constant Nymph, by Margaret Kennedy (Review)
  Christina Schwarz
  , p. 164
  1. The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy
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  Review Fairness, by Ferdinand Mount (Review)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 164-165
  1. Fairness by Ferdinand Mount
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  Wharton's Sharp Eye (2 Reviews)
  Margaret Drabble
  , pp. 166-170
  Edith Wharton Collected Stories, Vol. I: 1891-1910, by Maureen Howard and Edith Wharton
  1. Edith Wharton Collected Stories, Vol. I: 1891-1910 by Maureen Howard and Edith Wharton
  2. Edith Wharton Collected Stories, Vol. II: 1911-1937 by Maureen Howard and Edith Wharton
- Music: In Glass's House
  David Schiff
  , pp. 171-174
- The Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , p. 175
- Word Fugitives
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 176-178
- Cover drawing
  Mark Summers