June 2002 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-11
- Innocent Bystander
  Cullen Murphy
  , pp. 12-15
  The Great In-Between
- The American Way of War
  Michael Kelly
  , pp. 16-17
- The Culture of Martyrdom
  David Brooks
  , pp. 18-20
- The University As Business
  Richard A. Posner
  , p. 21
- The Success of Failure
  P.J. O'Rourke
  , pp. 22-23
- The Most Dangerous Branch?
  Simon Lazarus
  , pp. 24-30
- Cloning Trevor
  Kyla Dunn
  , pp. 31-52
- Jar of Pens
  Robert Pinsky
  , p. 53
- Beard of Bees
  X.J. Kennedy
  , p. 53
- Herons
  Juan Carlos Galeano
  , p. 53
- To My Teeth
  W.S. Merwin
  , p. 53
- Of Clones and Clowns
  Robert A. Weinberg
  , pp. 54-61
- Uncle Sam Buys an Airplane
  James Fallows
  , pp. 62-74
- The Character of Cats
  Stephen Budiansky
  , pp. 75-77
- Heaven
  Steven Barthelme
  , pp. 78-80
  A short story
- Special Collections
  Richard Rubin
  , p. 81
  The Land of Lost Luggage
- Travel: Trieste Elegies
  John Donatich
  , pp. 82-85
- Manners: Beyond the Tippling Point
  Mary Killen
  , pp. 86-87
- Sport: The Wiffle Effect
  Lee Green
  , pp. 88-90
- Food: Gems in a Jar
  Corby Kummer
  , pp. 91-94
- Palate at Large: Cal Pep
  Corby Kummer
  , p. 95
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  A Man of Permanent Contradictions (Review)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 96-103
  The Long Recessional, by David Gilmour
  1. The Long Recessional by David Gilmour
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  Playing Nick Carraway (Review)
  Thomas Mallon
  , pp. 104-107
  American Son, by Richard Blow
  1. American Son by Richard Blow
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  What Price Valor? (Review)
  Caitlin Flanagan
  , pp. 108-109
  Creating a Life, by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
  1. Creating a Life by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
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  --- by Benjamin Schwarz (Review) , pp. 110-111
  1. H.L. Mencken on American Literature by S.T. Joshi and H.L. Mencken
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  Review The Haunting of L, by Howard Norman (Review)
  James Marcus
  , p. 112
  1. The Haunting of L by Howard Norman
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  Review The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville (Review)
  Christina Schwarz
  , p. 112
  1. The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville
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  Review The Go-Between, by L.P. Hartley (Review)
  Michael Dirda
  , p. 113
  1. The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
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  The Nazis' Last Stand (Review)
  Norman Stone
  , pp. 114-118
  The Fall of Berlin 1945, by Antony Beevor
  1. The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor
- The Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , p. 119
- Word Fugitives
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 120-122
- Cover photograph
  Sean Kernan