April 2004 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- 77 North Washington Street, pp. 10-13
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 14-26
- Clearer Than the Truth
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 27-31
- Brief Lives: Second Coming
  Joshua Green
  , pp. 32-35
- The Buffness Deficit
  Tish Durkin
  , pp. 36-37
- The List: Ten Tax Scofflaws
  Christopher Shea
  , pp. 38-39
- Post Mortem: A Meteoric Disappearance, Jack Paar (1918-2004)
  Mark Steyn
  , pp. 40-41
- Primary Sources , pp. 42-45
- The Nation in Numbers: On the Money Trail
  Don Peck
  , pp. 46-49
- The Case Against Perfection
  Michael J. Sandel
  , pp. 50-53
- House
  Billy Collins
  , pp. 54-63
- The Enthusiasts
  P.J. O'Rourke
  , pp. 64-67
- John Ashcroft's Permanent Campaign
  Jeffrey Rosen
  , pp. 68-79
- Childhood
  Debra Bruce
  , pp. 80-83
- The Martha Stewart Trial
  Edward Sorel
  , pp. 84-87
  A cartoon
- A More Perfect Union
  Jonathan Rauch
  , pp. 88-93
- Royal Pain
  Christopher Buckley
  , pp. 94-99
  A short story
- Seesaws
  Samuel Hazo
  , pp. 100-105
- Lunge With Martha
  Jonathan Musgrove
  , pp. 106-108
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  --- by Benjamin Schwarz (Review) , pp. 109-110
  1. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949 by Benny Morris
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  Fiction Fidelity, by Michael Redhill (Review) , p. 111
  1. Fidelity by Michael Redhill
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  Biography The Making of the Poets, by Ian Gilmour (2 Reviews) , pp. 112-114
  1. The Making of the Poets by Ian Gilmour
  2. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
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  Nasty, Brutish and Short (Review)
  B.R. Myers
  , pp. 115-119
  The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
  1. The Pig Who Sang to the Moon by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
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  Domesticated Goddess (8 Reviews)
  Cristina Nehring
  , pp. 120-126
  Her Husband, by Diane Middlebrook
  1. Her Husband by Diane Middlebrook
  2. Wintering by Kate Moses
  3. Giving Up by Jillian Becker
  4. Sylvia Plath: A Literary Life by Linda Wagner-Martin
  5. Sylvia by John Brownlow
  6. Bitter Fame by Anne Stevenson
  7. Sylvia and Ted by Emma Tennant
  8. The Silent Woman by Janet Malcolm
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  Me and My Moguls (Review)
  Eric Alterman
  , pp. 127-129
  Autumn of the Moguls, by Michael Wolff
  1. Autumn of the Moguls by Michael Wolff
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  Reactionary Prophet (Review)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 130-138
  Reflections on the Revolution in France, by Edmund Burke and Frank M. Turner
  1. Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke and Frank M. Turner
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  True to His Words (Review)
  Robert Vare
  , pp. 139-147
  Things Worth Fighting For, by Michael Kelly
  1. Things Worth Fighting For by Michael Kelly
- Innocent Bystander
  Cullen Murphy
  , pp. 148-149
  Primary Considerations
- Travels
  Jonathan Ledgard
  , pp. 150-154
  The Valley of the King
- The Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , p. 155
- Word Court
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 156-158
- Cover art
  Marc Yankus