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An Unflappable Muse

Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years, by Brian Boyd

by Lee Siegel

Commonweal, June 5, 1992, pp. 23-24

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        The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
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        What Love Is This? by Elizabeth Beverly, pp. 26-27 - 1 Review
        Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen
      16. [+]
        A Bias for Hope by Kenneth P. Jameson, pp. 28-32 - 1 Review
        What Does the Lord Require by Stephen Hart
  3. [+]
    Issues of Jul.-Sep. 1992 = 4 Issues, 86 Articles
    1. [+]
      July 17, 1992 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, p. 3
      3. What Clinton should do by Wilson Carey McWilliams, pp. 4-5
      4. The first ten years by Jim Bowman, p. 6
      5. A bishop's concerns by Alfred J. Jolson, pp. 7-8
      6. The next explosion by Janice Broun, p. 9
      7. The news from Wabasha by Abigail McCarthy, pp. 10-11
      8. Quayle says it right by David R. Carlin, Jr., p. 12
      9. A summer pilgrimage by William di Canzio, pp. 13-15
      10. Poetry by Peter E. Murphy, pp. 16-17
      11. [+]
        Screen: Alienated by Richard Alleva, p. 18 - 1 Review
        Alien 3 (1992 Film) by David Fincher
      12. Media by Frank McConnell, pp. 19-20
      13. A spirituality for the end-time by Ernest W. Ranly, pp. 21-22
      14. [+]
        Resetting the liberal compass by R. Bruce Douglass, pp. 23-25 - 1 Review
        Liberal Pluralism by William A. Galston
      15. [+]
        What Columbus Couldn't See by Bette S. Weidman, p. 26 - 1 Review
        America in 1492 by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
      16. [+]
        A Dangerous Agitator by Ilan Stavans, pp. 27-32 - 1 Review
        The Prison Notebooks of Ricardo Flores Magon by Douglas Day
      17. Cover Illustration by Emil Antonucci
    2. [+]
      August 14, 1992 Issue = 22 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, pp. 3-4
      3. Hey, the '80s are over by E.J. Dionne, Jr., pp. 5-6
      4. Is Macedonia next? by Janice Broun, p. 7
      5. Summer work by Eric P. Elshtain, p. 8
      6. Sit down & shut up by David R. Carlin, Jr., pp. 9-10
      7. What the Orthodox say by John Garvey, pp. 11-12
      8. They had a dream by William B. Cooper, pp. 13-14
      9. Poetry by John Perrault, p. 15
      10. The coldness of clarity, the warmth of love by Joseph A. Komonchak, pp. 16-17
      11. Chesterton's Brown & Greeley's Blackie by A.W.R. Sipe and B.C. Lamb, pp. 18-24
      12. Art by Lee Siegel, pp. 25-26
      13. Poetry by June Frankland Baker, p. 27
      14. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 27
      15. [+]
        Screen: 'Meow!' She Roared by Richard Alleva, pp. 28-29 - 1 Review
        Batman Returns (1992 Film) by Tim Burton
      16. [+]
        Miss Porntip sends flowers by Suzanne Keen, p. 30 - 1 Review
        The Gates of Ivory by Margaret Drabble
      17. [+]
        The Power of Silence by Irving Malin, p. 31 - 1 Review
        The Interior Castle by Ann Hulbert
      18. [+]
        Pinning Waugh to the Wall by Robert Murray Davis, p. 32 - 1 Review
        Evelyn Waugh: The Later Years, 1939-1966 by Martin Stannard
      19. Waugh discovers America by Paul Elie, pp. 32-33
      20. [+]
        In the Land of His Forebears by Madeline Marget, p. 34 - 1 Review
        Killing the Wizards by Alan Cowell
      21. [+]
        I'm Mythic, You're Mythic by James Neafsey, pp. 35-40 - 1 Review
        Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore#2
      22. Cover Illustration by Emil Antonucci
    3. [+]
      September 11, 1992 Issue = 29 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, p. 3
      3. UN sanctions in Iraq by Raymond A. Schroth, pp. 4-5
      4. Peru deconstructs by Lucien Chauvin, pp. 6-7
      5. Crimes & punishments by Abigail McCarthy, p. 8
      6. Stopping the press in Pittsburgh by Russell W. Gibbons, pp. 9-10
      7. The Laity, p. 11
      8. By Way of Introduction , p. 12
      9. Why We Wrote It by Ed Marciniak, pp. 12-13
      10. How We Saw It by Dolores Leckey, p. 14
      11. Where the Gospel Lives or Dies by Katharine Byrne, p. 15
      12. The Boy in a Velveteen Suit by Paul Elie, p. 16
      13. Off Your Butts... by Gregory F. Augustine Pierce, p. 17
      14. On Your Feet by Ed Sellner, p. 17
      15. God's Maternal Presence by Sally Cunneen, p. 18
      16. Blurring the Lines Is Fine With Me by Marian Burkhart, p. 19
      17. Getting a Take on Jesus by Steven Englund, p. 20
      18. McGarvey's Thirteen Rules by William H. McGarvey, Jr., p. 20
      19. Read My Lips: Tax Me by Jane Lewis Engelke, p. 21
      20. Who Lives in the Vatican? by Kevin Doyle, p. 22
      21. The laity & the shape of things to come by Philip J. Murnion, pp. 23-29
      22. [+]
        St. Martin's: Would You Send Your Kids? by James R. Kelly, pp. 30-31 - 1 Review
        Conscience First, Tradition Second by Patrick H. McNamara
      23. [+]
        Going Various Ways by Paul E. Dinter, pp. 32-35 - 1 Review
        The Gospel on Campus by Michael Galligan-Stierle
      24. [+]
        Grace in Action by Mary O'Neil Good, p. 36 - 1 Review
        A Time of Awakening by Mary Irene Zotti
      25. [+]
        Booknotes: Faith & Works by Karen Sue Smith, pp. 37-39 - 6 Reviews
        The Active Life by Parker J. Palmer
        A Virtuous Life in Business by Oliver F. Williams and John W. Houck
        The Monday Connection by William E. Diehl
        Of Human Hands by Gregory F. Augustine Pierce
        Caretakers of Creation by Patrick Slattery
        Upon This Rock by Tim Unsworth and Jean Unsworth
      26. [+]
        Screen: A Two-Bagger & a Bunt by Richard Alleva, pp. 40-41 - 2 Reviews
        Patriot Games (1992 Film) by Phillip Noyce
        A League of Their Own (1992 Film) by Penny Marshall
      27. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 42
      28. [+]
        Ahead of his time & his church by George G. Higgins, pp. 43-48 - 1 Review
        Isaac Hecker by David J. O'Brien
      29. Cover Illustration by Emil Antonucci
    4. [+]
      September 25, 1992 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, p. 3
      3. Editor's notebook by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, p. 4
      4. Rationing in Oregon by Thomas Higgins, p. 5
      5. Kugichagulia & kuumba by Monica M. Marquez, pp. 6-7
      6. World of faultlines by J. Bryan Hehir, p. 8
      7. Appalling, depressing, revolting by John Garvey, pp. 9-10
      8. Let's start over by P. Francis Murphy, pp. 11-15
      9. Be sure to read the fine print by Alexander Morgan Capron and Vicki Michel, pp. 16-19
      10. [+]
        Screen: Ma & Pa Bergman by Richard Alleva, p. 20 - 1 Review
        The Best Intentions (1992 Film) by Bille August
      11. Poetry by John Nixon, Jr., p. 21
      12. Media by Frank McConnell, pp. 21-22
      13. [+]
        Swinging in the glider on the porch by Abigail McCarthy, p. 23 - 1 Review
        American Girl by Mary Cantwell
      14. [+]
        Shut Off From Grief by Joseph A. Page, p. 24 - 1 Review
        Death Without Weeping by Nancy Scheper-Hughes
      15. [+]
        Tried & Found Wanting by Christopher Lasch, p. 25 - 1 Review
        The Culture of Contentment by John Kenneth Galbraith
      16. [+]
        Spilling Blood & Ink by Gerald Weales, pp. 26-27 - 2 Reviews
        Memoirs and Selected Letters by Ulysses S. Grant, Mary D. McFeely, and William S. McFeely, ...
        The Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman by Charles Royster and William Tecumseh Sherman
      17. [+]
        It Didn't Work Then, Either by Dennis O'Brien, p. 28 - 1 Review
        The Idea of the University by Jaroslav Pelikan
      18. [+]
        A Sense of Incarnation by Irving Malin, pp. 29-32 - 1 Review
        All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
  4. [+]
    Issues of Oct.-Dec. 1992 = 6 Issues, 112 Articles
    1. [+]
      October 9, 1992 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, pp. 3-4
      3. Editor's notebook by Patrick Jordan, p. 5
      4. Paying for values by Timothy D. Bates, p. 6
      5. Designing a stream by Chris Anderson, pp. 7-8
      6. They just don't get it by Abigail McCarthy, pp. 9-10
      7. Bread, butter & infrastructure by Charles K. Wilber, pp. 11-16
      8. What's missing from this picture? by Thomas M. Landy, pp. 17-20
      9. [+]
        Screen: Clint's Dark Vision by Richard Alleva, p. 21 - 1 Review
        Unforgiven (1992 Film) by Clint Eastwood
      10. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 22
      11. Poetry by Anne Porter, p. 23
      12. [+]
        First world blames third by John Feffer, pp. 24-25 - 2 Reviews
        The Nature of Development by Roger D. Stone
        International Banks and the Environment by Raymond F. Mikesell and Lawrence F. Williams
      13. [+]
        Innocents at Home & Abroad by Francis Flaherty, pp. 26-27 - 1 Review
        Grand Illusion by John B. Judis
      14. [+]
        Subsidiarity Forever by Fred Siegel, p. 28 - 1 Review
        Reviving the American Dream by Alice M. Rivlin
      15. [+]
        Like a Septic Tank by Michael O. Garvey, pp. 29-32 - 1 Review
        Carnival Culture by James B. Twitchell
      16. Cover Illustration by Emil Antonucci
    2. [+]
      October 23, 1992 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, p. 3
      3. Editor's notebook by Robert G. Hoyt, p. 4
      4. Will jobs go south? by Murray Polner, p. 5
      5. Contradiction in terms by Michael J. Hunt, p. 6
      6. Community is not an aggregate by John Garvey, pp. 7-8
      7. Loose planks in party platforms by Ishmael Law, pp. 9-11
      8. Poetry by Virginia Volini Marciniak, pp. 12-13
      9. When the saints went marching out by Richard Mazziotta, pp. 14-15
      10. [+]
        Screen: Nouveau Allen by Richard Alleva, pp. 16-17 - 1 Review
        Husbands and Wives (1992 Film) by Woody Allen
      11. Media by Frank McConnell, pp. 18-19
      12. [+]
        The true friend of equality by Wilson Carey McWilliams, p. 20 - 1 Review
        The End of Equality by Mickey Kaus
      13. [+]
        Smarter Than We Thought by William G. Mayer, pp. 21-22 - 1 Review
        The Rational Public by Benjamin I. Page and Robert Y. Shapiro
      14. [+]
        Politics, Public Opinion & the Tube by Timothy S. Prinz, p. 23 - 1 Review
        Is Anyone Responsible? by Shanto Iyengar
      15. [+]
        Only 581 Supermarkets by Lee Siegel, p. 24 - 1 Review
        After Henry by Joan Didion
      16. [+]
        Down & Out In Life by Robert E. Hosmer, Jr., pp. 25-26 - 1 Review
        Time and Tide by Edna O'Brien
      17. [+]
        Religious Booknotes by Lawrence S. Cunningham, pp. 27-32 - 6 Reviews
        Let Justice Roll Down by Bruce C. Birch
        The God of Life by Gustavo Gutierrez
        Fundamentalisms Observed by Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby
        Gustave Weigel by Patrick W. Collins
        Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution by Steven Ozment
        The Judean Desert Monasteries in the Byzantine Period by Yizhar Hirschfeld
      18. Cover Illustration by Emil Antonucci
    3. [+]
      November 6, 1992 Issue = 21 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, p. 3
      3. Editor's notebook by Paul Baumann, p. 4
      4. John Tracy Ellis, R.I.P. by George G. Higgins, pp. 5-6
      5. Go look it up by Chris Anderson, pp. 7-8
      6. A school for the elected by Abigail McCarthy, pp. 9-10
      7. The idea of a Christian commonwealth by Norman F. Cantor, pp. 11-16
      8. Poetry by E.B. de Vito, p. 17
      9. [+]
        Screen: Three Faces of Vincent by Richard Alleva, pp. 18-19 - 3 Reviews
        Lust for Life (1956 Film) by Vincente Minnelli and George Cukor
        Vincent and Theo (1990 Film) by Robert Altman
        Van Gogh (1992 Film) by Maurice Pialat
      10. Stage by Gerald Weales, pp. 20-22
      11. [+]
        The seer of Covington by Robert Coles, p. 23 - 1 Review
        A Pilgrim in the Ruins by Jay Tolson
      12. Poetry by A.F. Moritz, pp. 24-26
      13. [+]
        A Tourist of Faith by Paul Elie, pp. 27-29 - 1 Review
        Virgin Time by Patricia Hampl
      14. [+]
        Abridging Pontifex Maximus by Rembert G. Weakland, p. 30 - 1 Review
        Doing Well and Doing Good by Richard John Neuhaus
      15. [+]
        The Bard's Primal Scene by Frank McConnell, pp. 31-32 - 1 Review
        Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being by Ted Hughes
      16. [+]
        The Poet's Geography by Suzanne Keen, pp. 33-34 - 3 Reviews
        Beginning With My Streets by Czeslaw Milosz
        Provinces by Czeslaw Milosz
        The Collected Poems, 1931-1987 by Czeslaw Milosz
      17. [+]
        Berger's Progress by Robert Wuthnow, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review
        A Far Glory by Peter L. Berger
      18. [+]
        1987 & All That by John C. Cort, p. 37 - 1 Review
        Holy Siege by Kenneth A. Briggs
      19. [+]
        A Fiendist Gospel by Irving Malin, pp. 38-39 - 1 Review
        Live From Golgotha by Gore Vidal
      20. [+]
        Religious Booknotes by Lawrence S. Cunningham, pp. 40-48 - 7 Reviews
        Moving Crucifixes in Modern Spain by William A. Christian, Jr.
        Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church by Stuart G. Hall
        The Craft of Theology by Avery Dulles
        Theological Hermeneutics by Werner G. Jeanrond
        Letters to Dolcidia by Carlo Carretto
        The Monastic Journey of Thomas Merton by Patrick Hart and Thomas Merton
        The Wound of Knowledge by Rowan Williams
      21. Cover Illustration by Emil Antonucci
    4. [+]
      November 20, 1992 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, p. 3
      3. Editor's notebook by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, p. 4
      4. CELAM & the Vatican by Peter Steinfels, p. 5
      5. John Paul cries 'wolf' by Edward L. Cleary, pp. 6-8
      6. The other Kurdish revolt by Aliza Marcus, p. 9
      7. Religion & politics by Clarke E. Cochran, p. 10
      8. Missing the point by John Garvey, pp. 11-12
      9. The male agony by David Toolan, pp. 13-17
      10. Poetry by Timothy Hodor, p. 18
      11. Media by Frank McConnell, p. 19
      12. [+]
        Screen: Goodby, Columbus by Richard Alleva, p. 20 - 1 Review
        1492: The Conquest of Paradise~~Fourteen Ninety-Two: The Conquest of Paradise (1992 Film) by Ridley Scott
      13. Poetry by Mark Kirby, p. 21
      14. [+]
        After the foundations have crumbled by Christopher Lasch, pp. 22-23 - 1 Review
        Crossing the Postmodern Divide by Albert Borgmann
      15. [+]
        And Other Life Sentences by Kenneth L. Woodward, p. 24 - 1 Review
        Parents Forever by Sidney Callahan
      16. [+]
        A Thirst for Land & Motion by Nancy M. Haegel, p. 25 - 1 Review
        Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs by Wallace Stegner
      17. [+]
        A Good Place to Start by Joseph A. Komonchak, pp. 26-39 - 1 Review
        Newman and His Age by Sheridan Gilley
      18. [+]
        Religious Booknotes by Lawrence S. Cunningham, p. 40 - 4 Reviews
        The Anchor Bible Dictionary by David Noel Freedman
        New Directions in Mission and Evangelization 1 by James A. Scherer and Stephen B. Bevans
        New Handbook of Christian Theology by Donald W. Musser and Joseph L. Price
        Readings in Her Story by Barbara J. MacHaffie
      19. Cover Illustration by Emil Antonucci
    5. [+]
      December 4, 1992 Issue = 21 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, p. 3
      3. Editor's notebook by Patrick Jordan, p. 4
      4. Fetal positions by Paul Baumann, p. 5
      5. I'd say that's a 'NO' by Jordan Bishop, pp. 6-7
      6. A different drummer by Bill Jordan, pp. 8-9
      7. The real lesson of history by Abigail McCarthy, p. 10
      8. Three graves by William J. Rewak, p. 11
      9. Poetry by John Nixon, Jr., pp. 12-13
      10. Poetry by Nancy G. Westerfield, p. 14
      11. Stage by Gerald Weales, pp. 15-20
      12. Critics' choices for Christmas by Doris Grumbach, p. 21
      13. --- by George W. Hunt, p. 21
      14. --- by Don Wycliff, p. 22
      15. --- by Molly Finn, p. 23
      16. --- by Chet Raymo, p. 24
      17. --- by Helen Alvare, p. 25
      18. --- by Paul Elie, p. 26
      19. --- by Dennis Doyle, p. 27
      20. --- by Jessica Bayne, p. 28
      21. --- by Frederick Franck, pp. 29-32
    6. [+]
      December 18, 1992 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 2
      2. Editorials, p. 3
      3. Editor's notebook by Robert G. Hoyt, p. 4
      4. Waiting for Lily by Brian Doyle, p. 5
      5. Malcolm after Mecca by Margaret Snyder, p. 6
      6. Lessons from November by David R. Carlin, Jr., p. 7
      7. We are all foreigners by John Garvey, pp. 8-9
      8. Wise guys by John Shea, p. 10
      9. Poetry by Erica Mapp, pp. 11-12
      10. What they found in the caves by Joseph A. Fitzmyer, pp. 13-14
      11. Poetry by Joseph P. Clancy, p. 15
      12. [+]
        Screen: Smoke on the Horizon by Richard Alleva, pp. 16-17 - 2 Reviews
        The Last of the Mohicans (1992 Film) by Michael Mann
        Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 Film) by Francis Ford Coppola
      13. [+]
        The horror, the horror by Rand Richards Cooper, pp. 18-19 - 1 Review
        A Complicated War by William Finnegan
      14. [+]
        Who Defines the Situation? by Patricia Windsor, pp. 20-21 - 1 Review
        Generous Lives by Jane Redmont
      15. [+]
        Dubious Notion, Brilliant Defender by David Castronovo, pp. 22-23 - 1 Review
        Loose Canons by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      16. Index to Vol. CXIX, pp. 24-32
      17. Cover Illustration by Emil Antonucci
4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 22 Issues, 393 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 22 Issues, 401 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1995 = 22 Issues, 397 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 22 Issues, 383 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 22 Issues, 404 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1998 = 22 Issues, 408 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 22 Issues, 407 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2000s = 2 Years, 44 Issues, 778 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 2000 = 22 Issues, 390 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 22 Issues, 388 Articles