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October 22, 1998 Issue - 21 Articles- On Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998)
Adam Michnik
, pp. 6-7 - Two Poems
Zbigniew Herbert
, pp. 8-9 -
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Orwell in 1998 (Review) Timothy Garton Ash
, pp. 10-14 The Complete Works of George Orwell, by Peter Davison and George Orwell
- The Complete Works of George Orwell by Peter Davison and George Orwell
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The Wise Woman (Review) Julian Barnes
, p. 15 Birds of America, by Lorrie Moore
- Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
- Clinton Agonistes
Joan Didion
, pp. 16-23 -
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The Eye of Walker Evans (9 Reviews) Luc Sante
, pp. 24-26 Walker Evans, by Judith Keller and Walker Evans
- Walker Evans by Judith Keller and Walker Evans
- Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye by Gilles Mora and John T. Hill
- Walker Evans: A Biography by Belinda Rathbone
- Signs by Walker Evans
- The Last Years of Walker Evans by Jerry L. Thompson and Walker Evans
- Walker Evans: Havana 1933 by Gilles Mora
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee and Walker Evans
- Walker Evans at Work by Walker Evans
- American Photographs by Walker Evans
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Beat the Devil (Review) Louis Menand
, pp. 27-30 The Time of Our Time, by Norman Mailer
- The Time of Our Time by Norman Mailer
- On JFK
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and Isaiah Berlin
, pp. 31-37 An Interview with Isaiah Berlin
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The West Without Chili (Review) Larry McMurtry
, pp. 38-40 The New Encyclopedia of the American West, by Howard R. Lamar
- The New Encyclopedia of the American West by Howard R. Lamar
- Two Poems
W.S. Merwin
, p. 41 - Fidel in the Evening
Alma Guillermoprieto
, pp. 42-49 - Prologue for a State Presentation of the Inferno
Robert Pinsky
, p. 50 -
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Men, Women & Beasts (5 Reviews) James Fenton
, pp. 51-58 D. H. Lawrence: The Cambridge Biography, Vol. I, by John Worthen
- D. H. Lawrence: The Cambridge Biography, Vol. I by John Worthen
- D. H. Lawrence: The Cambridge Biography, Vol. II by Mark Kinkead-Weekes
- D. H. Lawrence: The Cambridge Biography, Vol. III by David Ellis
- Birds, Beasts, and Flowers! by D.H. Lawrence
- D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Poems by Vivian de Sola Pinto, Warren Roberts, and D.H. Lawrence, ...
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Survival of the Nicest? (Review) R.C. Lewontin
, pp. 59-63 Unto Others, by Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson
- Unto Others by Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson
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Aimez-Vous Brahms? (4 Reviews) Charles Rosen
, pp. 64-68 Johannes Brahms: A Biography, by Jan Swafford
- Johannes Brahms: A Biography by Jan Swafford
- Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters by Styra Avins and Johannes Brahms
- Brahms Studies 2 by David Brodbeck
- Brahms: The Four Symphonies by Walter Frisch
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Deep Hanging Out (2 Reviews) Clifford Geertz
, pp. 69-72 Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians, by Pierre Clastres
- Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians by Pierre Clastres
- Routes by James Clifford
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'Operation Storm' (4 Reviews) Mark Danner
, pp. 73-79 Croatia, by Marcus Tanner
- Croatia by Marcus Tanner
- To End A War by Richard Holbrooke
- Logavina Street by Barbara Demick and John Costello
- Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation by Laura Silber and Allan Little
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Borges's Dark Mirror (Review) J.M. Coetzee
, pp. 80-82 Collected Fictions, by Jorge Luis Borges
- Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
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The Man Who Invented Natural History (Review) Stephen Jay Gould
, pp. 83-90 Buffon: A Life in Natural History, by Jacques Roger
- Buffon: A Life in Natural History by Jacques Roger
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Affirming Affirmative Action (Review) Ronald Dworkin
, pp. 91-104 The Shape of the River, by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
- The Shape of the River by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
- Cover drawing
Edward Gorey