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February 4, 1999 Issue - 15 Articles- One Cheer for Literary Biography
John Updike
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The Republicans' War (4 Reviews) Lars-Erik Nelson
, pp. 6-9 The Freshmen, by Linda Killian
- The Freshmen by Linda Killian
- Conservative Reformers by Nicol C. Rae
- Lessons Learned the Hard Way by Newt Gingrich
- Sexual McCarthyism by Alan M. Dershowitz
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The Genius of the Glass House (Review) Janet Malcolm
, pp. 10-14 Julia Margaret Cameron's Women, by Sylvia Wolf
- Julia Margaret Cameron's Women by Sylvia Wolf
- Sex and Democracy in Taiwan
Ian Buruma
, p. 15 - Ulysses S. Grant
James M. McPherson
, pp. 16-19 The Unheroic Hero
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The Black Arts (2 Reviews) Thomas Powers
, pp. 20-23 Secrecy, by Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- Secrecy by Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- Bay of Pigs Declassified by Peter Kornbluh
- The New Anti-Terrorism
Flora Lewis
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Good Grief (Review) Rosemary Dinnage
, pp. 25-26 Kaddish, by Leon Wieseltier
- Kaddish by Leon Wieseltier
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High Wire Acts (3 Reviews) Martin Filler
, pp. 27-32 Logbook, by Renzo Piano
- Logbook by Renzo Piano
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop by Peter Buchanan
- Technology, Place, and Architecture by Kenneth Frampton
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Blood and Money (Review) Helen Epstein
, pp. 33-35 Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce, by Douglas Starr
- Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce by Douglas Starr
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A Prisoner's Dream (Review) Tim Parks
, pp. 36-39 Eugenio Montale in Translation
- Collected Poems, 1920-1954 by Eugenio Montale
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The Great Black Hope (2 Reviews) Garry Wills
, pp. 40-41 King of the World, by David Remnick
- King of the World by David Remnick
- More Than a Champion by Jan Philipp Reemtsma
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Sheridan the Revolutionary (Review) James Fenton
, pp. 42-45 A Traitor's Kiss, by Fintan O'Toole
- A Traitor's Kiss by Fintan O'Toole
- Letters
Diana Hopkinson, David Astor, Isaac Levi, and Sidney Morgenbesser, ...
, pp. 46-48 - Cover Drawing
David Levine