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  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 204 Articles
  1. [+]
    January 2004 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-4
    2. Lengthened shadows, V by Mark Steyn, pp. 5-17
    3. Leibniz & Job by Leszek Kolakowski, pp. 18-23
    4. Booker vs. Goncourt by Anthony Daniels, pp. 24-27
    5. Are emotions moral? by F.H. Buckley, pp. 28-32
    6. New poems by William Logan, pp. 33-37
    7. The Nasher Collection by Karen Wilkin, pp. 38-43
    8. Strange fruit by James Panero, pp. 44-46
    9. Music by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 47-50
    10. Concert notes by Patrick J. Smith, pp. 51-58
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      The achievement of Robert Lowell by Richard Tillinghast, pp. 59-65 - 1 Review
      1. Robert Lowell: Collected Poems by Frank Bidart, David Gewanter, and Robert Lowell
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      Messages from the gods by Richard Garner, pp. 66-68 - 1 Review
      1. Greek Gods, Human Lives by Mary Lefkowitz
    13. [+]
      The disaster parade by Eric Ormsby, pp. 69-72 - 1 Review
      1. A Tragic Honesty by Blake Bailey
    14. [+]
      The Steiner school by Paul Dean, pp. 73-74 - 1 Review
      1. Lessons of the Masters by George Steiner
    15. [+]
      Evocations by Herbert I. London, pp. 75-77 - 1 Review
      1. Tributes by Irving Louis Horowitz
    16. Hugh Kenner, 1923-2003 by Guy Davenport, pp. 78-86
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    February 2004 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-4
    2. Lengthened shadows, VI by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 5-18
    3. How good was Maugham? by Anthony Daniels, pp. 19-26
    4. Remembering George Gissing by Judy Stove, pp. 27-32
    5. Of human accomplishment by Denis Dutton, pp. 33-38
    6. New poems by W.D. Snodgrass, pp. 39-40
    7. A Chapter in the Life of Mr. Kehoe, Fisherman by Donald Justice, p. 41
    8. Losses by Stephen Stepanchev, p. 42
    9. Letter from Prague by Eric Ormsby, pp. 43-47
    10. Theater by Mark Steyn, pp. 48-52
    11. Art by Karen Wilkin, pp. 53-55
    12. Armchair adventures by James Panero, pp. 56-58
    13. Music by James F. Penrose, pp. 59-60
    14. Beast-man politics by James Bowman, pp. 61-65
    15. [+]
      The mystery of Marianne Moore by William Logan, pp. 66-71 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Poems of Marianne Moore by Grace Schulman and Marianne Moore
      2. Becoming Marianne Moore by Robin G. Schulze and Marianne Moore
    16. [+]
      More than natural grace by Francis Morrone, pp. 72-74 - 1 Review
      1. Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England by Frederick Law Olmsted
    17. [+]
      The great imperialist by Deepak Lal, pp. 75-78 - 1 Review
      1. Curzon: Imperial Statesman by David Gilmour
    18. [+]
      Nothing shabby by Alexandra Mullen, pp. 79-86 - 1 Review
      1. The Afterlife by Penelope Fitzgerald
  3. [+]
    March 2004 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-4
    2. Lengthenen Shadows, VII by David B. Hart, pp. 5-18
    3. The novels of Alan Furst by Brooke Allen, pp. 19-26
    4. Reflections on the black cap by Anthony Daniels, pp. 27-33
    5. Reading Ezra Pound by Eric Ormsby, pp. 34-38
    6. New poems by William Louis-Dreyfus, pp. 39-41
    7. Theater by Mark Steyn, pp. 42-46
    8. Stromanizing by Laura Jacobs, pp. 47-52
    9. Art by Karen Wilkin, pp. 53-56
    10. Exhibition note by James Panero, p. 57
    11. Music by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 58-62
    12. Bad faith, common currency by James Bowman, pp. 63-67
    13. [+]
      Norman Podhoretz & the nature of things by William McGurn, pp. 68-70 - 1 Review
      1. The Norman Podhoretz Reader by Thomas L. Jeffers and Norman Podhoretz
    14. [+]
      Insolent humanism by Ben Downing, pp. 71-73 - 1 Review
      1. Robert Byron by James Knox
    15. [+]
      Darwinizing politics by Paul R. Gross, pp. 74-76 - 1 Review
      1. Darwinian Politics by Paul H. Rubin
    16. [+]
      The quiet German? by Tess Lewis, pp. 77-86 - 1 Review
      1. A Sad Affair by Wolfgang G. Koeppen
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    April 2004 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-4
    2. Lengthened shadows, VIII by Eric Ormsby, pp. 5-18
    3. Reflections by Dana Gioia, pp. 19-26
    4. --- by David Yezzi, pp. 27-33
    5. --- by Charles Martin, pp. 34-37
    6. --- by Christian Wiman, pp. 38-42
    7. The oldest profession by Theodore Dalrymple, pp. 43-49
    8. New poems by Kay Ryan, pp. 50-53
    9. Mowers; Christopher Columbus Park by W.S. Di Piero, pp. 54-55
    10. Public transit by Ben Downing, pp. 56-57
    11. Fiddling with "Fiddler" by Mark Steyn, pp. 58-63
    12. "Gauguin Tahiti" by Karen Wilkin, pp. 64-69
    13. Music by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 70-73
    14. Concert note by Patrick J. Smith, pp. 74-75
    15. "Root-causeism" & electability by James Bowman, pp. 76-80
    16. [+]
      America---c'est moi! by Hilton Kramer, pp. 81-83 - 1 Review
      1. Alfred Kazin's America by Ted Solotaroff and Alfred Kazin
    17. [+]
      As seen on TV by Mark Bauerlein, pp. 84-85 - 1 Review
      1. The Flickering Mind by Todd Oppenheimer
    18. [+]
      Race: no such thing by Paul R. Gross, pp. 86-88 - 1 Review
      1. Race: The Reality of Human Differences by Vincent Sarich and Frank Miele
    19. [+]
      The political person by Paul Hollander, pp. 89-91 - 1 Review
      1. Family Circle by Susan Braudy
    20. [+]
      Guilty as charged by Robert Messenger, pp. 92-102 - 1 Review
      1. Europe's Last Summer by David Fromkin
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    May 2004 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-4
    2. Lengthened shadows, IX by Robert H. Bork, pp. 5-17
    3. Giovanni Verga's verismo by Martin Greenberg, pp. 18-24
    4. Milton Avery by James Panero, pp. 25-29
    5. New poems by Eric Ormsby, pp. 30-32
    6. The tide pool by William Logan, p. 33
    7. Borrowed time in the "botellon" by Michael Carlin, pp. 34-36
    8. From "Embedded" to "in bed with" by Mark Steyn, pp. 37-41
    9. The ancient Greeks by Victor Davis Hanson, pp. 42-45
    10. New York chronicle by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 46-50
    11. Concert note by Patrick J. Smith, pp. 51-52
    12. Obligations fo "spin" by James Bowman, pp. 53-57
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      Not to comment, but to illustrate by Max Watman, pp. 58-65 - 6 Reviews
      1. The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
      2. The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
      3. Bandbox by Thomas Mallon
      4. Little Children by Tom Perrotta
      5. I Dream of Microwaves by Imad Rahman
      6. I Sailed With Magellan by Stuart Dybek
    14. [+]
      Why we won by Marc Arkin, pp. 66-67 - 1 Review
      1. Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
    15. [+]
      Farrell's achievement by Carl Rollyson, pp. 68-69 - 1 Review
      1. An Honest Writer by Robert K. Landers
    16. [+]
      Beyond faeryland by John Simon, pp. 70-75 - 1 Review
      1. W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol II by R.F. Foster
    17. The strangest travel book ever written by John Derbyshire, pp. 76-86
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    June 2004 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-4
    2. Lengthened shadows, X by Roger Kimball, pp. 5-16
    3. Fundamentalism by Kenneth Minogue, pp. 17-21
    4. The man who made Scouting by Anthony Daniels, pp. 22-27
    5. New poems by Debora Greger, pp. 28-29
    6. Camille Monet on her deathbed by Richard Tillinghast, p. 30
    7. A hill by Deborah Warren, p. 31
    8. Raisin' Cain by Mark Steyn, pp. 32-36
    9. Art by Karen Wilkin, pp. 37-41
    10. Exhibition note by Michael J. Lewis, pp. 42-44
    11. Gallery chronicle by James Panero, pp. 45-47
    12. Music by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 48-52
    13. Concert note by Patrick J. Smith, pp. 53-54
    14. The media by James Bowman, pp. 55-59
    15. Verse chronicle by William Logan, pp. 60-67
    16. [+]
      Constant's middle path by Daniel J. Mahoney, pp. 68-71 - 1 Review
      1. Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments by Benjamin Constant
    17. [+]
      The oval Welshman by David Pryce-Jones, pp. 72-73 - 1 Review
      1. Dylan Thomas: A New Life by Andrew Lycett
    18. [+]
      Blowin' in the wind by Eric Ormsby, pp. 74-77 - 1 Review
      1. Dylan's Visions of Sin by Christopher Ricks
    19. [+]
      The Napoleonic code by Marc Arkin, pp. 78-80 - 1 Review
      1. The Age of Napoleon by Alistair Horne
    20. [+]
      So very Irish by Brooke Allen, pp. 81-83 - 1 Review
      1. The Collected Stories of Benedict Kiely by Benedict Kiely
    21. [+]
      Made in myth by Tom Meaney, pp. 84-85 - 1 Review
      1. The Locrian Maidens by James M. Redfield
    22. Making the grandest tour by Robert Messenger, pp. 86-88
    23. Letters, pp. 89-90
    24. Index, pp. 91-102
  7. [+]
    September 2004 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-3
    2. Does shame have a future? by Roger Kimball, pp. 4-9
    3. Anthony Powell by Brooke Allen, pp. 10-17
    4. Petrarch by Eric Ormsby, pp. 18-23
    5. The revenge of Mr. Hyde by Theodore Dalrymple, pp. 24-28
    6. New poems by William Logan, pp. 29-30
    7. Lighting bug by Kevin Durkin, p. 31
    8. Etc. by U.S. Dhuga, p. 32
    9. London journal by John Gross, pp. 33-35
    10. Theater by Mark Steyn, pp. 36-40
    11. Art by Karen Wilkin, pp. 41-45
    12. Seurat's "Sunday" painting by Hilton Kramer, pp. 46-47
    13. Music by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 48-52
    14. The media by James Bowman, pp. 53-57
    15. [+]
      WFB: Against the prevailing winds by William McGurn, pp. 58-60 - 1 Review
      1. Miles Gone By by William F. Buckley, Jr.
    16. [+]
      A disgraceful career by Keith Windschuttle, pp. 61-63 - 1 Review
      1. The Anti-Chomsky Reader by Peter Collier and David Horowitz
    17. [+]
      Faking it by Marco Grassi, pp. 64-67 - 1 Review
      1. The Expert Versus the Object by Ronald D. Spencer
    18. [+]
      A literary river by Stephen Schwartz, p. 68 - 1 Review
      1. The Trial of Comrade Tulayev by Victor Serge
    19. [+]
      Why the long face? by Stefan Beck, pp. 69-70 - 1 Review
      1. Welcome to Lizard Motel by Barbara Feinberg
    20. [+]
      Literature v. trivia by Tess Lewis, pp. 71-73 - 1 Review
      1. Thank You for Not Reading by Dubravka Ugresic
    21. [+]
      Great Scott by David Grosz, pp. 74-75 - 1 Review
      1. Reliquiae Trotcosienses by Sir Walter Scott
    22. [+]
      2 Reviews Multitude, by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri by Roger Kimball, p. 76 - 2 Reviews
      1. Multitude by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
      2. Critique of Dialectical Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre and Alan Sheridan-Smith
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      2 Reviews Americans in Paris, by Adam Gopnik by James Panero, p. 77 - 2 Reviews
      1. Americans in Paris by Adam Gopnik
      2. Hotel Bemelmans by Ludwig Bemelmans
    24. Kermit Swiler Champa, 1939-2004 by James Panero, pp. 78-86
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    October 2004 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-3
    2. Gulliver's travails by John O' Sullivan, pp. 4-13
    3. Ballet's next assoluta? by Laura Jacobs, pp. 14-21
    4. The real Che by Anthony Daniels, pp. 22-27
    5. In search of Quixote by Martin Greenberg, pp. 28-34
    6. Poems by Lisa Barnett, p. 35
    7. The North Wind's daughter by Sarah Ruden, p. 36
    8. On my refusal to attend a poet's protest against the war by Sarah Skwire, p. 37
    9. The self-made Scot by John Keegan, pp. 38-42
    10. Theater by Mark Steyn, pp. 43-47
    11. Gallery chronicle by James Panero, pp. 48-52
    12. Salzburg chronicle by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 53-57
    13. The media by James Bowman, pp. 58-62
    14. [+]
      The insider's insider by John Russell, pp. 63-64 - 1 Review
      1. Duveen: A Life in Art by Meryle Secrest
    15. [+]
      Theory of everything by Martin Gardner, pp. 65-67 - 1 Review
      1. The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose
    16. [+]
      The usual suspects by David Pryce-Jones, pp. 68-71 - 2 Reviews
      1. Deceiving the Deceivers by S.J. Hamrick
      2. The Private Life of Kim Philby by Rufina Philby
    17. [+]
      Rock rage by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, pp. 72-73 - 1 Review
      1. A Rage for Rock Gardening by Nicola Shulman
    18. [+]
      The world's first story by John J. Miller, pp. 74-76 - 2 Reviews
      1. Gilgamesh by Derrek Hines
      2. Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell
    19. [+]
      Review The Bookshop at 10 Curzon Street, by John Saum... by Roger Kimball, p. 77 - 1 Review
      1. The Bookshop at 10 Curzon Street by John Saumarez Smith
    20. [+]
      Review In the Shadow of No Towers, by Art Spiegelman by Stefan Beck, p. 78 - 1 Review
      1. In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman
    21. Czeslaw Milosz, 1911-2004 by Hilton Kramer, pp. 79-86
  9. [+]
    November 2004 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-4
    2. Saintly institutions? by Roger Kimball, pp. 5-9
    3. Capote reconsidered by Brooke Allen, pp. 10-16
    4. Lessons of "Lonelyhearts" by Theodore Dalrymple, pp. 17-20
    5. The memory of Donald Justice by David Yezzi, pp. 21-25
    6. New poems by Geoffrey Brock, pp. 26-28
    7. Though angelless; Missing it by Dan Brown, pp. 29-30
    8. The media by James Bowman, pp. 31-35
    9. Among gods and kings by Karen Wilkin, pp. 36-40
    10. Gallery chronicle by James Panero, pp. 41-43
    11. New York chronicle by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 44-47
    12. Opera note by Patrick J. Smith, pp. 48-49
    13. World literature in 1928 by Sarah Ruden, pp. 50-53
    14. [+]
      Worse yet, real life by Max Watman, pp. 54-60 - 4 Reviews
      1. Villages by John Updike
      2. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
      3. Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
      4. Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
    15. [+]
      A song and a mistake by Eric Ormsby, pp. 61-64 - 1 Review
      1. Metamorphoses by Ovid and Charles Martin
    16. [+]
      Ein' feste Burg by Daniel Johnson, pp. 65-67 - 1 Review
      1. A Mighty Fortress by Steven Ozment
    17. [+]
      A quintessential general by Victor Davis Hanson, pp. 68-70 - 1 Review
      1. Ulysses S. Grant by Josiah Bunting III
    18. [+]
      Authenticity blues by Stefan Beck, pp. 71-72 - 1 Review
      1. The Artificial White Man by Stanley Crouch
    19. [+]
      An impossible dream by Gerald Frost, pp. 73-75 - 1 Review
      1. The United States of Europe by T.R. Reid
    20. [+]
      Review Many Are Called, by Walker Evans by Hilton Kramer, p. 76 - 1 Review
      1. Many Are Called by Walker Evans
    21. [+]
      Review Ancestral Shadows, by Russell Kirk by Stefan Beck, p. 76 - 1 Review
      1. Ancestral Shadows by Russell Kirk
    22. [+]
      Review T. S. Eliot, by Jewel Spears Brooker by Roger Kimball, p. 77 - 1 Review
      1. T. S. Eliot by Jewel Spears Brooker
    23. Thom Gunn, 1929-2004 by Paul Dean, pp. 78-86
  10. [+]
    December 2004 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. Notes & Comments, pp. 1-4
    2. The whys of art by Robert Conquest, pp. 5-14
    3. MOMA reopened by Michael J. Lewis, pp. 15-18
    4. A conversation on art by Philip Pearlstein and David Yezzi, pp. 19-23
    5. Reflections on taste by Marco Grassi, pp. 24-28
    6. Greenberg & Frankenthaler by Andre Emmerich, pp. 29-32
    7. Pictures from an institution by James Panero, pp. 33-35
    8. New poems by Joshua Mehigan, pp. 36-37
    9. Long live rock; Route 17 by John Foy, pp. 38-39
    10. Theater by Mark Steyn, pp. 40-44
    11. Maillol at Marlborough by Karen Wilkin, pp. 45-46
    12. Exhibition notes by Eric Gibson, pp. 47-48
    13. --- by Peter Pettus, pp. 49-50
    14. --- by James Panero, pp. 51-52
    15. New York chronicle by Jay Nordlinger, pp. 53-57
    16. The media by James Bowman, pp. 58-62
    17. [+]
      One if by land by William Logan, pp. 63-70 - 6 Reviews
      1. Danger on Peaks by Gary Snyder
      2. American Smooth by Rita Dove
      3. Gilgamesh by Derrek Hines
      4. Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell
      5. The Prodigal by Derek Walcott
      6. Second Space by Czeslaw Milosz
    18. [+]
      Barbarity without vigor by Anthony Daniels, pp. 71-75 - 1 Review
      1. The Strange Death of Moral Britain by Christie Davies
    19. [+]
      Our Black Jeremiah by Mark Bauerlein, pp. 76-77 - 1 Review
      1. Democracy Matters by Cornel West
    20. [+]
      Composer on the couch by R.J. Stove, pp. 78-79 - 1 Review
      1. Gustav Mahler by Stuart Feder
    21. [+]
      Review Bound to Please, by Michael Dirda by Stefan Beck, pp. 80-81 - 1 Review
      1. Bound to Please by Michael Dirda
    22. [+]
      Review Weathering the Storm, by Peter H. Wood and Win... by Roger Kimball, p. 82 - 1 Review
      1. Weathering the Storm by Peter H. Wood and Winslow Homer
    23. [+]
      Review The Case for Democracy, by Natan Sharansky and... by Stefan Beck, p. 83 - 1 Review
      1. The Case for Democracy by Natan Sharansky and Ron Dermer
    24. [+]
      Review Wodehouse: A Life, by Robert McCrum by James Panero, pp. 83-84 - 1 Review
      1. Wodehouse: A Life by Robert McCrum
    25. The saddhu of sodomy by Theodore Dalrymple, pp. 85-94
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  Issues of 2005 = 3 Issues, 62 Articles