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January 13, 1997 Issue - 17 Articles- Comment: Johnny Be Good
Louis Menand
, pp. 4-5 But the ideology behind Ebonics is all wrong
- In the Mail, pp. 6-7
- Goings On About Town, pp. 8-26
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 27-29
Tormented by 2000; Wall Street's doomsayer; etc.
- Dept. of Disputation: Spooking the Boomers
John Cassidy
, pp. 30-35 Why is Pete Peterson insisting that you will be poor when you grow old?
- Downtown Chronicles: Wagstaff's Eye
Hilton Als
, pp. 36-41 What did Sam Wagstaff see in photography that no one else saw? Enough to make it a coll...
- "Quays"
Richard Murphy
, pp. 42-43 - A Reporter at Large: The Humbolt Murders
John Gregory Dunne
, pp. 44-63 The murder of three people in a Nebraska farmhouse reveals a small-town youth culture t...
- Fiction: "Linda's Daddy's Loaded"
Matthew Klam
, pp. 64-69 And he is so much fun to be around
- "Silver Gelatin"
August Kleinzahler
, pp. 70-71 The Critics
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The Alarmist (Review) David Denby
, pp. 72-75 Slouching Towards Gomorrah, by Robert H. Bork
- Slouching Towards Gomorrah by Robert H. Bork
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Stones of Light (Review) George Steiner
, pp. 76-78 Florence: A Portrait, by Michael Levey
- Florence: A Portrait by Michael Levey
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Briefly Noted (5 Reviews) , p. 79 The Yellow Admiral, by Patrick O'Brian
- The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O'Brian
- Jacob the Liar by Jurek Becker
- The Devil Knows How to Ride by Edward E. Leslie
- Doing Battle by Paul Fussell
- Immortelles: Memoir of a Will-o'-the-Wisp by Mireille Marokvia
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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) Terrence Rafferty
, pp. 80-81 Solid Flesh
- Hamlet (1996 Film) by Kenneth Branagh
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996 Film) by Milos Forman
- Jazz
Whitney Balliett
, pp. 82-83 The drummer Leon Parker
- Shouts & Murmurs
Calvin Trillin
, pp. 84-86 Tourists Trapped
- Cover: City Skate
Lorenzo Mattotti
