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Food: Better Butter

by Corby Kummer

The Atlantic Monthly, June 1998, pp. 98-102

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    11. Venus of Willendorf by Yusef Komunyakaa, pp. 86-88
    12. The Invisible Woman by Jessica Hornik, pp. 89-91
    13. Could Mad-Cow Disease Happen Here? by Ellen Ruppel Shell, pp. 92-97
    14. Shore Birds by W.S. Merwin, pp. 98-106
    15. At Last Count by Allan Reeder, pp. 107-113
    16. She: Portrait of the Essay as a Warm Body by Cynthia Ozick, pp. 114-118
    17. Escapade by Guy Billout, p. 119
    18. Music: Swing and Sensibility by Francis Davis, pp. 120-126
    19. Food: Tuscan Tomatoes by Corby Kummer, pp. 127-129
    20. [+]
      The Hidden Nature of Systems by Stephen M. Walt, pp. 130-133 - 1 Review
      1. System Effects by Robert Jervis
    21. [+]
      The Pleasures of Formal Poetry by Elizabeth Frank, pp. 134-136 - 1 Review
      1. The World Below the Window by William Jay Smith
    22. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 137-138 - 6 Reviews
      1. Badge of Courage by Linda H. Davis
      2. Screams of Reason by David J. Skal
      3. Something Happened Yesterday by Beryl Bainbridge
      4. The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry
      5. The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman
      6. Magritte 1898-1967 by Gisele Ollinger-Zinque, Frederik Leen, and Rene Magritte, ...
    23. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 139
    24. Word Court by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 140-142
    25. Cover art by Theo Rudnak
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    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters, pp. 8-15
    3. The October Almanac, pp. 16-17
    4. Notes & Comment: The Hidden Side of the Clinton Economy by John E. Schwarz, pp. 18-21
    5. Urban Life: Saturday Night at the Hacienda by Eric Schlosser, pp. 22-41
    6. Politics: Should Election Day Be a Holliday? by Martin P. Wattenberg, pp. 42-47
    7. Travel: A Mediterranean Mix by G. Franco Romagnoli, pp. 48-54
    8. Unwanted Sex by Stephen Schulhofer, pp. 55-66
    9. The Ships of Port Revel by John McPhee, pp. 67-73
    10. The Man Into Whose Yard You Should Not Hit Your Ball by Thomas Lux, pp. 74-81
    11. The Next Industrial Revolution by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, pp. 82-92
    12. Journalism Today by Ian Frazier, p. 93
    13. Before the Flood by W.S. Merwin, p. 94
    14. My Weddings by Erika Krouse, p. 95
    15. The Odds by Teresa Cader, pp. 96-99
    16. Music: Misunderstanding Gershwin by David Schiff, pp. 100-105
    17. [+]
      The Enemy Within by James T. Patterson, pp. 106-111 - 2 Reviews
      1. Many Are the Crimes by Ellen Schrecker
      2. The Soviet World of American Communism by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Kyrill Anderson, ...
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      1. The University in Ruins by Bill Readings
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 116-118 - 6 Reviews
      1. Daniel Defoe by Richard West and Daniel Defoe
      2. Cecil Andrus: Confessions of a Western Politician by Joel Connelly and Cecil Andrus
      3. 365 Views of Mt. Fuji~~Three Hundred Sixty-Five Views of Mt. Fuji by Todd Shimoda
      4. Shame by Annie Ernaux
      5. Hildegard of Bingen by Regine Pernoud
      6. A Home in the Heart of a City by Kathleen Hirsch
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 119
    21. Word Improvisation by J.E. Lighter, pp. 120-126
    22. Cover art by Ivan Chermayeff
  11. [+]
    November 1998 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 6-7
    2. Letters, pp. 8-13
    3. The November Almanac, pp. 14-15
    4. Notes & Comments: Anticipation by Cullen Murphy, pp. 16-19
    5. Foreign Affairs: Behind the Chrysanthemum Curtain by Gale Eisenstodt, pp. 20-37
    6. Personal File: The Lovely, Lovely by Lynn Freed, pp. 38-39
    7. Travel: A Bird's-eye View of Nepal by Valerie Lester, pp. 40-48
    8. In the Kerouac Archive by Douglas Brinkley and Jack Kerouac, pp. 49-77
    9. My Mother's First Lover by Margo Rabb, pp. 78-81
    10. Naps by Stanley Plumly, pp. 82-90
    11. Mid-Night by Guy Billout, p. 91
    12. "Ready, Read!" by Nicholas Lemann, pp. 92-104
    13. Pre-empting the Holocaust by Lawrence L. Langer, pp. 105-108
    14. Brooklyn Snapshot by Anna Rabinowitz, pp. 109-115
    15. Music: Corn Bread When I'm Hungry by William Hogeland, pp. 116-124
    16. Art: Cutting-Edge but Comfy by Carol Kino, pp. 125-131
    17. [+]
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      1. The American Political Tradition by Richard Hofstadter
    18. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 137-138 - 8 Reviews
      1. Bech at Bay by John Updike
      2. What Painting Is by James Elkins
      3. Balls by Nanci Kincaid
      4. Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
      5. A Traitor's Kiss by Fintan O'Toole
      6. Presumed Ignorant! by Leland H. Gregory III
      7. Serendipities: Language and Lunacy by Umberto Eco
      8. N. C. Wyeth by David Michaelis
    19. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 139
    20. Word Court by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 140-142
    21. Cover photograph by Elliott Erwitt
  12. [+]
    December 1998 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 8-11
    2. Letters, pp. 12-23
    3. The December Almanac, pp. 24-25
    4. Notes & Comment: Back to Basics by Cullen Murphy, pp. 26-29
    5. Personal File: Neshering by Edith Pearlman, pp. 30-31
    6. Foreign Affairs: Hoods Against Democrats by Robert D. Kaplan, pp. 32-43
    7. Travel: An Old-fashioned Christmas by Corby Kummer, pp. 44-50
    8. The Prison-Industrial Complex by Eric Schlosser, pp. 51-79
    9. Lost in Translation by Stephen Budiansky, pp. 80-84
    10. America's Maginot Line by Paul Bracken, pp. 85-91
    11. Invention by Billy Collins, pp. 92-93
    12. Today Is Sunday by Peter Ho Davies, pp. 94-95
    13. Crepe Myrtles by Cathy Smith Bowers, pp. 96-97
    14. Music: Mahler's Unfinished Symphony by William H. Youngren, pp. 98-105
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      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 116-118 - 8 Reviews
      1. Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
      2. The Undiscovered Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
      3. A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories by Victor Pelevin
      4. The Last Dinosaur Book by W.J.T. Mitchell
      5. Dinosaur Impressions by Philippe Taquet
      6. The Haunted Tea-Cosy by Edward Gorey
      7. Harvest Son by David Mas Masumoto
      8. Field of Thirteen by Dick Francis
    17. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 119
    18. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 120-122
    19. Cover art by Seymour Chwast
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