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Report: AWOL in America

When desertion is the only option

by Kathy Dobie

The Harpers Monthly, March 2005, pp. 33-44

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      A Cool Heat by Jed Perl, pp. 81-85 - 1 Review
      1. Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature by Lewis M. Dabney
    13. [+]
      Hello, Beautiful by Arthur Krystal, pp. 86-94 - 1 Review
      1. History of Beauty by Umberto Eco
    14. Puzzle by Richard E. Maltby Jr., p. 95
    15. Findings, pp. 96-98
    16. Cover: The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell
  10. [+]
    October 2005 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Letters by Scott McLarty and Mieke Eerkens, pp. 4-6
    2. Notebook by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 7-10
    3. Harper's Index, pp. 11-12
    4. Readings by Edward Luttwak, pp. 13-24
    5. The Death of a Chair by Doris Lessing, pp. 25-30
    6. Essay: The Uses of Disaster by Rebecca Solnit, pp. 31-38
    7. Folio: Why Experimental Fiction Threatens To Destroy Publishing, Jonathan Franzen, and ... by Ben Marcus, pp. 39-54
    8. Report: Debbie Does Salad by Frederick Kaufman, pp. 55-60
    9. Letter: Fool At War by Jay Kirk, pp. 61-71
    10. Briefings: Condemnation Nation by Joshua Kurlantzick, pp. 72-74
    11. Briefings: Class Participation by Eilene Zimmerman, pp. 75-77
    12. Stories: Two Fictions by Margaret Atwood, pp. 78-80
    13. [+]
      New Books by John Leonard, pp. 81-82 - 4 Reviews
      1. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
      2. Mark Twain: A Life by Ron Powers
      3. Stepin Fetchit by Mel Watkins
      4. Party in the Blitz by Elias Canetti
    14. [+]
      White Knees by Wyatt Mason, pp. 83-87 - 1 Review
      1. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
    15. [+]
      America: The Opera by Jeffrey Mehlman, pp. 88-94 - 1 Review
      1. A Great Improvisation by Stacy Schiff
    16. Puzzle by Richard E. Maltby Jr., p. 95
    17. Findings, pp. 96-98
    18. Cover by Tullio Pericoli
  11. [+]
    November 2005 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Letters by Stephen Reinhardt and Joe Giarratano, pp. 4-8
    2. Notebook by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 9-12
    3. Harper's Index, pp. 13-14
    4. Readings by Li Changgeng, pp. 15-28
    5. The Once and Future Road by Tim Brookes, pp. 29-32
    6. Essay: "Don't Watch the News" by Frederick Busch, pp. 33-42
    7. Letter from England: The Last of England by Charles Glass, pp. 43-49
    8. Criticism: What We've Lost by William Pfaff, pp. 50-56
    9. Photo Essay: The Dispossessed by Peter Turnley, pp. 57-64
    10. Report: Valkyries Over Iraq by Lawrence Weschler, pp. 65-77
    11. Annotation: Subdivide and Conquer by Paul Maliszewski and Hadley Ross, pp. 78-80
    12. Story: In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders, pp. 81-88
    13. [+]
      New Books by John Leonard, pp. 89-90 - 3 Reviews
      1. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
      2. Savage Shorthand by Jerome Charyn
      3. The Coldest Winter by Paula Fox
    14. [+]
      Grievous Angel by Dwight Garner, pp. 91-96 - 2 Reviews
      1. James Agee, Vol. I by Michael Sragow and James Agee
      2. James Agee, Vol. II by Michael Sragow and James Agee
    15. [+]
      The Still Point of the Turning World by Jennifer Szalai, pp. 97-102 - 1 Review
      1. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
    16. Puzzle by Richard E. Maltby Jr., p. 103
    17. Findings, pp. 104-106
    18. Cover: Doc, Camp, and Sgt. Cliat Firing by Steve Mumford
  12. [+]
    December 2005 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters by Joe Wenderoth and Sherman Alexie, pp. 4-8
    2. Notebook by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 9-12
    3. Harper's Index, pp. 13-14
    4. Readings by Ashley Nelson, pp. 15-27
    5. The Gold Lunch by Ron Carlson, pp. 28-32
    6. Essay: Jesus Without the Miracles by Erik Reece, pp. 33-41
    7. Letter from China: The Great Leap by Bill McKibben, pp. 42-52
    8. Memoir: All That I Have Is Yours by Scott Korb, pp. 53-56
    9. Letter from Kentucky: The Line Is Hot by Steve Featherstone, pp. 57-67
    10. Annotation: Diminishing Returns by Benjamin Pauker and Michele Wucker, pp. 68-69
    11. Briefings: Academic Cross-Dressing by Stanley Fish, pp. 70-72
    12. Briefings: Immersion Journalism by Matthew Power, pp. 73-75
    13. Story: Lost in Uttar Pradesh by Evan S. Connell, pp. 76-84
    14. [+]
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      1. Get a Life by Nadine Gordimer
      2. Voltaire Almighty by Roger Pearson
      3. Isaac Newton by Gale E. Christianson
      4. Lillian Hellman: A Life with Foxes and Scoundrels by Deborah Martinson
    15. [+]
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      1. The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer
    16. [+]
      Resurrecting Matisse by Lance Esplund, pp. 90-98 - 2 Reviews
      1. Matisse the Master by Hilary Spurling
      2. The Unknown Matisse by Hilary Spurling
    17. Puzzle by Richard E. Maltby Jr., p. 99
    18. Findings, pp. 100-102
    19. Cover: Portrait of Christ by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
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  Issues of 2006 = 11 Issues, 174 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 2007 = 2 Issues, 25 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 2009 = 6 Issues, 130 Articles
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  Issues of 2010 = 2 Issues, 39 Articles