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December 22, 1994 Issue
- 19 Articles
[+]
The Tragic Pope?
(4 Reviews)
Garry Wills
, pp. 4-9
Crossing the Threshold of Hope, by Pope John paul II and Vittorio Messori
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
by Pope John paul II and Vittorio Messori
Prayers and Devotions
by Pope John Paul II
The Place Within
by Pope John Paul II
The Papacy
by Bernhard Schimmelpfennig
[+]
'Trapping Fairies in West Virginia'
(3 Reviews)
John Bayley
, pp. 10-13
The Oxford Book of Comic Verse, by John Gross
The Oxford Book of Comic Verse
by John Gross
Max Beerbohm: Collected Verse
by J.G. Riewald and Max Beerbohm
A Christmas Garland
by Max Beerbohm
The Slave Trade and the Jews
David Brion Davis
, pp. 14-16
The Other Pope
James Fenton
, p. 17
[+]
Poets of the Spanish Tragedy
(3 Reviews)
Bernard Knox
, pp. 18-21
Edwin Rolfe: Collected Poems, by Cary Nelson, Jefferson Hendricks, and Edwin Rolfe, ...
Edwin Rolfe: Collected Poems
by Cary Nelson, Jefferson Hendricks, and Edwin Rolfe, ...
Edwin Rolfe
by Gary Nelson and Jefferson Hendricks
A Moment of War
by Laurie Lee
Elegy for a Park
Jorge Luis Borges
, p. 22
[+]
New Heaven, New Earth
(Review)
Jasper Griffin
, pp. 23-29
Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come, by Norman Cohn
Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come
by Norman Cohn
The Wonder of the Soviet World
Jamey Gambrell
, pp. 30-35
[+]
Escape Artist
(Review)
Alfred Kazin
, pp. 36-37
The Book of Intimate Grammar, by David Grossman
The Book of Intimate Grammar
by David Grossman
[+]
The Prairie Queen
(4 Reviews)
Caroline Fraser
, pp. 38-45
The Ghost in the Little House, by William V. Holtz
The Ghost in the Little House
by William V. Holtz
The First Four Years
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Little House Sampler
by William T. Anderson, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Rose Wilder Lane, ...
West from Home
by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Roger Lea MacBride
[+]
Prince of the City
(4 Reviews)
Martin Filler
, pp. 46-50
Philip Johnson: Life and Work, by Franz Schulze
Philip Johnson: Life and Work
by Franz Schulze
Philip Johnson: The Glass House
by David Whitney, Jeffrey Kipnis, and Philip Johnson, ...
The Oral History of Modern Architecture
by John Peter
Philip Johnson: The Architect in His Own Words
by Hilary Lewis, John T. O'Connor, and Philip Johnson, ...
[+]
The Heart of Me
(Review)
J.M. Coetzee
, pp. 51-54
Under My Skin, by Doris M. Lessing
Under My Skin
by Doris M. Lessing
[+]
Vietnam: The Bitter Truth
(Review)
Philip Gourevitch
, pp. 55-58
South Wind Changing, by Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh
South Wind Changing
by Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh
[+]
Writer Without Borders
(Review)
Ann Hulbert
, pp. 59-60
Open Secrets, by Alice Munro
Open Secrets
by Alice Munro
[+]
'A Fair and Tranquil Land'
(2 Reviews)
R.J.W. Evans
, pp. 61-64
Hanes Cymru, by John Davies
Hanes Cymru
by John Davies
A History of Wales
by John Davies
Sex for Thought
Robert Darnton
, pp. 65-75
Happy Endings
Murray Kempton
, p. 76
Letters
Ross E. Cheit and Frederick Crews
, pp. 76-80
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Saul Steinberg
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