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March 5, 1998 Issue
- 19 Articles
Kenneth Starr and the Independent Counsel Act
Lawrence E. Walsh
, pp. 4-6
[+]
A Family Romance
(Review)
James Fenton
, p. 7
Birthday Letters, by Ted Hughes
Birthday Letters
by Ted Hughes
Fever
Ted Hughes
, pp. 8-9
[+]
Prophet
(3 Reviews)
Jason Epstein
, pp. 10-13
Gross Indecency, by Moises Kaufman
Gross Indecency
by Moises Kaufman
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
by Michael S. Foldy
Oscar Wilde's Last Stand
by Philip Hoare
[+]
Pioneer
(Review)
John Updike
, pp. 14-16
Arthur Dove, by Debra Bricker Balken
Arthur Dove
by Debra Bricker Balken
[+]
'Whither Dost Thou Hasten?'
(2 Reviews)
J.M. Coetzee
, pp. 17-19
Panther in the Basement, by Amos Oz
Panther in the Basement
by Amos Oz
The Iron Tracks
by Aharon Appelfeld
[+]
The Governor in Drag?
(Review)
Edmund S. Morgan
, pp. 20-21
The Lord Cornbury Scandal, by Patricia U. Bonomi
The Lord Cornbury Scandal
by Patricia U. Bonomi
[+]
Louisiana Story
(2 Reviews)
Roger Shattuck
, pp. 22-24
Degas in New Orleans, by Christopher Benfey
Degas in New Orleans
by Christopher Benfey
Masters and Servants
by Pierre Michon
[+]
Justice for Blacks?
(3 Reviews)
Nicholas Lemann
, pp. 25-28
Race, Crime, and the Law, by Randall Kennedy
Race, Crime, and the Law
by Randall Kennedy
Search and Destroy
by Jerome G. Miller
Malign Neglect-Race, Crime, and Punishment in America
by Michael Tonry
[+]
Portraits of a Lady
(Review)
P.N. Furbank
, pp. 29-31
Women's Words, by Mona Ozouf
Women's Words
by Mona Ozouf
[+]
A Garland of Ibids
(Review)
John Gross
, pp. 32-34
The Footnote: A Curious History, by Anthony Grafton
The Footnote: A Curious History
by Anthony Grafton
[+]
The Art of the Possible
(2 Reviews)
Francis Haskell
, pp. 35-38
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, by Sylvain Laveissiere
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
by Sylvain Laveissiere
Augustin Pajou, Royal Sculptor
by James David Draper and Guilhem Scherf
Talking with Wei Jingsheng
Jonathan Mirsky
, p. 39
[+]
Pulling Down the Temple
(Review)
Thomas R. Edwards
, pp. 40-41
Barney's Version, by Mordecai Richler
Barney's Version
by Mordecai Richler
The State of the Republic
Vaclav Havel
, pp. 42-45
'The Confusion over Cloning'
Harold T. Shapiro, James F. Childress, and Thomas H. Murray, ...
, p. 46
An Exchange
'The Lion King'
Charles Hill and Joan Didion
, p. 47
An Exchange
Letters
Martin Kilson, K. Anthony Appiah, and Gerard Launay, ...
, pp. 48-52
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