Fish, Flesh, and Foul, by Steven G. Kel..., THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR

The American Scholar • 71 Years, 284 Issues, 6,139 Articles, 43,357pp

← Previous ArticleEntire IssueNext Article →

Articles

Fish, Flesh, and Foul

by Steven G. Kellman

The American Scholar, Summer 2000, pp. 85-96

Show MoreShow AllFinding...Find More

[+]
Issues of the 1930s = 8 Years, 32 Issues, 631 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1932 = 4 Issues, 112 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1933 = 4 Issues, 91 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1934 = 4 Issues, 88 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1935 = 4 Issues, 72 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1936 = 4 Issues, 76 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1937 = 4 Issues, 67 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1938 = 4 Issues, 67 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1939 = 4 Issues, 58 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1940s = 10 Years, 40 Issues, 755 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1940 = 4 Issues, 68 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1941 = 4 Issues, 72 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1942 = 4 Issues, 66 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1943 = 4 Issues, 73 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1944 = 4 Issues, 78 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1945 = 4 Issues, 73 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1946 = 4 Issues, 90 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1947 = 4 Issues, 79 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1948 = 4 Issues, 80 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1949 = 4 Issues, 76 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1950s = 10 Years, 40 Issues, 701 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1950 = 4 Issues, 71 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1951 = 4 Issues, 71 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1952 = 4 Issues, 84 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1953 = 4 Issues, 74 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1954 = 4 Issues, 73 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1955 = 4 Issues, 68 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1956 = 4 Issues, 63 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1957 = 4 Issues, 65 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1958 = 4 Issues, 60 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1959 = 4 Issues, 72 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1960s = 10 Years, 40 Issues, 837 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1960 = 4 Issues, 58 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1961 = 4 Issues, 75 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1962 = 4 Issues, 83 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1963 = 4 Issues, 83 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1964 = 4 Issues, 84 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1965 = 4 Issues, 83 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1966 = 4 Issues, 101 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1967 = 4 Issues, 98 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1968 = 4 Issues, 79 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1969 = 4 Issues, 93 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1970s = 10 Years, 40 Issues, 941 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1970 = 4 Issues, 93 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1971 = 4 Issues, 102 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1972 = 4 Issues, 92 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1973 = 4 Issues, 98 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1974 = 4 Issues, 82 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1975 = 4 Issues, 94 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1976 = 4 Issues, 101 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1977 = 4 Issues, 93 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1978 = 4 Issues, 86 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1979 = 4 Issues, 100 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1980s = 10 Years, 40 Issues, 913 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1980 = 4 Issues, 94 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 4 Issues, 87 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1982 = 4 Issues, 99 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1983 = 4 Issues, 93 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1984 = 4 Issues, 90 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 4 Issues, 87 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 4 Issues, 82 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1987 = 4 Issues, 94 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 4 Issues, 93 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 4 Issues, 94 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 40 Issues, 1,016 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1990 = 4 Issues, 95 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1991 = 4 Issues, 94 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 4 Issues, 96 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 4 Issues, 98 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 4 Issues, 91 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1995 = 4 Issues, 99 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 4 Issues, 107 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 4 Issues, 108 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1998 = 4 Issues, 124 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 4 Issues, 104 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2000s = 3 Years, 12 Issues, 345 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 2000 = 4 Issues, 111 Articles
  1. [+]
    Winter 2000 Issue = 29 Articles
    1. At Large and At Small by Thomas Mallon, pp. 5-11
    2. Commonplace Book by Andre Bernard, pp. 12-14
    3. England in Jamaica by Jervis Anderson, pp. 15-30
    4. Spring Peepers, April, Wassergass by Len Roberts, p. 31
    5. The Mystery of Max Schmitt by Philip Dacey, pp. 32-34
    6. The True Embodiment of Everything That's Excellent by Stephen Jay Gould, pp. 35-49
    7. Ears by Richard Frost, pp. 50-51
    8. The Poet's Voice by Michael S. Harper, p. 52
    9. Cut Time by Carlo Rotella, pp. 53-64
    10. Traveling by Nikia Leopold, p. 65
    11. Life Painting by Samuel Hazo, pp. 66-67
    12. Asleep with the Dog by Andrew Hudgins, p. 68
    13. F. Scott Fitzgerald: Two Readings by Morris Dickstein, pp. 69-81
    14. Annotating Mr. Fitzgerald by James L.W. West III, pp. 82-91
    15. Biography of a Rented Space by Malcolm Farley, p. 92
    16. Straw Men by Douglas Black, pp. 93-100
    17. Let Me Count the Ways by Dan Pinck, pp. 101-104
    18. "Xers" vs. "Boomers" by Margaret Morganroth Gullette, pp. 105-118
    19. Americanophobia by George Watson, pp. 119-128
    20. The Uncertain Art by Sherwin B. Nuland, pp. 129-132
    21. Journal by Mary Gordon, pp. 133-137
    22. [+]
      Rereading: Indestructible Alice by Anne Bernays and Justin Kaplan, pp. 138-141 - 1 Review
      1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
    23. [+]
      Leveling Bohemia by Rochelle Gurstein, pp. 142-144 - 1 Review
      1. American Moderns by Christine Stansell
    24. [+]
      A Book Like No Other by Aaron E. Hirsch, pp. 145-146 - 1 Review
      1. Genome by Matt Ridley
    25. [+]
      Metropolis East by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, pp. 147-149 - 1 Review
      1. Shanghai, 1842-1949 by Stella Dong
    26. [+]
      Revolution in Retrospect by Linda K. Kerber, pp. 150-153 - 2 Reviews
      1. The World Split Open by Ruth Rosen
      2. Critical Condition by Susan Gubar
    27. [+]
      Warring with Time by Aaron Matz, pp. 154-156 - 1 Review
      1. Marcel Proust: A Life by William C. Carter
    28. The Reader Replies, pp. 157-159
    29. The Podium by Shirley Hazzard, pp. 160-162
  2. [+]
    Spring 2000 Issue = 29 Articles
    1. At Large and At Small by Francine du Plessix Gray, pp. 7-13
    2. Commonplace Book by Andre Bernard, pp. 14-16
    3. The Electronic Book by D.T. Max, pp. 17-28
    4. Truth, Lies, Fact, Fiction by Frederick Busch, pp. 29-35
    5. The Loon by Mary Oliver, p. 36
    6. Falling in Love with Yiddish by Matthew Goodman, pp. 37-47
    7. Frog Doctor by Rachel Hadas, pp. 48-50
    8. The Computable Cosmos of David Deutsch by Oliver Morton, pp. 51-67
    9. A Dialogue Between Poetry and Grief by Robert Pinsky, p. 68
    10. Like Hyenas, Like Baudelaire, Like the Angel of Resurrection by Andrew Hudgins, pp. 69-79
    11. Reminiscing Concerning an Edenic Scene by John Tagliabue, p. 80
    12. Mr. Auden, Schoolmaster by John Duguid, pp. 81-86
    13. Vacationing in Croatia by Matthew Stevenson, pp. 87-98
    14. Hosanna in the Family by Walt McDonald, p. 99
    15. The Anatomy of Wildflowers by M. Rukmini Callimachi, pp. 100-101
    16. Relief by Susan Hahn, p. 102
    17. Max Weber in America by Wolfgang J. Mommsen, pp. 103-109
    18. Jump, p. 110
    19. The Soul of Plutarchos by Brian Doyle, pp. 111-124
    20. The Uncertain Art by Sherwin B. Nuland, pp. 125-128
    21. Journal by David Michaelis, pp. 129-137
    22. Rereading: The Wodehouse Jacquerie by Robert McCrum, pp. 138-141
    23. [+]
      Crimes of Language by David Carroll, pp. 142-145 - 1 Review
      1. The Collaborator by Alice Kaplan
    24. [+]
      A Crowning Work by Richard Howard, pp. 146-148 - 1 Review
      1. Shakespeare's Language by Frank Kermode
    25. [+]
      Farming for Democracy by Charles Fish, pp. 149-150 - 1 Review
      1. The Land Was Everything by Victor Davis Hanson
    26. [+]
      Publisher-King by Herbert Mitgang, pp. 151-152 - 1 Review
      1. The Chief by David Nasaw
    27. [+]
      Out of the Arctic by Roger Gathman, pp. 153-156 - 1 Review
      1. Give Me My Father's Body by Kenn Harper
    28. The Reader, pp. 157-159
    29. The Podium by George Plimpton, pp. 160-162
  3. [+]
    Summer 2000 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. At Large and At Small by Nicholson Baker, pp. 5-9
    2. Commonplace Book by Andre Bernard, pp. 10-12
    3. The Last Island of the Savages by Adam Goodheart, pp. 13-44
    4. On the Street by Marianne Boruch, p. 45
    5. "Use Trouble" by Michael S. Harper, p. 46
    6. Starting from Scratch by Roger Shattuck, pp. 47-56
    7. Fire by Edward Hoagland, pp. 57-60
    8. Synagogues by Leonard Kriegel, pp. 61-75
    9. Transparent Stratagems and Boca Grande Sunset by John Updike, pp. 76-78
    10. Life in Motion by Nicole Lamy, pp. 79-83
    11. Bittersweet by Susan Donnelly, p. 84
    12. Fish, Flesh, and Foul by Steven G. Kellman, pp. 85-96
    13. Nobel Tics by Grace Marmor Spruch, pp. 97-106
    14. Berkeley's Right Angles by Todd Gitlin, pp. 107-112
    15. Looking for Farley by William Borden, pp. 113-124
    16. The Uncertain Art by Sherwin B. Nuland, pp. 125-128
    17. Journal by Christopher Hallowell, pp. 129-135
    18. Rereading by Vivian Gornick, pp. 136-139
    19. [+]
      Elements of an English Upbringing by Jenny Diski, pp. 140-142 - 1 Review
      1. The Knox Brothers by Penelope Fitzgerald
    20. [+]
      Two Lives by Keith Gessen, pp. 143-145 - 2 Reviews
      1. My Love Affair with America by Norman Podhoretz
      2. Blood of the Liberals by George Packer
    21. [+]
      The Endurance of Art by James Trilling, pp. 146-148 - 1 Review
      1. Ruskin's Venice by Sarah Quill
    22. [+]
      The Mating Game by Susan Allport, pp. 149-150 - 1 Review
      1. Promiscuity by Tim R. Birkhead
    23. The Reader Replies, pp. 151-154
    24. Index to Volume 69, pp. 155-159
    25. The Podium by Santanu Das, pp. 160-162
  4. [+]
    Autumn 2000 Issue = 28 Articles
    1. At Large and At Small by "Philonoe", pp. 7-11
    2. Commonplace Book by Andre Bernard, pp. 12-14
    3. The Artist as Prophet and Jester by Jacques Barzun, pp. 15-33
    4. Ray Brown: "If You Don't Force It" and Release: Kind of Blue by Michael S. Harper, pp. 34-35
    5. O'Keeffe's Barn with Snow by Roy Scheele, p. 36
    6. My Supermarket by Tim Morris, pp. 37-48
    7. Lord Acton and the Lost Cause by Christopher Clausen, pp. 49-58
    8. Alone with the Cat by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, pp. 59-64
    9. Morality Plays by Andrew Stark, pp. 65-73
    10. The Billion Heartbeats of the Mammal by Gary Fincke, pp. 74-75
    11. Egret by Molly McQuade, p. 76
    12. On Not Seeing Venice by Duncan Fallowell, pp. 77-83
    13. Lines on Discovering the Result of Barry McGuigan's Championship Fight While Pausing at... by Brian Doyle, pp. 84-85
    14. Glass Flowers by Carolyn West, p. 86
    15. Millennial Sideshow by J.C. Furnas, pp. 87-93
    16. Get Up to Dance by Edwin Honig, p. 94
    17. Nabokov's Butterflies by Robert Michael Pyle, pp. 95-110
    18. India's American Imports by Adam Hochschild, pp. 111-122
    19. The Uncertain Art by Sherwin B. Nuland, pp. 123-127
    20. Journal by Roger Jones, pp. 128-133
    21. Rereading: Recollected in Tranquillity by Wendy Lesser, pp. 134-141
    22. [+]
      Life in the Diggings by Richard Nicholls, pp. 142-148 - 1 Review
      1. Roaring Camp by Susan Lee Johnson
    23. [+]
      Caveat Lector by Jeremy Bernstein, p. 149 - 1 Review
      1. Almost Everyone's Guide to Science by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin
    24. [+]
      Is John Updike a Dinosaur? by Sanford Pinsker, pp. 150-152 - 1 Review
      1. More Matter by John Updike
    25. [+]
      Signals and Noise by James J. O'Donnell, pp. 153-154 - 1 Review
      1. Speaking Into the Air by John Durham Peters
    26. [+]
      A Poet Parsed by Susan Miron, pp. 155-158 - 1 Review
      1. Reading Rilke by William H. Gass
    27. The Reader Replies, p. 159
    28. The Podium by Jill McCorkle, pp. 160-162
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 4 Issues, 115 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 4 Issues, 119 Articles