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October 9, 1997 Issue - 18 Articles-
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Royal Comedy (2 Reviews) Ian Buruma
, pp. 4-6 Uncrowned King, by Stanley Weintraub
- Uncrowned King by Stanley Weintraub
- Mrs. Brown (1997 Film) by John Madden
- Royal Tragedy
Ian Buruma
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A Single Jew (2 Reviews) Alfred Kazin
, pp. 8-9 Talking Horse, by Bernard Malamud, Alan Cheuse, and Nicholas Delbanco, ...
- Talking Horse by Bernard Malamud, Alan Cheuse, and Nicholas Delbanco, ...
- The Complete Stories by Bernard Malamud
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The Gods of War (3 Reviews) Michael Ignatieff
, pp. 10-13 Blood Rites, by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Blood Rites by Barbara Ehrenreich
- The Rosy Future of War by Philippe Delmas
- Postmodern War by Chris Hables Gray
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'Poet of Resentment' (5 Reviews) John Gregory Dunne
, pp. 14-18 Jackie Robinson: A Biography, by Arnold Rampersad
- Jackie Robinson: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad
- Jackie Robinson by Rachel Robinson and Lee Daniels
- Baseball's Great Experiment by Jules Tygiel
- I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett
- The Jackie Robinson Reader by Jules Tygiel
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Report from an Undeclared War (Review) Alastair Reid
, pp. 19-22 News of a Kidnapping, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Thinking About Thinking (Review) Howard Gardner
, pp. 23-26 The Prehistory of the Mind, by Steven Mithen
- The Prehistory of the Mind by Steven Mithen
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Among the Missing (2 Reviews) Gordon A. Craig
, pp. 27-28 The Spoils of War, by Elizabeth Simpson
- The Spoils of War by Elizabeth Simpson
- The Lost Museum by Hector Feliciano
- Show Us You Care, Ma'am
Jasper Griffin and Miriam Griffin
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The Multicultural Misunderstanding (2 Reviews) K. Anthony Appiah
, pp. 30-35 On Toleration, by Michael Walzer
- On Toleration by Michael Walzer
- We Are All Multiculturalists Now by Nathan Glazer
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Desperate Characters (Review) Thomas R. Edwards
, pp. 36-38 Bear and His Daughter, by Robert Stone
- Bear and His Daughter by Robert Stone
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Why the Cold War Worked (2 Reviews) Tony Judt
, pp. 39-44 We Now Know, by John Lewis Gaddis
- We Now Know by John Lewis Gaddis
- The Cominform by Giuliano Procacci
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Slightly Sacred Poet (Review) John Bayley
, pp. 45-46 Subhuman Redneck Poems, by Les A. Murray
- Subhuman Redneck Poems by Les A. Murray
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The Riddle of the French Renaissance (Review) Willibald Sauerlander
, pp. 47-50 Renaissance Art in France, by Henri Zerner
- Renaissance Art in France by Henri Zerner
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The Great Inventor (Review) Charles Rosen
, pp. 51-54 Bach and the Patterns of Invention, by Laurence Dreyfus
- Bach and the Patterns of Invention by Laurence Dreyfus
- Evolutionary Psychology
Steven Pinker, Werner Kalow, Harold Kalant, and Stephen Jay Gould, ...
, pp. 55-57 An Exchange
- Letter
John Kidd
, pp. 58-60 - Cover Illustration detail of 'Flanders'
Otto Dix