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A Debate on Proportional Representation

Debate on Robert Richie and Steven Hill’s “The Case for Proportional Representation.” Also: Exchange on genes and culture, with Herbert Gintis and Allen Orr. Essays by Vivian Rothstein on commune life, Martha Nussbaum on Greek tragedy, and Alan Stone on Wings of the Dove. Plus fiction, poetry, book reviews and much more.

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Reflecting All of Us: A Debate on Proportional Representation
Robert Richie and Steve Hill with Rep. Cynthia McKinney, John Ferejohn, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Gary W. Cox, Daniel Cantor, Ross Mirkarimi, Anthony Thigpenn, and Pamela S. Karlan


Essays

Victims and Agents
Martha C. Nussbaum

Henry James at the Movies
Alan A. Stone

The Magnolia Street Commune
Vivian Rothstein

Exchange: Why Do We Cooperate?
Herbert Gintis and H. Allen Orr


Poems

Poet’s Sampler: Martha Zweig
introduced by Heather McHugh

Poems from The Floor of the Mall
Anne Doolittle

I Will, I Will Not
Kirk Nesset

The Ceremony of Opening the Mouth and the Eyes
Forrest Gander

Discretionary Income
Brian Henry

It’s a Small Design, Frost
Tom Thompson


Fiction

Two Stories
Paul Deppler

The Barge
Stephen Dixon


Reviews: Poetry

Jane Miller: Memory at These Speeds
reviewed by Karen Volkman

Charles Olson: Collected Prose
reviewed by John Palattella

Amy Gerstler: Crown of Weeds
reviewed by Thylias Moss

Poetry Microreviews


Reviews: Prose

Lawrence Steinberg: Beyond the Classroom
Murnane and Levy: Teaching the New Basic Skills
reviewed by Allen Graubard

Iris Murdoch: Existentialists and Mystics
reviewed by Elijah Millgram

Prose Microreviews

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