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February/March 2002

A debate on the state of American caregiving with Jody Heymann, Anne Alstott, Theda Skocpol, William A. Galston, Isabelle Ferreras, Frances Fox Piven, and others. Sohail H. Hashmi, Amina Wadud, and John L. Esposito respond to Khaled Abu Al Fadl’s “The Place of Tolerance in Islam.” Roger Boylan explores inner and outer exile in the novels of James Hamilton-Paterson; Jennifer Howard places the spy thrillers of Eric Ambler in a political context. Fiction by Robin Bradford, the runner-up in our short story contest.

 

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Can Working Families Ever Win?
HELPING PARENTS SUCCEED AT WORK AND CAREGIVING
JODY HEYMANN
RESPONSES FROM JEAN BETHKE ELSHTAIN, ANNE ALSTOTT, JOAN TRONTO, JAMES P. COMER, THEDA SKOCPOL, LOTTE BAILYN, WILLIAM A. GALSTON, SUSAN MOLLER OKIN, KAREN NUSSBAUM, ISABELLE FERRERAS, THOMAS A. KOCHAN, MYRA MARX FERREE, BRADLEY GOOGINS, JODI GRANT, AND FRANCES FOX PIVEN. JODY HEYMANN REPLIES.
Essay
South Park
New-economy drivel leaves a San Francisco neighborhood high and dry
Neil Shister
Exchange
A discussion of Khaled Abou El Fadl’s essay on reading and misreading the Qur’an
Conservative Legacy
Sohail H. Hashmi
Beyond Interpretation
Amina Wadud
Struggle in Islam
John L. Esposito
Khaled Abou El Fadl Replies
Fiction
Wishes of the River
Robin Bradford
New Fiction Forum
Writing in Exile
James Hamilton-Paterson explores his inner life and our human nature
Roger Boylan
Snakes and Ladders
Eric Ambler’s spy thrillers confront a century of political treachery
Jennifer Howard
Richard Burgin, The Spirit Returns
Ethan Paquin
Poetry
Poet’s Sampler: Jacqueline Waters
Introduced by Charles North
Bellissimo as Faust
Derek Webster
Bellissimo on the Couch
Derek Webster
Between the River’s Curves
Brian Henry
Richard Diebenkorn: Ocean Park, 24
Stephen Burt
Franz Kline: Wanamaker Block
Stephen Burt
Town, Gone
Mark Wunderlich
Song with a Child’s Pacifier in It
Bruce Smith
Still Life w/ Influences
Joyelle McSweeney
The Attraction of Diminishing Returns
Audrey Freudenberg
Berryman’s Bones
Jeremy Glazier
On Film
Desperately Seeking Sex
Patrice Chereau’s Intimacy
Alan A. Stone

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