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The Hard Road to Fascism

Today’s antiliberal revolt looks a lot like 1920s Europe.

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The Secret History of the Magna Carta

Its most far-reaching provisions aren’t the ones we remember.

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Brazil’s Hope

Can President Lula redeem democracy in Latin America?

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Situationist Noir

Reading Jean-Patrick Manchette.

Philosophy Politics

Islam and the Challenge of Democracy

How can a democratic conception of the people’s authority be reconciled with an Islamic understanding of God’s authority?

Law Politics

Weapons of Mass Confusion

The new emphasis on WMDs has not been accompanied by any serious public discussion of the differences among such weapons.

Politics

The Blame Game

Almost unanimously, Democrats and liberals are pointing the finger at third-party candidate, Ralph Nader. 

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City Poems

Ten weeks with the East Harlem Poetry Project.

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A Wrong Thing

A short story. 

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New Pioneers of the American Short Story

Marshall Boswell and Elizabeth Crane.

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A Dutchman with Very Dark Eyes and Hair You Could Call Raven-black

Writing Duke of Egypt.

Nonfiction Microreviews

April/May 2003

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New Poets on the Block

A roundup of first and second books.

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The Poet at War

The Invasion Handbook by Tom Paulin. 

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Taking Measurements of Will and Circumstance

Two new collections from Garrett Kalleberg.

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Microreviews: April/May 2003

Thirteen new poetry collections.

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You Can Be the Subject of Wild Admiration in Ten Days

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from Blasted Fields of Clover Bring Harrowing and Regretful Sighs

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Matelot Turnstile

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Momentary Gardens

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Unrelenting

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Sea by Dusk

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America: Before the Last War

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Seattle, Third and Pike

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