August 1993
In This Issue
Explore the August 1993 print edition below. Or to discover more writing from the pages of The Atlantic, browse the full archive.
Articles
Zaire: An African Horror Story
Observers search for a suitable analogy—the next Bosnia, another Somalia—to the shaky, predatory despotism of Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku wa za Banga
The Passion of Modernity
There Is No Borges
Poplar Forest and Thomas Jefferson
The Art of Arousal
For Country, Cause & Leader
A Tiler's Afternoon
Blood Sisters
The Puzzler
Word Watch
A selection of terms that have newly been coined, that have recently acquired new currency, or that have taken on new meanings, compiled by the executive editor of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition.
The August Almanac
Women and the Bible
Motivated variously by historical, theological, and personal concerns, a rapidly growing cadre of scholars, most of them women, is exploring one of the great overlooked subjects in scholarship: the domain of Jewish and Christian women in ancient times
745 Boylston Street
Pipa's Story
Red Leather Jacket
Moving the Frame
Wind
Wild Peavines
Emptiness
Sometimes
What Went Right
The widely accepted view that airline deregulation has been a disaster both for consumers and for the airline industry is, the author argues, a distortion of the truth
Live From Bayreuth: Legendary Wagner Performances Are Now Available for Home Consumption
On a Bike, Reluctantly: Discovering the Many Delights of Touring the Countryside Under Your Own Power
Justice to Theodore Dreiser: On the Greatness of a Writer Whom Critics Have Long Treated With Either Scorn or Condescension
