Whitmore, 1969
Back from Vietnam, seeking salvation in Bob Dylan
Fiction 2006
In This Issue
Stories by Richard Russo, Cynthia Ozick, Tim Gautreaux, and others; E.L. Doctorow on historical fiction, Francine Prose on reading like a writer, Megan Marshall on academic discourse and adulterous intercourse; and much more.
Stories
Horseman
“Oh, you’ll succeed just fine,” he told her. “You’ll just never be any good.”
Night Bus
The treacherous route to Lagos
L. DeBard and Aliette
A love story
What Happened to the Baby?
Uncle Simon was crazy about words. Really crazy
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Close Reading
Learning to write by learning to read
Academic Discourse and Adulterous Intercourse
What campus novels can teach us
Notes on the History of Fiction
Who would give up the Iliad for the “real” historical record?
Other articles in this issue
The Safe
A junkyard mystery
Arts & Letters
This is the seventh in a series of archival excerpts in honor of the magazine's 150th anniversary.
Poetry
A Mile Down the Road From Home
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Lottery
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Squeezebox
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