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The Chair The Chair

The chair left out in the garden night all winter Sits waiting for the summer day all night. The insides of the metal arms are frozen. Over the house the night sky wheel...

Sep 28, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Ferry

Horace: Ode I.11 Horace: Ode I.11

Don't be too eager to ask       What the gods have in mind for us, What will become of you,       What will become ...

Sep 28, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Ferry

from ‘That Evening at Dinner’ from ‘That Evening at Dinner’

By the last few times we saw her it was clear That things were different. When you tried to help her Get out of the car or get from the car to the door Or across the apartme...

Sep 28, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Ferry

Nocturnal Nocturnal

It is always among sleepers we walk. We walk in their dreams. None of us Knows what he is as he walks In the dream of another. Tell me my name . Your tongue is blurred, ho...

Sep 28, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Ferry

Rereading Old Writing Rereading Old Writing

Looking back, the language scribbles. What's hidden, having been said? Almost everything? Thrilling to think There was a secret there somewhere, A bird singing in the heart'...

Sep 28, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Ferry

The Student Movement Comes of Age The Student Movement Comes of Age

Activists have achieved power. Now they need to figure out how to use it.

Sep 28, 2000 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

High-Tech Cheap Labor High-Tech Cheap Labor

Only months after a major victory on China trade, Big Business is again scavenging for cheap labor. This time, the high-tech industry is pressuring Congress to allow additional f...

Sep 28, 2000 / David Enrich

Questions From the Floor Questions From the Floor

On the eve of the first presidential debate, a new poll has found that strong majorities of Americans have high levels of interest and concern about a range of issues that are ra...

Sep 28, 2000 / The Editors

Questions From the Floor Questions From the Floor

A new poll has found that strong majorities of Americans have high levels of interest and concern about a range of issues that are rarely being discussed in the current politic...

Sep 28, 2000 / The Editors

Bush or Gore: Does It Matter? Bush or Gore: Does It Matter?

It has become fashionable of late to deny the relative importance of politics, on the one hand, and the fact of any important differences between Democrats and Republicans, on th...

Sep 28, 2000 / Feature / Eric Alterman

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