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Melville at Sea Melville at Sea

In 1851, when the 32-year-old Herman Melville published his masterpiece Moby-Dick, he was already known as a man who'd consorted with cannibals. His first book, Typee: A Peep at P...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple

The Wonder Years The Wonder Years

Since this is going to be a story about sex and children, let's start with a bit of groping in the priests' chamber. I must have been 12. My confederates and I, all suited out ...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Letters Letters

NEW LIFE FOR DORMANT BOOKS New York City As a longtime admirer of André Schiffrin's publishing programs, I was disappointed by a conspicuous omission ...

May 2, 2002 / Our Readers

Aiming for a Conviction Aiming for a Conviction

Anyone looking for evidence that the death penalty should be abolished need only look at the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called twentieth hijacker, now on trial for his lif...

May 2, 2002 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

A ‘Thirst for the Divine’ A ‘Thirst for the Divine’

Charles Wright and Charles Simic count among the best poets of their generation. Each career has unfolded with considerable excitement for serious readers of contemporary poetry, ...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jay Parini

Investigating Jenin Investigating Jenin

The Jenin refugee camp's jagged concrete hillside of homes-turned-into-graves has yet to yield all its secrets.

May 1, 2002 / Feature / Charmaine Seitz

Blame Church Arrogance, Not Oversexed Society Blame Church Arrogance, Not Oversexed Society

While it might appear to be sweet revenge for the Inquisition, it is best to resist the impulse to burn some Catholic priests--and the cardinals who covered up their criminal a...

May 1, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

God, Make W Faster Than a Speeding Bullet? God, Make W Faster Than a Speeding Bullet?

Do you think Americans should ask God to grant George W. Bush the power to fly? House majority whip Tom DeLay, the ability to predict the future? Senate maj...

Apr 30, 2002 / David Corn

Right Watch Right Watch

Rudolph the Red-Handed Terrorist

Apr 25, 2002 / Feature / Bill Berkowitz

History in a Blur History in a Blur

It seems scarcely to have required a great philosophical mind to come up with the observation that each of us is the child of our times, but that thought must have been receive...

Apr 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

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