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June 30, 2008

“Subway Man,” by Roz Chast.

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Reporting

Annals of Medicine

The Itch

Its mysterious power may be a clue to a new theory about brains and bodies.
Personal History

Altered State

Pennsylvania, blackness, and the art of being foreign.
The World of Business

The Brass Ring

Annals of Religion

The New Evangelicals

Shouts & Murmurs

Shouts & Murmurs

Animal Tales

Fiction

Sketchbook

Cheap at $4.95 per Gallon!

Fiction

Deep-Holes

“Sally will always believe that she knew at once—even before she heard Peter’s voice, she knew what had happened.”

The Critics

Briefly Noted

Personal Days

Briefly Noted

The Pact

Briefly Noted

Austerity Britain

The Current Cinema

Big Kills

The Theatre

Indecision 2008

Books

Tiananmen’s Wake

Dancing

Guy Stuff

On Television

Working Girl

The Sky Line

Forbidden Cities

The Talk of the Town

What Do We Want Dept.

Smelly Trees

Dept. of Diplomacy

Second Act

Hoops

School Night

Little Green Men Dept.

Space Dirt

Comment

What’s the Big Idea?

Goings On About Town

Critic’s Notebook

Made in Africa

DVD Notes

Way-Out West

Tables for Two

Bar Q

Critic’s Notebook

Master Class

Poems

Poems

Propofol

Poems

Return of the Prodigal

Cartoons

1/12

“I know I could keep my slider down if they would just fire the manager.”
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