Issue of 2004-11-08
Posted 2004-11-01
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ THE CURSE OF CURSES/ Roger Angell on the Boston Red Sox' win.
THE PICTURES/ NOT ENJOYING IT/ Larissa MacFarquhar talks with the actor Paul Giamatti.
DEPT. OF AMBIVALENCE/ THE STRUGGLE/ Margaret Talbot attends an anti-gay-marriage rally.
POWWOWS/ THE CROSSING/ Robert Sullivan on a canoe trip across the Hudson.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ MIXED MOTIVES/ James Surowiecki on corporate-insurance scandals.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/Ian Frazier/ Kid Court
FICTION/ Jonathan Franzen/ "Breakup Stories"
FALL BOOKS, LITERARY LIVES/ Rachel Cohen/ Can You Forgive Him?/ A writerís friend destroys his masterpiece.
ANNALS OF PSYCHOLOGY/ Malcolm Gladwell/ Getting Over It/ Advice from the man in the gray flannel suit.
PROFILES/ David Remnick/ The Spirit Level/ Amos Oz and the story of Israel.
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Louis Menand/ Ask Not, Tell Not/ Anatomy of an inaugural.
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Meghan O'Rourke/ Nancy Drew's Father/ The fiction factory of Edward Stratemeyer.
BOOKS/ Peter Schjeldahl/ Masterpieces for Sale/ How Lord Duveen turned millionaires into art lovers.
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ The Fury and the Jury/ Women, and men, make themselves heard.
MUSICAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ America, the Baleful/ Sounds of protest in New York's downtown music scene.
DANCING/ Joan Acocella/ New Heights/ An A.B.T. dancer defies a ballet convention.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Night and Day/ "Ray" and "Birth."
