Issue of 2005-06-06
Posted 2005-05-30
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ LADIES FIRST/ Rebecca Mead on the new Laura Bush.
THE CLOTH/ INTERFAITH AT WORK/ Ben McGrath at a gathering of clergy and judges in Brooklyn.
ODD JOBS DEPT./ COOKIE MASTER/ Jeremy Olshan meets a fortune writer.
ROAD TEST/ STINKY TOWN/ Field Maloney on the smells of summer.
THE HOME TEAM/ THE PITCHER'S WIFE/ Lillian Ross goes to Shea stadium with Anna Benson.
ANNALS OF EDUCATION/ Margaret Talbot/ Best in Class/ What students will do to be valedictorian.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Paul Simms/ Talking Chimp Gives His First Press Conference
LETTER FROM ALASKA/ Elizabeth Kolbert/ Last Words/ Can a dying language be saved?
PROFILES/ Jon Lee Anderson/ The Man in the Palace/ Hamid Karzai's uncertain presidency.
ANNALS OF ADOLESCENCE/ Jonathan Franzen/ The Retreat/ Everybody wanted to be in the youth group.
FICTION/ Tessa Hadley/ "A Mouthful of Cut Glass"
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Alex Ross/ The Record Effect/ How technology has transformed the sound of music.
DANCING/ Joan Acocella/ Personal Matters/ Five premiËres at New York City Ballet.
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ Unmaking the World/ Three plays on human bondage.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Looking for Heroes/ "Cinderella Man" and "The White Diamond."
FROM THE ARCHIVE
DISPATCHES/ A LION'S DEATH/ Jon Lee Anderson/ The assassination of the Taliban's most important Afghan opponent./ Issue of 2001-10-01