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August 19, 1996 Issue - 19 Articles- Comment: A Message from Mars
Timothy Ferris
, pp. 4-5 Bacteria from the Red Planet, meet Tom Paine
- In the Maile, pp. 6-7
- Goings on About Town, pp. 8-19
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 20-21
Democrats for country music; white-collar boxing; etc.
- Report from Gaza
Mary Anne Weaver
, pp. 22-29 The Quandary
- The Political Scene
Sidney Blumenthal
, pp. 30-33 A Doll's House
- Our Far-Flung Correspondents
Wade Graham
, pp. 34-37 The Grassman
- American Chronicles
Garry Wills
, pp. 38-39 John Wayne's Body
- "In the Gallery"
Daniel Hoffman
, pp. 40-45 - Easel
Elizabeth Bishop
, pp. 46-49 Watercolor with Poems
- A Reporter at Large
Susan Sheehan
, pp. 50-59 Kid, Twelve
- Sketchbook
Carlos Nine and Michael Kelly
, pp. 60-61 Bill Clinton at fifty
- Fiction: "Ethics"
Peter J. Smith
, pp. 62-69 The Critics
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A Critic at Large (3 Reviews) Alex Ross
, pp. 70-73 True crime
- On Murder by Thomas De Quincey
- Murder for Profit by William Bolitho
- Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry
- Madison Avenue
Richard Avedon and Brendan Lemon
, pp. 74-76 Billy White
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Books: Briefly Noted (4 Reviews) , p. 77 Worse Than Slavery, by David M. Oshinsky
- Worse Than Slavery by David M. Oshinsky
- Lush Life by David Hajdu
- Rough Music by Deborah Digges
- Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey by Hayden Carruth
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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) Anthony Lane
, pp. 78-79 All That Jazz
- Kansas City (1996 Film) by Robert Altman
- Basquiat (1996 Film) by Julian Schnabel
- Shouts & Murmers
Bruce McCall
, pp. 80-82 Perot Acceptance Speech Leaked
- Cover: Summer Buzz
Art Spiegelman
