Gained in Translation
Communication Breakdown soft sculptures by Tania Sanhueza with the Hoboyard Toy Co. / Photograph by Natalie Matutschovsky Most novelists who are fortunate enough to have had their novels translated into …
Read MoreJune 2004
Clive Thompson explores the economics of virtual worlds; Paul Webster asks if Canada will be complicit in US efforts to weaponize space; Larry Krotz reports on a man filing suit against his native Iran for torture; Bruce Grierson recounts the legacy of his grandfather, a Presbyterian evangelist stationed in early twentieth-century Korea…
The Bookbinder
In Edwige Birlouez’s atelier in Semur-en-Auxois, her students, employing techniques from the Middle Ages, dismantle and resew signatures, reconstruct spines, and recover rotting pages; after passing through some thirty stages, …
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Non-Profit Mercenaries
london—I knew right away he was the man I had arranged to meet. It was the way he stood – ramrod straight – making his open-necked polo shirt and khaki …
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The Beauty in Beasts
There are endless stories in a little piece of fabric
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Slippery Slopes
It was a tough winter for farmers in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Heavy snowfall combined with frigid temperatures forced many to move their cattle inside. Then, unexpectedly, a deep and sudden …
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Censorship: The Next Generation
Miles away from the front lines of the Culture War, a longer-running and far more blatant encroachment on free expression by the Bush Administration was barely being noticed
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Stopping the Presses
harare—It is disconcerting to visit a newspaper with no newsroom, but surreal experiences are not uncommon in Zimbabwe. Take The Daily News: when I was there in early February, the …
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The Millefeuille Industrial Complex
A revolution in the art of confectionery is uniting chefs and architects in a search for the perfect piece of cake
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