July/August 2004
Fiction by Guy Vanderhaeghe, Banana Yoshimoto, and Damon Galgut; poetry by Billy Collins, M. NourbeSe Philip, Di Brandt, and Marilyn Hacker; Bill Cameron argues that the unclarified legal status of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay is only hurting the cause of justice; Thaddeus Holownia photographs Walden Pond…
The Downsized Dream Car
On the Smart Car, a tiny automotive experiment that is not much bigger than a desk chair
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Election Watch: Buddies in Bad Times
“Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.”
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What Lies Beneath
“DORIDE is a character who is viewing herself in her own imaginary world. The underwater world is like the world where dreams or art live. It’s not clear whether the …
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The Black Hole of Guantanamo Bay
Omar Khadr has been held incommunicado by the United States for almost two years. He could be a terrorist, but without due process we may never know
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China Beach, Then and Now
danang—“Charlie don’t surf – but you can,” promises the Internet brochure for the U.K.-based Wild Frontiers “Apocalypse Now 2004” tour of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The line is a paraphrase …
Read MoreDubbing, Italian-Style
On the artistic consequence of Mussolini’s distaste for foreign languages
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The Fixers
On the ground with the Canadian Forces who maintain the air force’s fleet of aged Sea King maritime helicopters
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Iran’s Great Game
In 1980, Saddam Hussein invaded Iran because he believed Iranian fundamentalists were plotting against him. Today, with increasing chaos on the ground, is Iraq still threatened by Iranian subversion?
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Only Too Happy to Oblige
Sucking up: a brief history
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