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ART & CULTURE J.G. Ballard on Pages from the Glossies: Facsimiles 1956–1998, by Helmut Newton, edited by June Newton and Walter Keller Peter Plagens on Cream: Contemporary Art in Culture David Bowman on Detecting Texts: The Metaphysical Detective Story from Poe to Postmodernism, edited by Patricia Merivale and Susan Elizabeth Sweeney Kristin Eliasberg on The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky: Unexpurgated Edition, translated by Kyril FitzLyon, edited by Joan Acocella Howard Hampton on The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism, by J. Hoberman Allucquère Rosanne Stone on Creating Beauty to Cure the Soul: Race and Psychology in the Shaping of Aesthetic Surgery, by Sander L. Gilman David Toop on Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth, edited by Karen Kelly and Evelyn McDonnell Bruce Sterling on The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink, by Mark Dery Tiffany Lee Brown on TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information, by Erik Davis Janice P. Nimura on A Wanderer in the Perfect City: Selected Passion Pieces, by Lawrence Weschler Arthur C. Danto on Cubism in the Shadow of War: The Avant-Garde and Politics in Paris, by David Cottington Gordon Grice on The Last Dinosaur Book: The Life and Times of a Cultural Icon, by W.J.T. Mitchell Thomas Frank on Structures of the Jazz Age: Mass Culture, Progressive Education, and Racial Disclosures in American Modernism, by Chip Rhodes Marjorie Welish on Oulipo Compendium, edited by Harry Mathews and Alastair Brotchie ART & CULTURE COLUMNS Comic Relief: Dave Eggers on new comic books Coffee Table: Barry Schwabsky and Andy Grundberg on new monographs Bibliophile: Tom Vanderbilt on book scrap FICTION Rick Moody on Out of the Woods: Stories, by Chris Offutt M.G. Lord on The World and Other Places: Stories, 1986–1999, by Jeanette Winterson Robert Polito on Waterloo Sunset, by Ray Davies Lee Smith on Sea Battles on Dry Land: Essays, by Harold Brodkey Jim Shepard on Intimacy, by Hanif Kureishi Stephen Wright on Burning Girl, by Ben Neihart Richard Howard on Figurehead and Other Poems, by John Hollander; The River Sound: Poems, by W.S. Merwin; and Midnight Salvage: Poems 1995–1998, by Adrienne Rich Jenifer Berman on My People's Waltz, by Dale Ray Phillips David Ryan on Amsterdam, by Ian McEwan Benjamin Taylor on For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, by Nathan Englander Deborah Eisenberg on Like Never Before, by Ehud Havazelet Eve Babitz on Original Bliss, by A.L. Kennedy Lynn Freed on Teeth of the Dog, by Jill Ciment Jill Bialosky on Evening News, by Marly Swick FICTION COLUMNS Interview: Martin Amis talks with A.M. Homes Tale Spin: Brooks Hansen on the plot against plot
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