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Vol. 63 Nbr. 2, April 2005

Mr. Butler Goes to Lapland

Explorer Frank Hedges Butler is one of the bluff, large-living, and socially confident men in England during the heyday of the British Empire. A man of curiosity and energy, Butler traveled extensively for the family firm, often writing about his travels. He traveled twice in Lapland, in which both times in his journey, local guides such as photographer and alpinist Borg Mesch and the Sami wolf-hunter Johan Turi joined him. As Sjoholm shares, the journey is less about cultural conflict than a...

Reflections On Dialogue: 'How d'Yuh Get T'eighteent' Avenoo and Sixty-Sevent' Street?'

Cheuse looks into how narratives developed, with some grounded in myth, others in language. A careful look at the origins of dialogue in modern fiction shows that the technique of representing speech in literature, and dialogue in particular, has its roots in vastly different way of representing reality.

Rare Books As Instruments of the Past

Mathews profiles the life and the books written by Hubert Howe Bancroft. Bancroft's writings convey the past as it is preserved in books.

First Time

A poem is presented.

Fragmentation

A poem is presented.

My Mother Raised Me to Be a Cowboy

A poem is presented.

Sad, Lady?

A short story is presented.

Sayings of Confucius

A short story is presented.

Last Night's Excitement

A short story is presented.

Little Black Book of Stories

Davis reviews Little Black Book of Stories by A. S. Byatt.

The Clerk's Tale

Schroeder reviews The Clerk's Tale by Spencer Reece.

Ethics and Evil: Frameworks for Twenty-First-Century Culture

Bell examines what lies ahead for the post-modern and post-9/11 world. He suggests that as a framework for the twenty-first century, people should consider the twin concepts of evil and ethics as a way of understanding the major issues facing the new century. In so doing, he offers up some recent books that might help people understand the perils ahead.

My Wife, the Muslim

Intermarriage between Jews and Muslims has been known to both traditions. The desire, passion, and love that lead to marriage has taken place between the two religions over the centuries, especially in Islamic realms of relative toleration and enlightenment. Despite this background, Rosenstone and his wife still struggled to find a non-sectarian aisle to walk down to tie the knot. He elaborates further.

My Sentimental Education

Clark discusses the role of arts in the beginning of his education. The real memories-the ones anchored by foreground and background and a palpable sense of having happened to him in the course of what seems to be the trajectory of a life, and it seems that his education began around the time his mother began painting the den at the back of their house.

Sacrifices

Rahmim discusses different kind of sacrifices encountered in every day life. He also relays how his ex-girlfriend's stepfather's knife, which was pointed to his neck, gives him a wider understanding of the word sacrifice.

A poem is presented.

A poem is presented.

A poem is presented.

A short story is presented.

Our Fathers, Who Aren't

A short story is presented.

You've Told Me Before

A short story is presented.

Poetry Today

For American lovers of modern Italian poetry, this is an exciting time. After recent, and sometimes brilliant, translations of Eugenio Montale, Umberto Saba, and Cesare Pavese, here come Giorgio Caproni and Giuseppe Ungaretti. Here, Taylor argues that in comparison to many American poets, Caproni and Ungaretti often attain an admirable, intense equilibrium between various poetic intentions and tendencies in which they can be sensual and metaphysical at the same time.

From the Meadow: Selected and New Poems

Balbo reviews From the Meadows: Selected and New Poems by Peter Everwine.