May 1991
In This Issue
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Articles
Can Poetry Matter?
Poetry has vanished as a cultural force in America. If poets venture outside their confined world, they can work to make it essential once more
The Ilocos: A Philippine Discovery
The incongruously upbeat Frankie José, author of a national saga
Infectious Terrorism
It is time to think seriously about how biological agents could be deployed against innocent civilians
Major André and General Arnold
Europe's California: Portugal Is a Land of Opportunity-for Travelers, Among Others
Literature's Good Soldier
The Inner Life
The Truth About Chernobyl
The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper
The Soccer War
The Soccer War
The Letters of Rudyard Kipling
Such a Long Journey
Flashman and the Mountain of Light
The Puzzler
Word Histories
Etymologies derived from the files of the Dictionary of American Regional English
The May Almanac
Notes: The Fall
(If the Original Story Had Been Conceived, pace Harold Bloom, by a Man)
Education: A Lesson to Us All
Decree a tough, national curriculum? Make schools subject to market forces? Great Britain is trying to do both, with mixed results
745 Boylston Street
Contributors
Biology: Infectious Terrorism
It is time to think seriously about how biological agents could be deployed against innocent civilians
Race
When the official subject is presidential politics, taxes, welfare, crime, rights, or values. . . the real subject is
Bonsai
Green Glass
The Lemon-Lime Latitudes
