Harper's Magazine Archive (2003)

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JANUARY	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles Sex and the river Styx: The libido in winter by Edward Hoagland Force and consent by Perry Anderson Craunch the marmoset by Pedro Carolino and José da Fonseca Fiction The project by David Means The hay behind the house by Frederick Busch
FEBRUARY	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles A comet's tale: On the science of apocalypse by Tom Bissell The disappointment artist: Edward Dahlberg's recipe for crocodile tears by Jonathan Lethem Anxiety, anonymity, amnesia: Day to day in the nation's capital by Wayne Biddle Fiction Behold the coach by Will Eno Mother in the trenches by Robert Olen Butler Rocket day by Ron Carlson Poetry Sheep's Head Gully by Mark Ford
MARCH	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles No more unto the breach: Why war is futile (part one) by Jonathan Schell Where are we? by John Berger Thane in the ass by Stuart Usher Resolved to ruin: The World Bank/IMF takeover in four easy steps by Gregory Palast Fiction I look rudimentary by Sandra Newman My kid's dog by Ron Hansen Poetry Separate truths by Charles Simic
APRIL	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles The posthuman condition by Bill McKibben Stop spreading the news by Fletcher Vredenburgh Fiction Ajax is all about attack by Jim Shepard Poetry Concentricities by Tony Whedon
MAY	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles The economics of empire: Notes on the Washington Consensus by William Finnegan Nous sommes tous Americains by Régis Debray Arrow and wound: The art of almost dying by Mark Slouka We happy few: The U.S. soldier's laws of war, in principle and in practice by Hadley Ross and Paul Maliszewski Fiction Roman Berman, massage therapist by David Bezmozgis
JUNE	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles Get rich or get out: Attempted robbery with a loaded federal budget by Thomas Frank This happens every day by Rachel Corrie Fear itself by Michael Bernard Loggins The difficult poem by Charles Bernstein After the riots by James Agee Fiction The hotel by Robert Walser Grace by Paula Fox Poetry Awhile by Wislawa Szymborska The waste land by Hart Seely
JULY	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles The romance of empire: And the politics of self-love by Thomas de Zengotita Not in our name by Peter Hitchens And justice for all by Zacarias Moussaoui It's a living by Fernand Meyssonnier and Jean-Michel Bessette A gospel according to the earth: Sown by science, a new eco-faith takes root by Jack Hitt Fiction This is not a toy by Eula Biss Birthday girl by Haruki Murakami Poetry Story of a man by Alice Oswald
AUGUST	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles The American dissident: Individualism as a matter of conscience by Edward Hoagland The new censorship by Curtis White Don't worry, it's a rental by damali ayo Fiction The missing man by J. Robert Lennon Mr. Simmons takes a prisoner by Deb Olin Unferth Poetry Goldfinch by Andrew McNeillie
SEPTEMBER	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles Against school: How public education cripples our kids, and why by John Taylor Gatto You can run but you can't hide by Sheng'an Wang Oak wood is strong by Wardog This is my body, have seconds by Lionel Poilâne Fiction Clause 21 by Oz Shelach Family statement by Alison Bundy The moment they were waiting for by Ken Kalfus Poetry Prayer to the aardwolf by Christopher Janke
OCTOBER	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles We're in the army now: The G.O.P.'s plan to militarize our culture by Kevin Baker The domestic gulag by Laura Kipnis Real simple by Janelle Va Melvin and Jerri Lyons Fiction Marriage by Melanie Sumner The reach of wonder by David Coley Song by Stuart Dybek Poetry Window to the future by Meir Wieseltier
NOVEMBER	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles Junk politics: A voter's guide to the post-literate election by Benjamin DeMott Conditional state by Ari Shavit Bighousekeeping by Angelo Turn on, tune in: Toward a progressive talk show by Thomas de Zengotita The war business: Squeezing a profit from the wreckage in Iraq by Chalmers A. Johnson Fiction Amor perdida by Tennessee Williams The two of them by Annie Dillard
DECEMBER	CONTENTS \| THUMBNAILS
	Selected Articles Big world: How Clear Channel programs America by Jeff Sharlet Pilgrim's progress by Lewis H. Lapham The spinsters of eld by Richard Selzer Fiction The year zero by Peter Verhelst What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence by John Edgar Wideman