| Short takes on many topics | 2 |
| Ancient warriors | 5 |
| Who knows ? | 6 |
| Postcard from Havanna | 6 |
| Kelly, Mary Pat | |
| A death in the family | 7 |
| Jordan, Patrick | |
| Love is the measure | 8 |
| Garvey, John | |
| Re: Clinton & Lewinsky | 9 |
| Dionne, E.J. Jr. | |
| APOLOGIZE FOR SLAVERY? | 11 |
| Marino, Gordon | |
| HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS | 12 |
| POLICANO, JOSEPH D. | |
| BLACK & AMERICAN:WHAT DOES IT MEAN? | 15 |
| Thompson, Clifford | |
| Amistad Titanic | 17 |
| Alleva, Richard | |
| The battle for words | 18 |
| Stavans, Ilan | |
| The American Clock A View from the Bridge | 20 |
| Wren, Celia | |
| The End o f the Novel o f Love | 22 |
| Gornick, Vivian | |
| Bob the Gambler | 24 |
| Barthelme, Frederick | |
| BOOKS | 25 |
| Charles, Sara C. & Kennedy, Eugene & Bankston, Carl L. III | |
| Black & blue | 31 |
| Hall, Patrick |
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