February/March 1994 Vol. XIX No. 1

Contributors to this issue

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The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Crack

Do black intellectuals have a special responsibility to address the crisis in America's inner cities?

A forum with Regina Austin, Selwyn Cudjoe, bell hooks, Randall Kennedy, and Eugene Rivers, moderated by Margaret Burnham

Plus The Poverty of Reason by Glenn C. Loury

Interstate 7 (fiction) Stephen Dixon

The Last Days of Bosnia?

Ivo Banac, once described as "the political conscience of modern Croatia," talks with Rabia Ali and Lawrence Lifschultz about the Balkan war, the craven role of the West, and the importance of preserving Bosnia's integrity.

Psyché and the Palace of Love (poem) Yves Bonnefoy, translated by Lisa Sapinkopf

A Strange Hybrid by Svetlana Boym

A close look at post-Soviet commercial advertising reveals that market norms never really took hold -- even among capitalists.

Reinventing the Welfare State by Nancy Fraser

Welfare reform is not just for policy wonks. It's about the world of work and family we will pass on to the next generation.

Butterfly Chair (poem) Fred Marchant

Poet's Sampler: Jorie Graham introduces Joshua Clover

The Piano, a review by Alan A. Stone

Jane Campion has turned her hand from interpreting fables to making them. A review of her latest film.

Brief Reviews

• Peter Anderson: Moloch, Or, This Gentile World  Henry Miller
• Harvey Blume: Remembering Babylon  David Malouf
• Rachel Hadas: The Fourth Dimension  Yannis Ritsos, translated by Peter Green and Beverly Bardsley
• William Holinger: Honey: Stories  Elizabeth Tallent
• Heidi Jon Schmidt: A History of Male Nudes in America  Dianne Nelson

Aunt Toni's Heart (poem) Rafael Campo

Reader's Forum

• On Intervention: Letters from Thomas Harrison and Thomas G. Weiss
• Is There a Right to Be Homeless?: Letters from Harry Simon, Benjamin Waxman, Mark Sidran, David Wagner, and Vivian Rothstein