Democracy Project

3 Force without Reason Randy Forsberg

11 Abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson

16 A New Black Nationalism Eugene F. Rivers, 3d

19 The Last Time I Saw Yaakov Neil Gordon

A story about the transformation of guilt into moral fanaticism.

23 Poet's Sampler Rachel Hadas introduces Joseph Harrison

24 Fellini's Moment of Truth Alan A. Stone

Fellini's last great film has baffled a generation of critics. Alan Stone explains why.

27 Identity and Immunity Rafael Campo

This essay is the first in a series on Poetry and Identity. Each contribution will explore the capacity of poetry to illuminate the complexity and fluidity of human identity. We are grateful to the Lannan Foundation for supporting this effort.

BOOKS

30 Living History Edwin Frank

Revolution's are acts of hope. That's why they are the terrain of novelists as much as historians.

33 Maui's Concerto for Island and Developer (poem) Alfred Corn

34 Race, Class, and the Democrats Ronnie Dugger

A top White House pollster has written an apology for Clinton's presidency. He has lots of work to do.

37 Fiction

Paul Gediman Galatea 2.2Richard Powers

Michael Greenberg Of Love and Other DemonsGabriel GarcÌa Márquez

Rachel Stoll A Book That Was Lost And Other StoriesS.Y. Agnon

39 Why She Hurries Out, Then Home (poem) Martha Rhodes

40 Poetry

Sue Standing A Formal Feeling Comes:Poems in Form by Contemporary Women Ed. Annie Finch

Dan Colburn The Common Gail Mazur

41 Street Boys (poem) Jay Parini

42 READERS' FORUM

Letters on Jim Wallis' Faith and Politics and David Thorburn's review of The Rosenberg Letters