Essays

Rules of Engagement

Why military honor matters
Eliane Scarry

The 33-Day War

Hizbullah's victory, Israel's choice
Helena Cobban

The Lesser Evil

Using American force wisley
Anatol Lieven

New Fiction Forum

In Rut

Fiction
Madeline Kotowicz

A Moral Fiction

On John Champlin Gardner
Charles Johnson

On Film

Enduring Love

André Téchiné's Changing Times
Alan A. Stone

On Poetry

Marc Gaba

Winner of the ninth annual Boston Review poetry contest
C.D. Wright

Revealed

Mei-Mei Bressenbrugge's I Love Artists
Susan Barba

Sweet New Style

Lisa Robertson's The Men
Tom Thompson

Microreviews

Poems

Visitation

Stephanie Pippin

Flag

Noah Eli Gordon

Missionary

Nick Admussen

Helpmate

Nick Admussen

Border Crossings

Landis Everson

from The Us

Joan Houlihan

I was astonished at the mysterious slow-motion quality

Martha Ronk

Poet's Sampler: David Blair

Introduced by David Rivard