November/December 2006
Boston Review Issue
Nir Rosen reports on Iraq's descent into chaos; Elaine Scarry on military honor; Anatol Lieven on using American force wisely. Charles Johnson on John Champlin Gardner; Marc Gaba wins the 9th annual poetry contest
Special Report
Anatomy of a Civil War
Iraq's Descent into Chaos
Nir Rosen
The 33-Day War
Hizbullah's Victory, Israel's Choice
Helena Cobban
Helena Cobban
On John Champlin Gardner
Charles Johnson
Fiction
In Rut
Madeline Kotowicz
On Film
Enduring Love
André Téchiné's Changing Times
Alan A. Stone
On Poetry
Poet’s Sampler
Introduced by David Rivard
David Blair
Winner of the ninth annual Boston Review poetry contest
Introduced by C. D. Wright
Marc Gaba
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