“The Big Bag,” by Franco Matticchio.
The Magazine
December 13, 1999
From the Issue
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Newsbreak
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Book Currents
The Children’s Hour
Reviews of “Tough Cookie,” by David Wisniewski, “Swine Lake,” by James Marshall and Maurice Sendak, “I Love You, Blue Kangaroo!,” by Emma Chichester Clark, and other children’s books.
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Personal History
Letters Between Father and Son
The father wanted desperately to be a writer; so he taught his son how to be one. The son wanted desperately to be a writer; so he taught his father as well.
A Reporter at Large
Untrue Confessions
Is most of what we know about the rebel slave Nat Turner wrong?
On and Off the Avenue
Under the Tree
A turn-of-the-millennium guide to Manhattan’s most eccentric holiday gifts—for women, men, and children with particular tastes.
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The Back Page
The Details Magazine Editing Test
Shouts & Murmurs
Gifts of State, Going Fast
A mock catalogue turns cancelled diplomatic junkets into a bargain-hunter’s paradise of misdirected state gifts and absurd global souvenirs.
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Tables for Two
Tables for Two
Briefly Noted
Briefly Noted
Reviews of “Passionate Nomad,” by Jane Fletcher Geniesse, “The Code Book,” by Simon Singh, “Letters of the Century,” edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler, and “Silent Stars,” by Jeanine Basinger.
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The Talk of the Town (The Campaign Trail)
The Campaign Trail
The Republican candidates get a chance to find their feet.
Listening Booth
Classical Notes: ’Tis the Season
From Paul McCreesh’s liturgical re-creations to Anonymous 4 and Anne Sofie von Otter, this year’s Christmas recordings reward close listening.
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Fiction