October 2006

Detail

African Queen

by Finbarr O’Reilly

History

Bombs Over Cambodia

by Taylor Owen and Ben Kiernan

Sporting Life

Serve-and-Volley, Anyone?

by Andrew Clark

Once the dominant style in tennis, rushing the net is now a vanishing art…[more]

Field Notes

Ming, eh?

by Eric Powell

Claims of a pre-Columbian Chinese settlement in Cape Breton Island raise eyebrows…[more]

Imaginings

A Billion Little Pieces

by Don Gillmor

It was one of those days that fill you with hope and a sense of tristesse. They come often to this part of Provence,…[more]

Field Notes

The Human Library

by Chris Koentges

A Dutch project lends the term walking encyclopedia new meaning…[more]

Music

Melody Man

by Dylan Young

The long, unpredictable career of Irving Fields…[more]

Language

Dictation-bound

by Greg Gransden

Forget spelling bees - for a real challenge, try the Dictée des Amériques…[more]

Field Notes

Welcome to Cairo! Where Is Your Wife?

by R.M. Vaughan

In Egypt, most displays of man-on-man affection aren’t what you might think…[more]

Style

Dada Luxury

by Tim McKeough

Tobias Wong’s “paraconceptual” designs will seduce you…[more]

Books

The Paradox of Paradise

by Charles Foran

Adventures in Waynejohnstonland …[more]

Field Notes

Guerilla Frogger

by Moira Farr

An independent scientist sticks his tongue out at Costa Rican conservation efforts…[more]

Ethics

The Animals We Love, The Animals We Eat

by Debbie Tacium Ladry

Pets are family, but chickens are food products? A Quebec vet examines our two-faced relationship with animals…[more]

Sightings

Life during Wartime

by Ken Alexander

Even here on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, surrounded by wealth, beaches, and footloose summer fun, there is sadness, anger, and…[more]

Fiction

The Smell of Smoke

by Peter Behrens

Green remembers the quality of sunlight on the afternoon he last saw Maggie, August 23, 1968, beside his parents’…[more]