May 13, 1996 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Comment: Hypocrisy in Action
  Mark Danner
  , pp. 7-11
  How Washington created the Iran-Bosnia "scandal"
- In the Mail, pp. 12-13
- Goings On About Town, pp. 14-34
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 35-39
  At Tokyo's trial of the century; inside Iron Mountain; etc.
- Dept. of Disputation: Sifting the Ashes
  Jonathan Franzen
  , pp. 40-43
  A conscientious objector in the war on Big Tobacco
- "Lights on the River"
  Katherine Anne Porter
  , pp. 44-48
- Onward and Upward with the Arts: Cars and Carcasses
  Lawrence Weschler
  , pp. 49-55
  A last word on the life and work of Ed Kienholz
- "Variation 1001"
  Katherine Anne Porter
  , pp. 56-57
- Annals of Communications: The Reeducation of Michael Kinsley
  Ken Auletta
  , pp. 58-63
  What happened when he set out to reinvent the magazine in the land of Microsoft?
- Showcase: Rosemary Harris, Jennifer Ehle
  Richard Avedon and Julie Kavanagh
  , pp. 64-69
- Easl: Washington Square
  Zelda Fitzgerald
  , pp. 70-72
- "Morning Song"
  Katherine Anne Porter
  , p. 73
- Personal History: My Mother the Ziegfeld Girl
  John Lahr
  , pp. 74-81
  A Jazz Age heroine makes for an interesting mom
- Fiction: "Nobody in Hollywood"
  Richard Bausch
  , pp. 82-83
  A Montana love story
- Fiction: "The Cliff"
  Samuel Beckett
  , pp. 84-87
  The first English translation
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  The Story of Ozick (Review)
  James Wood
  , pp. 88-89
  Fame and Folly, by Cynthia Ozick
  1. Fame and Folly by Cynthia Ozick
- Showcase: Rufus Sewell
  Richard Avedon and Brendan Lemon
  , pp. 90-92
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  The Woe That Is Marriage (Review)
  Vijay Seshadri
  , pp. 93-94
  Meadowlands, by Louise Gluck
  1. Meadowlands by Louise Gluck
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  Briefly Noted (5 Reviews) , p. 95
  In the Presence of the Enemy, by Elizabeth George
  1. In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George
  2. The Good Society by John Kenneth Galbraith
  3. Here's the Deal by Ross Miller
  4. Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat by Beth Archer Brombert
  5. Heaven's Coast by Mark Doty
- The Art World
  Calvin Tomkins
  , pp. 96-98
  "Picasso and Portraiture" at MOMA
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  Terrence Rafferty
  , pp. 99-101
  Idees Fixes
  1. Cold Comfort Farm (1995 Film) by John Schlesinger
  2. I Shot Andy Warhol (1996 Film) by Mary Harron
- Shouts & Murmurs
  Christopher Buckley
  , pp. 102-104
  Unaclient
- Cover: Waiting
  Edward Sorel