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No. 11 ~ Mid-Cult TodayBUY ISSUE
An issue on middleness, which starts out—of course—with an essay on USA Today and the theory behind that colorful newspaper. Then: Ben Metcalf seethes at the Mississippi River. Tom Vanderbilt explores a California ghost town that has become a federally subsidized film set. Dan Kelly lunches with Rotarians. Kim Phillips-Fein explores the bankruptcy industry and the morality of indebtedness a full ten years before these issues dawned on the rest of the nation. Marc Cooper remembers where he was on September 11, 1973. Also: an entertaining epistolary exchange between Chris Lehmann and Michael Bérubé. Summer 1998.
Table of Contents
Salvos
- The Guns of Santiago Marc Cooper
- Remainder Table: Poe in Vietnam Robert Nedelkoff
- Cordon Sanitaire Mike O’Flaherty
- Color Me Middle Doug Henwood
- Doing Good, Looking Marvelous Kevin Mattson
- Chapters of Eleven Kim Phillips-Fein
- Blood and Pancakes Dan Kelly
- American Heartworm Ben Metcalf
- The Gaudy and Damned Tom Vanderbilt
- Triangulation Nation Thomas Frank