July-August '98
On the cover: Stephen Owen holds the autobiography of the eighth-century monk and calligrapher Huai Su, an ancient to whom he has been compared.
Photograph by Mark Alcarez. Photomontage composition by Jim Gipe
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The downing of TWA Flight 800, tobacco and sugar, wonder cabinets, not-so-pristine wilderness air
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Cambridge 02138
Communications from our readers - with links to the original articles (a great introduction to recent pieces)
Harvard Health
Illness as instructor
New England Regional Edition
Joys of adult ed, and an anything-but-blue brasserie in Cambridge
The Browser
Understanding nations' prosperity and poverty, John Casey's new novel, and the University Choir on CD
The Alumni
Good-bye to Burriss Young, the man behind the fist, skipping reunion, senior celebrants, election returns, Harvard medalists, and class gift
The College Pump
A heady brew, plus tray trauma
Treasure
In a neglected garden, a Godzilla-sized wall
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COVER ARTICLE
Three professors recast the canons of Shakespeare and Chinese and African-American literature
by Jonathan S. Shaw
Continuing the magazine's centennial commemoration: "The Undergraduate" through the decades, and a Harvard timeline, 1953-1971
Brief life of the gardener saint: 600-670
by Richard Marius
A field report on the human suffering in Bosnia
by David L. Bosco
The subterranean politics of the 347th Commencement exercises, plus redefining Radcliffe's role, the class of 2002 and financial aid, the University Campaign in the home stretch, graduate fellowships, jump-starting Widener renovations,
Updike honored, the museums' missing link, sexual harassment at the Business School, University people on the move, a new home for tennis, footloose money managers, undergraduate ethnic identity, a Crimson anniversary, young stars, and a flurry of successful sports seasons
1998 addresses: Robinson Wilson Rudenstine
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