"In Defense of Recycling" by Allen Hershkowitz, in Social Research (Spring 1998), New School for Social Research, 66 W. 12th St., New York, N.Y. 10011.
"The Indian Conquest of Catholic Art" by Gauvin Alexander Bailey, in Art Journal (Spring 1998), College Art Assn., 275 Seventh Ave., New York, N.Y. 10001.
"In Defense of Music Row" by Bruce Feiler, in the Oxford American (1998: No.21–22), P.O. Box 1156, Oxford, Miss. 38655.
The late distinguished critic Alfred Kazin (1915–98) recalls in The American Scholar (Spring 1998) when artists discovered his city—and he discovered them.
"Simple Hearts: An Address regarding the Consequences of Supply-Side Aesthetics" by Dave Hickey, in Art Issues (Summer 1998), 8721 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 6, Los Angeles, Calif. 90069.
“Miracle on the Vistula” by Elizabeth Pond, in The Washington Quarterly (Summer 1998), CSIS, 1800 K St. N.W., Ste. 400, Washington, D.C. 20006.
In the North Korean communist regime’s “far-reaching system of terror, degradation, and slave labor,” an estimated 200,000 people are now being held in more than 10 different prison camps for such “crimes” as reading a foreign newspaper or complaining about the food situation, report the editors of Journal of Democracy (July 1998). Sun Ok Lee, who served a five-year prison term and later defected to South Korea, tells of her experience in the “North Korean gulag”:
"Taking India Seriously" by James Manor and Gerald Segal, in Survival (Summer 1998), International Institute for Strategic Studies, 23 Tavistock St., London WC2E 7NQ England.
"Somalia: Political Order in a Stateless Society" by Ken Menkhaus, and "Somaliland Goes It Alone" by Gerard Prunier, in Current History (May 1998), 4225 Main St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19127.
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