Esquire articles from November 2008

Esquire archives from November 2008

"The endorsement".(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... We're all whores. In this culture, no work is so honorable and important that doing it for money doesn't mean selling some part of your soul. The few exceptions-athletes and artists--don't count: They are children. Grown-ups work a job--and if...

The Upper Mississippi river.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... "It is strange how little has been written about the Upper Mississippi," said Mark Twain. "The river below St. Louis has been described time and again, and it is the least interesting part." Truth be told, I'm glad most people haven't been on...

The September issue had eleven pages of politics, forty-eight pages of style, and four glorious pages of Sarah Shahi.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The September issue had eleven pages of politics, forty-eight pages of style, and four glorious pages of Sarah Still. But the strongest response was to twenty pages dedicated to something else: beef. [GRAPHIC...

About that meat.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... The September issue presented a comprehensive guide to beef ("The Esquire Almanac of Steak"), including food and travel correspondent John Mariani's list of the country's top options ("The 20 Best Steaks in America") and writer at large Tom...

The October issue: a lesson in recycling.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... HOW'S YOUR OCTOBER ISSUE DOING? If you were among those able to obtain a special edition with the flashing E Ink cover, it should continue blinking at you for at least a couple more months. And after that? Well, if you must discard it, here are...

Our apologies if you guessed the ending.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To tell the story of four prisoners' attempt to dig a tunnel out of Michigan's Kinross prison ("The Tunnel," August), contributing editor Brian Mockenhaupt spent months exchanging letters with the two ringleaders,...

The story of a shooter.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... In the August issue, David Vann reported the story of Steven Kazmierczak, the former Northern Illinois University student who killed five students and himself in February ("Portrait of a School Shooter as a Young Man"). What Vann discovered was...

About that switch.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For his story on living rationally ("The Rationality Project," page 122), we asked editor at large A. J. Jacobs to attach an on/off switch to his head--an idea inspired by artist Dominic Wilcox. Graciously, he did,...

Mike Birbiglia's new off-broadway show.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... I approached Sleepwalk with Me with a healthy bit of skepticism. My friends kept telling me, "You'll really like this guy. You look like him, you have the same name, and he has a lot of the same freakish sleepwalking issues you have." And I was...

What I endorse.(EDITOR'S LETTER)
November 1, 2008... IT'S AN INTERESTING EXERCISE. Ask yourself, What do I endorse? Not just which political candidates or positions or parties, but what things in your life--people or practices or works of the imagination--do you think should be valued and are...

The New York review of books classics series.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2008... I have bought a lot of books at used-book stores--too many to count or store properly--and I remember where I got each one. I remember the bookstore, the circumstances that led me to it, the way the book presented itself to my eye. Of course,...

We like him, too.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... In July, we debuted a new culture column by Stephen Marche. He's covered the sudden ubiquity of skulls ("Have You Been Noticing a Lot of Skulls Lately?" July), violence in the media ("Are Things Getting a Little Violent?" August), and young...

The party that left one reader and might send another to Canada.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... In the September issue, we covered this year's Young Republican Leadership Conference, at which, despite the popular conception that the party is faltering, the future of the GOP didn't seem to be concerned ("The Elephant in the Room"). I...

A reader we appreciate, even if he's clearly drunk.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... I've had a mohawk. My hair has been read. But through simply your tips, I have impressed eighty-five percent of the lawyers I work for. I've also just now spent my first $100 bill at a bar. I have never felt so alive. Let me explain. My friend...

Correction!(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Correction notice)
November 1, 2008... As many of you pointed out, the Republican National Convention took place in St. Paul Minnesota, not Minneapolis, as we claimed. For any GOP'ers who spent a confused and boring week in the wrong half of the Twin Cities, we apologize. As...

One nice thing about Rodney's grooming suggestions: he never mentions his genitals.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... Baking soda works great as deodorant. It's cheap and unscented. Simply wet your hand and your armpit, then sprinkle some baking soda on your hand and rub in gently. Another way to reduce body odor is to trim your armpit hair. Also, trying to...

Something to do at Esquire.com.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Find presents. We've removed the most onerous part of holiday shopping: thoughtfulness. No matter what holiday you celebrate, with more than three hundred gifts in fourteen categories, we tell you what to give practically anyone, from your wife...

Elsewhere in the bin.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... Although I understand that humor, in part, is a major selling point of your magazine, I wish you would consider the summer interns who have to read Esquire in a virtually silent (but prestigious) law office and would like to be asked back but...

Written on our walls.(This Way In: THE SOUND & THE FURY)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... For "The Masters Are Dead--Long Live the Masters" (page 130), we asked each subject to name his biggest influences, and we chiseled those names onto the wall. Here's who chose whom. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANTHONY MACKIE: Willie...

Celebrating 75 years, Part IV.(This Way In: THE MAKING OF THE COVER)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] So here it is, our final re-creation of a classic Esquire cover in celebration of our seventy-fifth anniversary. After the first three-Victoria's Secret models in Angie Dickinson sweaters (February), Jessica Simpson...

The vocabulary.(Man at His Best)(Brief article)(Glossary)
November 1, 2008... Terms and Ideas you will encounter In the pages that follow. Great for conversation. * BRACED adj: A stage along the spectrum of inebriation, marked by the focus and certainty that occurs after consuming one drink. (SEE PAGE 46) ...

The interrogation: Bond's new director.(Film)(Marc Forster)(Interview)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Marc Forster has directed some of the most lauded movies of the last ten years. Movies like Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland, which, between them, earned nine Oscar nominations and two wins. He directed The Kite...

Nicorette for nonsmokers.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... You feel the buzz almost instantly You bite down and right away your teeth, your tongue, your cheeks, the roof of your mouth-everything gets kind of numb for a second, your mouth palsied by a sharp, acrid taste but immediately soothed by a...

The epilogue.(Film)(Synecdoche, New York)(Movie review)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Read this story after you've seen Charlie Kaufman's new film. THIS MONTH, Charlie Kaufman (above) makes his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York. It's the story of Caden Cotard (played by Philip Seymour...

The rules.(Man at His Best: 1 The Culture)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Rule No. 143: Permanent press is the most mysterious of wash cycles. Rule No. 169: Your barber should always be older than you. Unless you're really, really old. Rule No. 178: Beware the women who talk like children. Rule No. 187: More bocce.

The hall of cultural significance: the six most intriguing performances this month.(Man at His Best)
November 1, 2008... SURPRISINGLY ADEPT PERFORMANCE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jason Mewes in Kevin Smith's raunchy and career-redeeming Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Mewes brings an unexpected element to the offensive charm he displayed as the more loquacious...

Black watch plaid.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... If you're determined to wear plaid, Black Watch is your only choice. Blue, black, green: simple, dignified colors for a classic look. Also, the badass name derives from a legendary Highland regiment. Certainly a preferable backstory to the...

The last words of Roberto Bolano.(Books)(The Savage Detectives)
November 1, 2008... The exhilarating thing about reading The Savage Detectives, the book that made Roberto Bolano the most celebrated Latin-American writer of the new century, was the feeling that Bolano could and would do anything he wanted to do. Starting out...

Literary archetype of the month: bad grandpa.(Man at His Best: 1 The Culture)(The Wettest County in the World )(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2008... YOU NEVER want to hear about anybody's grandpa. Those stories tend to center on fishing or Florida. Or both. But if your grandfather was a soulful, badass moonshiner who cranked around Franklin County, Virginia, shotguns at the ready, hear his...

Presented without comment.(Man at His Best: 1 The Culture)(Brief article)(Recommended readings)
November 1, 2008... Portland ram, Southdown ram shearling, Border Leicester ewe yearling, from the new coffee-table book Beautiful Sheep: Portraits of Champion Breeds (Thomas Dunne Books, $20). [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED]

To anyone who's seen my movie: sorry.(The Apology)(The Last Sect)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It wasn't supposed to be like this. The Last Sect wasn't merely my first film; it was the first screenplay I'd ever written, an epic tale of lesbian vampires who run an Internet dating service. I wrote it to be...

Clontarf Irish whiskey.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... In my time, I have lived through wine snobbery, Scotch snobbery, and even the most preposterous exercise of them all, beer snobbery. My whiskey is Irish, the original potion, the uisce beathadh, as Cuchulain used to say to Brendan Behan. Time...

What the f%$# is wrong with you people? candid responses to a perplexing reality--from an expert and a comedian.(Man at His Best: 1 The Culture)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MAJOR HUMAN FLAW: Some people refer to themselves in the third person. RESPONSE NO.1, by Elsa Ronningstam, associate clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and author of Identifying and...

Funny joke from a beautiful woman.(Man at His Best: 1 The Culture)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... A MAN WAS DRIVING down the street, in a sweat, because he had an important meeting and couldn't find parking. Looking up toward heaven, he said, "Lord, take pity on me. If you find me a parking space, I will go to church every Sunday for the...

The public library.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Every book. Every movie. Every album. It's like Borders, Netflix, and iTunes combined--for free. And it's so easy: You can go online and have the newest stuff sent to your local branch. Why you would leave this complimentary emporium to...

How about a little loyalty? A Thousand Words About Our Culture.(Man at His Best: 1 The Culture)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Way back around the time of the 2004 election, there was a surefire way to produce a successful TV drama: Take a despicable man and give him the virtue of loyalty. Loyalty redeemed all failings. You couldn't make the...

Coin-operated kiddie rides.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... It's not the music (tinny) or the action (slow); it's the idea that you're the kind of dad who takes the time to slip half a buck into one of these contraptions. And, honestly, the stallion and race car aren't fooling anyone. The kid may not...

Nothing ventured, nothing lost.(THE DIGITAL MAN GOES TO AFRICA)(Sony HDR-SR12, Nikon D300 DSLR, Panasonic Lumix, and Ibiza Rhapsody 30-gig MP3 player)(Product/service evaluation)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SINCE EVERY TIME I walk off an airplane, I view it as a failed suicide attempt, the 15 minutes flying over South Africa's Kruger National Park in a single-engine plane piloted by a kid surely not older than 14 felt...

The A-minor-to-F chord sequence.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... A-minor--snarling, strutting A-minor, all piss and vinegar, looking for an excuse, biting off more than it can chew, falling now, the walls of the black pit rising up (that would be the F), the jagged-rock hand of release almost welcome, no way...

Rinsing.(The Technique)(cocktails)(Recipe)
November 1, 2008... An enduring problem in mixology is what to do with single-malt Scotch, and in particular the big-flavored, smoky kind associated with the island of Islay. Something this concentrated elbows its way to the front of the drink and makes itself the...

Red wine with breakfast.(THE SUGGESTION)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... THIS ISN'T SOME hair-of-the-dog thing; it's not a hangover cure. Just a glass of red wine with breakfast--runny eggs, toast, slightly chilled Chianti. Before work, With the newspaper, or SportsCenter, if you must, because everyone does...

Minor catastrophe No. 239: the cork broke.(Man at His Best: 2 The Instructions)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Consultant: Joe Campanale, sommelier and co-owner, dell'anima, New York City [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] {1} Don't panic. And don't let it make you fumble your presentation. Continue talking with your guests as if everything is right on...

The lightning round: if you had one of the world's foremost medical professionals cornered at a party, what would you ask him?(+ Ask Dr. Oz)
November 1, 2008... 1. Is money really that dirty? Do I have to wash my hands after touching it? In one study, 94 percent of bills had pathogenic or potentially pathogenic organisms on them. (Interestingly, another study showed 92 percent tested positive for...

The two-week vacation.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The whole idea of two weeks off is almost shamelessly hedonistic. You have a week of vacation, and then... you go on vacation. You don't have to travel anywhere. (You're there.) You don't have to figure out the local subway system or where to...

Sex.(Man at His Best: 2 The Instructions)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How would one go about working as a girl who answers phone-sex lines? Does it pay well? I think I'd be good at it I see you've taken an interest in the diminishing field of Telephonic Sexual Commerce....

Minor catastrophe No. 311: a pollster approaches.(Man at His Best: 2 The Instructions)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Consultant: Kevin Hogan, author of The Psychology of Persuasion [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (1) Start with the basics: Walk quickly, avoid eye contact, and appear irritable. Nobody wants to talk to an angry person. [ILLUSTRATION...

Answer Fella: firm pillows, up all night, cash & a dog's life.(Man at His Best: 2 The Instructions)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ESQUIRE'S ANSWER FELLA believes that there are no stupid questions, just stupid people who don't ask questions, fearing they'll look stupid. So ask Answer Fella anything. If he doesn't know the answer, he'll find out...

A few words on low-key luxury.(Man at His Best: 3 Style)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SEEMS LIKE just yesterday that success in America meant second homes, second mistresses, and wristwatches the size of dinner plates. But success has gotten a little quieter lately. A little less flashy. And even if...

The understatements: five watches that telegraph style and success.(Man at His Best: 3 Style)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (1) Piaget Altiplano: With a movement just 2.5mm thick, the Altiplano's slim case is the spiritual antithesis of the beefy chronographs that held sway for a decade. $14,650. (2) Chopard L.U.CXP: If you're a gold...

The little things: details that epitomize low-key luxury.(Man at His Best: 3 Style)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE MOVEMENT OF THE HERMITS CLIPPER SPORT: The true value in a watch often comes from what lurks within, and earlier this year, Hermes introduced the H1, its first totally in-house-made movement. Stainless-steel...

The influence: the 1960s: it's not about Mad Men. It's about rediscovering the merits of simplicity.(Man at His Best: 3 Style)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Glashutte Senator Sixties chronograph: The name pretty much says it all, with the crystal's convex dome and the dial's curvy number font epitomizing '60s swing. Stainless-steel chronograph with leather strap ($8.700). [ILLUSTRATION...

6 ways till Sunday: if you had only six watches to make it through the week, these are the best ones for wherever you need to be.(Man at His Best: 3 Style)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... MONDAY, 1 7:00 A.M., GYM Stainless-steel BRO2 chronograph with rubber strap ($6,500) by Bell & Ross: sweatshirt ($1,310) by Brunello Cucinelli; sneakers ($95) by Puma. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SATURDAY, 11:00 A.M., WEEKEND DRIVE...

The 2008 Grooming awards.(Man at His Best: 3 Style)(Buyers guide)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To be a man who's not mistaken for an older man (or an unkempt one), you should care about personal grooming. But only just enough. Unless it's your job--which, in my case, it is. For three months I tested hundreds...

Dublin Dr. Pepper.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... It's hard to espouse tradition without sounding like Wilford Brimley grunting the virtues of oatmeal, hut old pop is better than new pop, and that's just facts. In the 1970s and 1980s, when the price of sugar began to rise, most bottlers...

The desert.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Nevada)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... It's not for everyone. In truth, most people will hate it. The days are infernal, the nights arctic. The lakes are filled with caustic brine, the springs with toxic arsenic. The hills and plants are brown. So are all the birds. And everything...

Women writing: not every great Esquire writer was a man's man, or a man at all. Some of our greatest work came from the brilliant women below.
November 1, 2008... [OCTOBER 1936] Most Cubans don't look like Cubans. They look like Germans, Italians, Swedes, Polacks, and clerks from Yonkers. It makes my heart bleed to think of the boatloads of hopeful females who go down there every year on cruises,...

10 things you don't know about women.(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. When you have a perfect body, we wonder how much time you spend on yourself. 2. Even if we've only been dating a few weeks, don't introduce us as your "lady friend"--or that's exactly what we'll become. ...

Shoofly pie.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Bird-in-Hand Bakery )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Amish may have contributed a lot to our world--furniture, produce, car accidents-but the only thing we'd really miss is shoofly pie, a combination of molasses and brown sugar that's worth the foot you'll lose to diabetes in your 70s. The...

How to be a sweet-talker: honey gets you what you want better than vinegar, but you can't pour it on too thick.(influence)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Once, I lived in Tuscaloosa, and I wanted to buy a pickup truck. I had three hundred bucks to put down. My father, voice distant and tinny on the phone from upstate New York, warned me. "They'll try to sell you...

Boston cream pie.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... If monotheism is our world's poison--you say Muhammad, I say Yahweh, let's call the whole thing jihad-then part of the antidote must be pie. When it comes to pie, we are one world. Sure, not everyone loves key-lime pie or strawberry-rhubarb pie...

Esquire's best new restaurants 2008: come inside for: coast-to-coast picks the chef of the year the best table (and how to get it) recipes you can make a cocktail and, of course, some bacon.(Product/service evaluation)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For one third of Esquire's seventy-five years, we've been heralding America's best restaurants--a chronicle off an era that saw France s nouvelle cuisine translated into New American cuisine, then fusion, global, and...

The six-dollar can of tuna.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... It's not worth it because it tastes so wonderful. It's worth it because the inexpensive stuff tastes so awful. Packed in either water (which makes it bland) or vegetable oil (which makes it slimy), cheap tuna is an insult-to you, to the fish,...

Expensive toothpaste.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The sad truth is, you haven't brushed your teeth. Never. The dental assistant, maybe she has brushed your teeth--you can tell the difference, the way your incisors feel on the tip of your tongue when she's done with them. You don't get that...

Toffifay.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Nestled in a faux-golden tray Toffifay might be overcompensating for its lack of popularity Admittedly, none of its ingredients scream quality. A firm caramel cup filled with a nougatlike substance, topped with a dollop of waxy dark chocolate....

The sexiest woman alive Halle Berry: as the culmination of our anniversary celebration, this woman--who just had a baby, like, six months ago--presents the final re-creations of classic Esquire covers.(WOMEN WE LOVE)(Cover story)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Wow. Sexiest woman alive huh? I've been in the business for more than twenty years, and you decide now, at this particular time, that I'm the sexiest woman alive? Come on. I mean, you...

More women we [begin strikethrough]love[end strikethrough] endorse: there are, as ever, many worthy candidates. But the time for these women is now. They are dedicated, talented, charming, and experienced. They've earned our admiration and our respect. Coincidentally, they re beautiful.
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE WIFE January Jones She doesn't live up to her name. It's like calling a show poodle Spike. She's long-limbed, light-tressed, delicate: a princess, not a pinup. When her character on Mad Men, the quietly...

The rationality project: your gut is a traitor. Even your best instincts are your enemy. Forget intuition. Now try turning them off for a week.
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] My brain is deeply flawed. And no offense, but so is yours. Your brain is not rational. It's packed with dozens of misleading biases. It's home to an alarming number of false assumptions and warped memories. It...

Gettysburg National Military Park.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Follow the stones, the grave-marker monuments that indicate where the various units fought here over three days in July 1863. It is a place gravid with sacrifice, bristling with turning points, each of which, had it gone the other way, might...

The uni-ball vision (.5mm, black).(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... It doesn't come with a comfort grip or a completely see-through barrel. It's not sparkly. What we're trying to say is that it doesn't look stupid, like virtually all of the other disposable pens available today. It's the gazelle of pens. It's...

The Wilson A2000 baseball glove.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... I was strictly a one-tool ballplayer, even in Little League: I could hit. Not all that much for average, but for more than occasional power. Moon shots. Ringing doubles. Lord, could I hit. But I never loved any bat, wood or metal. Sure, I had...

John Malkovich: actor, 54, Cambridge, Massachusetts.(What I've Learned)(Interview)
November 1, 2008... * Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly. * I've pretty much learned not to worry about things I can't control. I often find myself with friends and acquaintances and they're...

The masters are dead--long live the masters: doesn't matter if you're making a suit or a song or a nice lamb chop--it's only when you master the old ways of doing things that you can create something truly new. Just ask these seven creative powerhouses, all of whom are transgressing their traditional training and reinventing their fields for the future.(ESQ. Style)(Buyers guide)
November 1, 2008... A note about the setting: We asked the subjects to carve the names of their biggest influences into the wall behind them. Not knowing how to handle a chisel, they refused, so we did it for them. To see who chose whom--Kubrick! Brecht! Miss...

Esquire endorses America: whether you think this month's election is a "change" election or not, one thing is for sure: it is an epic fight for the future of our country. 482 races. 482 decisions. Here, we make a choice in every race. now it's up to you.
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TWO YEARS AGO, taking as our premise that government matters, this magazine did something very rash: For the first time ever, we decided that we would endorse candidates in all the federal elections in America, and...

Esquire endorses Barack Obama for president: we thought this election would be a serious fight over the future of this country, but only one candidate showed up.(ESQUIRE ENDORSES AMERICA)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [THE EDITORS] IT WAS A DAY IN FEBRUARY and the sun was little more than a gaudy accessory. The man stood on abridge along Eleventh Street in Milwaukee. He was holding aclock in the morning and it was 8 degrees,...

Notes on contributors.(This Way Out)
November 1, 2008... Karen Almond-Schnase's poetry has appeared in The Cuttlefish Review, Into the Frying Pan, Chillout, Almond-Schnase Quarterly, and Seven Lovely Frogs. She is the author of Sheep of the Westernmost Edge of Western Warwick, Rhode Island, 1928-1944...