Contents
May-June 2011
FEATURES
Enough About You: Meet the Me, Me, Me Generation
Enough About You
A pioneering social critic’s prophetic take on the narcissism pandemic
by Christopher Lasch, from The Culture of Narcissism
Self-Love for Sale
You know you can do it. So just do it!
by David Sirota, from Back to Our Future
The Other Shoes Don’t Fit
What happens when narcissists grow up and have kids? You won’t empathize.
by Staff, from Psychotherapy Networker
The Narcissism Myth
A millennial sticks up for her generation, because that’s what they would want
by Claire Gordon, from The Huffington Post
Narcissus Regards a Novel
Today’s books succeed when the reader is entertained–and affirmed
by Mark Edmundson, from The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Southern Discomfort
Fighting an HIV/AIDS epidemic that’s raging across the southern United States
by Carl Gaines, from POZ
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Old Man Lying by the Side of the Stage
An aging rock fan sticks around for the encore
by Lad Tobin, from New Orleans Review
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We the People
The far right has stolen the Constitution. It is ours to take back.
by Garrett Epps, from The Nation
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Hope
Hope at Low Tide
An ecologist walking on the beach wonders, worries, and dreams of a better future
by Carl Safina, from The View from Lazy Point
When the Truth Hurts
How to have an honest conversation about the future without losing hope
by Robert Jensen, from Yes!
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Utne Independent Press Awards
The 64 nominees for 2011
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Talking Trash to Power
The case for a presidential court jester. Seriously. by Jake Page, from Notre Dame Magazine
Gullible Travels
Poverty tours give new meaning to “slumming it” by Bethe Dufresne, from Commonweal
Help Wanted
A call to action from an independent by Senator Bernie Sanders, from In These Times
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GLEANINGS
The Karma Bum
Playing Frogger with the king of the Beats by Tyler Stoddard Smith, from The Morning News
Services Pending
Staring down death at the obit desk by Susan McCarty, from The Iowa Review
Divine Business
An old-school dowser plies his trade by Sam Western, from High Country News
The Hawk
A homeless man regains his balance along the sidelines by Brian Doyle, from The Sun
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MINDFUL LIVING
The Healthy Human Gets the Worm
Scientists enlist parasites to combat disease by Nathan Seppa, from Science News
Home Sweet Tiny Home
The small-house movement is picking up speed by Margret Aldrich
Where Silence Is Sacred
Even without religion, chapels are emergency rooms for the soul by Pico Iyer, from Portland
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MIXED MEDIA
Jelly Roll’s Storyville
The interview that forever changed the way Alan Lomax interviewed musicians by Marybeth Hamilton, from A New Literary History of America
Art for the Fun of It
A museum rethinks the commons by Adam Regn Arvidson, from Landscape Architecture
Action-Packed Poetry
A lover of verse indulges his vice while waiting for his wife by Daniel Handler, from Poetry
Reviews:
Music
Divine Inspiration: A review of Alela Diane and Wild Divine by Alela Diane
Second Wind: A review of New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges by Colin Stetson
Bedroom Genius: A review of Banjo or Freakout by Banjo or Freakout
Film
Democracy, Dynasty, and Death: A review of Bhutto
Cold Silence: A review of How I Ended This Summer
For Adults Only: A review of Tuesday, After Christmas
Books
An Antidote to Doom: A review of Beautiful and Abundant by Bryan Welch
Better Birth Days: A review of Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta by Ina May Gaskin
Summer Surround Sound: A review of Cricket Radio: Tuning in the Night-Singing Insects by John Himmelman
Editor’s Note
by David Schimke
Forward
by Eric Utne
Dispatches from:
This Magazine (IfYou Make It Mandatory, They Will Have to Come)
Upstream Journal (When Farm Meets Forest)
The Humanist (God, Don’t Bless the IRS)
The New Republic (Turning Suffering into a Still Life)
Dwell (Garbage City)
The Boston Phoenix (The Cluttered Halls of Power)
The Chronicle Review (Monty Python Goes Back to School)
Earth Island Journal (Love the Planet, Kill the Infidels)
5280 (Health Care on Holiday)
Archaeology (The Science of Grave Robbing)
Boston Review (Unmanned Officers on the Beat)
IEEE Spectrum (High on Fidelity)
Creative Review (Selling the Sublime)
