• The Academic as Apologist
From Issue 14
by A. S. Hamrah
Hamrah reviews "The Comedian as Confidence Man: Studies in Irony Fatigue" by Will Kaufman.

• Whatever Works, Sucks
From Issue 14
by Joshua Glenn
Glenn reviews Meredith Bagby's "Rational Exuberance: The Influence of Generation X on the Economy."

• An Interview with Dan Clowes
From Issue 15
by Joshua Glenn
Comicbook writer and artist Daniel Clowes loves you tenderly.

•Nobody Hugged Goodbye
by Mr. Slotcar Hatebath
Hatebath mourns and celebrates the end of an era.

•Journal: March 1999
by Joshua Glenn
Josh Glenn re-examines himself and his review of book reviewer Michiko Kakutani.

•Softcore, You Know the Score
by James Parker
James Parker's hack soul flickers near the light of Film Criticism.

•"I Like My Rails"
by Matthew Battles
The Fat Controller washes trains' brains. 06.28.00
•But first...Are You Experienced
by James Parker
Innocence and experience collide in the bakery, on the bookshelves, and in the music hall.

•Journal: July 1999
by Joshua Glenn
Josh Glenn reexamines himself and finds Oprah Winfrey.

•Frappucino Solo
as discovered by Matthew Battles
Battles found the page proofs from what would have been the first issue of a bold venture. We reprint Stanley Fish's introductory editorial salvo.

•Journal: August 1999
by Joshua Glenn
Josh Glenn re-examines himself and Harper's.

•A Happy Little Dance
by Scott McLemee
A review of David Brooks's book, Bobos in Paradise.

•Words and Feathers
Matthew Battles
Matthew Battles deranges the language.

•Noisy Parker
James Parker
James reviews Snapcase, Richard Meltzer and more.

•Reading As Fast As I Can
Ingrid Schorr
Ingrid winces her way through The Rules and other contemporary women's How To books.

09.13.00
•A Queer Thing
by James Parker
James Parker reviews "Writing on Drugs," by Sadie Plant.