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May 2009 Contents
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COMMENTARY

Driven by Ego and Self-Assurance

by John M. Taylor

The G-20's Uncertain Roadmap

by Jonathan Fenby

Rule of Law May Counteract Pakistan's Extremists

by Paula R. Newberg
FEATURED BOOK

Dave: Slave, Master Potter, Poet

by Philip Kopper
REVIEWS

'Private Security Contractors' in Iraq

by John Weisman

Being Conservative in Hollywood

by Sonny Bunch

'Gourmaniac' Who Writes Besides

by John Greenya

Napoleon's Notorious Sister

by Sandra McElwaine

The Many Worlds of Louise Erdrich

by Bruce Allen

When March Went Mad

by Claude R. Marx
WRITERS AND WRITING

Ray Bradbury: Sci-fi and Everyday Americans

by James E. Person Jr.

William Carlos Williams: Embattled Messiah

by Michael Timko

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