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...Secret Of Life," Nancy Gibbs' thoughtful overview of how cracking the DNA code has totally changed our lives, raises the journalistic bar for all magazine writers. She made the miracle of gene science appealing to creationists, evolutionists, businessmen and homemakers. Her essay is as beautiful as the structure of the DNA molecule. DOUGLAS TAIT Beach Haven...
...would sincerely like to thank Rick Reilly for his honest piece on the Marines at Camp Lejeune [ESSAY, Feb. 17]. My best friend was stationed there less than three weeks ago, and he is just as scared as the other young men and women with him. War comes at a price--the lives of many brave fighters as well as the spirit of their families and friends. Though the Marines have committed their lives to protecting this country, they are just average human beings, with people waiting and praying for them to come home. I hope this Essay will make...
...Reilly's essay brought the reality of war into clear focus for me. The preparation for going off to war includes more than packing and saying goodbye to friends and loved ones; there are also such things as making out a will and making peace with God. The dangers facing these brave young Marines are very different from those of wars past. They have good reason to be apprehensive. Regardless of how one feels about war, the men and women serving in our military need and deserve our respect, support and prayers. DORIS STINE Lawrence, Kans...
...hopes the fellowship will give him freedom to experiment, which it seems he has already begun doing. “Downtown,” the essay he read for the Harvard audience from his upcoming book, The Colossus of New York, is a work that he describes as “impressionistic...
Taking an extremely caustic and poetic approach to portray the life of barhopping young professionals in his hometown, he experiments here with prose and narrative form to push the boundaries of what we call the “essay...