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Bush vs. Bork: George W. backs out of skirmish with judge

School Days: Freshman Lillie Wade caught between a miraculous staircase and new age Santa Fe

War torn: The bleakly hilarious comic art of Zograf

"Ethel & Ernest": A gem of a graphic novel -- small in scale, big in spirit

Laurie Anderson beaches "Moby-Dick"

Dear Mr. Blue:

Garrison Keillor

Dead boys: Why some families' response to a terrible loss is too noble

"Yes We Have No": Another England, wild and bursting with sap

Stephanie Zacharek

Fiction or nonfiction? Bestseller lists reach verdict on "Dutch"

Rockets' red glare: Robert Stone picks five great war novels

"The Remains of River Names": Pot-dealing parents and their damaged kids

Ivory work camp: Even at elite universities, women are still battling the old boys' club.

Eggheads vs. Las Vegas: Mensa loosens up with a gambling guide

Diary of a teacher's last year: When the ego dwarf rears his ugly head.

"Assuming the Position": Memoirs of a hustler

Dennis Drabelle

Thin gruel for Vonnegut fans: In Alan Rudolph's film, "Breakfast of Champions," the self-satirizing, anti-intellectual Fath

Alissa Lara Quart

The Salon Interview: Kurt Vonnegut talks about his last book, the idea of progress and the end of the world

Edmund Morris' "Dutch": A major bomb from start to finish

Walter Mosley's "Walkin' the Dog": Flirting with agitprop, delivering a shock

Books log for Thursday

G|nter Grass' Nobel Prize: How the genius of Danzig rebuilt German literature

George W., Yalie: Who needs the best and the brightest when we've got a flesh-branding frat boy?

Simon Singh's "The Code Book": A terrific history of secret codes (with a $15,000 contest)

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