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March 2, 2001 + THIS WEEK ... Last week we asked, If poets are the "unacknowledged legislators of the world," what of journalists, in particular one Christopher Hitchens? This week, in the latest installment of Atlantic Unbound's Soundings series, we bring you the genuine article -- i.e., poetry -- in three side-by-side readings of Andrew Marvell's seventeenth-century seduction poem, "To His Coy Mistress," introduced in a brief essay by Linda Gregerson. Many have no doubt read this anthology warhorse in high school or college English classes ("Had we but world enough and time/ This coyness, Lady, were no crime..." and so on). But we're willing to wager that you've never heard it quite like this. The readers are three noted poets -- Gregerson, J. D. McClatchy, and Heather McHugh -- each of whom knows how to perform a poem. And Gregerson's introduction is a rare treat: a deviously smart, witty, sexy, and original close analysis that you don't need a Ph.D. in English literature to understand and enjoy. Imagine. No, don't imagine; see (and hear) for yourself. Also this week: the conclusion of Christopher Hitchens's exchange with James Fallows, new recipes on Corby's Table, a bit of economic analysis from Sage Stossel, and more. Cheers, Wen Stephenson Editorial Director The Atlantic Online ------------------------------------------------------- + In ATLANTIC UNBOUND, The Atlantic's online journal ... Fallows@large THE WORK OF WORDS [PART THREE] Mar 1 | "I am in the uncomfortable position," James Fallows writes to Christopher Hitchens, "of holding a widely caricatured view, which I will try to defend. Namely, that Clinton's actions in the past six weeks justify a harsher view of him than his previous conduct did. The contrary case is, 'What took you so long?' In this analysis, Clinton is behaving no differently now from the way he has over the past eight years. My case is: the way Clinton behaved in his final weeks in office, above all with the pardons, actually was different from his previous record." See Hitchens's reply to Fallows in the concluding round of their exchange on writing, politics, Henry Kissinger -- and Bill Clinton. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fallows/jf2001-02-21/fallows3.htm Soundings MARVELL'S "COY MISTRESS" with Linda Gregerson, J. D. McClatchy, and Heather McHugh Feb 26 | "Can this poem really be after what it purports to be after?" Linda Gregerson asks in her introduction. "Can it, as a seduction poem, by even the wildest stretch of imagination be designed to work? What kind of woman would be successfully wooed like this?" Poets McClatchy and McHugh join Gregerson as each gives voice to Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress." http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/soundings/marvell.htm Corby's Table ISRAEL ON A BUN by Corby Kummer Feb 28 | " 'Why can't a country with two and a half million Jewish mothers have better food?' Henry Kissinger supposedly moaned while conducting shuttle diplomacy in the 1970s. Even today Israel isn't known for the quality or variety of its restaurants -- although Joan Nathan, an indefatigable expert on Jewish food and the author of monumental and authoritative books on the subject, says that things have changed enormously since the days when she lived there, in the early 1970s." Corby Kummer looks at Joan Nathan's new book, *The Foods of Israel Today*, and offers his favorite selections. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/corby/ct2001-02.htm Sage, Ink FAITH-BASED ECONOMICS Feb 28 | A cartoon by Sage Stossel. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/sage/ss2001-02-28.htm ------------------------------------------------------- + In D.C. DISPATCH | from National Journal Social Studies FORGET THE MARC RICH PARDON. WORRY ABOUT THE SCANDAL by Jonathan Rauch Mar 1 | In the Rich ruckus, what is taking place is an attack not just on a pardon, but on the pardon power itself. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/rauch2001-03-01.htm Legal Affairs HOW THE MARC RICH PARDON COULD SPAWN A NEW PROSECUTION by Stuart Taylor Jr. Mar 1 | The prosecutors' most logical target is Rich, not Clinton. In politics, it's more dangerous to give than to receive. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/taylor2001-03-01.htm Political Pulse WHY ALL THE SMILES ON THE RIGHT? by William Schneider Mar 1 | Interestingly, conservatives see George W. as far more of a Reagan conservative than Daddy Bush. was.http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/schneider2001-03-01.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY EDUCATION PROGRAM Teachers, put The Atlantic's quality to work in your classroom withour new Education Program. Affordable rates, FREE Teacher's Guide, and FREE instructor's copy with each qualifying order. Please visit http://www.theatlantic.com/teach/ for details or call toll-free,(877) 299-8577. ------------------------------------------------------- GET A RISK-FREE TRIAL ISSUE OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY TransAtlantic readers, you can receive a RISK-FREE trial issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine. 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