Topic 1: War Summer 2002 JAMES SPENCER An Ace PAUL F. WALKER The Road to Shchuch'ye MICHAEL HOEVEL A-Levels in Hong Kong JAMES R. RUSSELL The Early Days of a New War NATHAN HALE LERNER & EVELYN SALZMAN A Daisy from No Man's Land

		Topic 2: Fantasy Autumn 2002 AMY BLOOM Multitudes NEAL POLLACK Chasing MacGyver JULIAN DIBBELL A Marketable Wonder GERDA REITH Winning Isn't Everything JAMIE CAMPBELL The Name Game

		Topic 3: Cities Winter 2003 CHIMANADA NGOZI ADICHIE Heart is Where the Home Was ROBERT B. GILPIN What's in a Name? BINYAVANGA WAINAINA A New Cry of Freedom BENJAMIN HURWITZ Hurray for Hollywood! ALEXANDER GARVIN The Second Coming of Moses

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