From the latest issue of Bookforum, behind the carefully constructed persona of suburban squire, John Cheever waged a tumultuous battle against himself — a struggle that only found its way into his very last works of fiction (and more and more and more and more). From Democracy, Dalton Conley on why, in this time of global financial crisis, America needs a sovereign wealth fund of its own (and a review of Conley's Elsewhere U.S.A. at Bookforum); and a review of books on the financial crisis. Bonus reduced: When a good thing suddenly isn't. From Time, a look at the 10 most endangered newspapers in America. Canadian books under attack — sometimes by their authors. A review of Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss (and more and more and more). A look at the legend of FDR's first 100 days in office. If you drive west from Dallas, through the neo-modern lunarscape of a pod city called Las Colinas, you'll never find Benny Hinn. From UUWorld, an interview with Ted Sorensen, JFK's speechwriter; for almost 1,000 years, the Christian church emphasized paradise, not Crucifixion; Frederick Wooden is sticking with classics: "My reasons for reading Hawthorne, Melville, and Dante are hardly noble"; and in bookstores, spirituality is packaged as if it's a pep pill for overworked managers. A review of The Morality of Embryo Use by Louis Guenin.
