Our Summer 2009 issue is about Promised Land. The issue can be purchased online or on newsstands. Start with this issue when you subscribe today!

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Jordan W. Lint, Installment #5

Chris Ware

The latest installment of the artist’s “serialized pictorial fiction,” illustrating single days from each year of Lint’s life.

What We Owe Our Soldiers

Joel Turnipseed

A review of The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle Against America’s Veterans, by Aaron Glantz.

Behind the Wall: Inside Baghdad’s Sadr City

David Enders

Baghdad began as a walled city—and perhaps it will always be.

Brecious

Etgar Keret

The first thing that made him suspicious was the smell. She’d always had such a subtle smell, and suddenly it had become so strong it made his head spin.

Intimate Objects

Emily Collette Wilkinson

A review of Leanne Shapton’s Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry.