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Joy Revision

January 5, 2009

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In this issue, Ariel Levy writes about “The Joy of Sex.” Here Levy talks about the genesis of Dr. Alex Comfort’s original 1972 edition, how society has changed since then, and whether the new revised edition still fills a societal need.

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Ariel Levy discusses “The Joy of Sex” and its relevance.
BLOGS
Steve Coll plays cricket for the first time and likes it.
Hendrik Hertzberg on what Caroline Kennedy and Garrison Keillor have in common.
George Packer would like to keep poetry out of Obama’s Inauguration.
James Surowiecki asks, Who says Wall Street’s dead as a fount of innovation?
Sasha Frere-Jones shares the best music video of the year.
The Book Bench: Looking for “The Joy of Sex,” National Reading “2666” Month.
Goings On: Werner Herzog, Prince hard at work, last chance for Broadway.
The Cartoon Lounge: Sali Lamo guest blogs, the best and worst elevator of the year.
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Joy Revision: Ariel Levy discusses “The Joy of Sex” and its relevancy.
All in the Family: Zadie Smith discusses comedy and family.
Long Hot Summer: Wendell Steavenson discusses Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia.
Home for the Holidays: Roddy Doyle reads Maeve Brennan’s “Christmas Eve.”
The Transition: Dorothy Wickenden hosts a discussion on Rod Blagojevich’s corruption scandal.
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Hot Seats: How an illegally logged tree becomes a toilet seat at Wal-Mart.
Not a Game: Scenarios from Virtual Iraq, with commentary by Sue Halpern.
Trapped: The ordeal of Nicholas White, who was trapped in an elevator for forty-one hours.
Stories from the Near Future: Video from the 2008 New Yorker Conference.
The Naked Campaign: Steve Brodner draws the epic battle for the White House.
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Deserted: A portfolio of images from Sudanese refugee camps in Chad.
Sexual Evolution: A portfolio of images from “The Joy of Sex” and “Our Bodies, Ourselves.”
The Face of Death: Paintings and drawings from the Marlene Dumas retrospective at MOMA.
Secrets of the Bomb: Images and documents that tell the story behind the first atomic bomb.

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