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March 21, 1994

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Featured Pick

annals of showtown

After the Party

Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean’s profile of Sue Mengers, who was one of the most formidable agents in Hollywood.

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star turns

Gotta Dance!

John Updike

behind the camera

The Realness of “Menace II Society”

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.