| Utne Reader 1999 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| 15 ideas that could shake the world. | General interest | Cathy Madison, Jon Spayde, Andy Steiner, Eric Utne, Jay Walljasper, Nina Utne |
| A burning dilemma: while candles soothe, others pollute. | General interest | Becky Gillette |
| After image: at the end of a photo-filled century, can the camera still see? | General interest | Nicole Duclos |
| A good man is hard to find.(dealing with a dishonest personal care assistant) | General interest | Lorenzo W. Milam |
| Alternative bride.(a punky, Jewish feminist gets married) | General interest | Marjorie Ingall |
| A piece of the rock: can companies lay claim to orbiting asteroids? | General interest | Mark Engebretson |
| Apology not accepted: when the pain goes deep, the road to forgiveness is long. | General interest | Molly Layton |
| A sax divine.(St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church) | General interest | Aaron McCarroll Gallegos |
| Asphalt jungle.(ecology of cities) | General interest | Gregory McNamee |
| Babushka Baptists: in Siberia, Stalin survivors quench an ancient thirst.(religious revival in Russia) | General interest | Colin Thubron |
| Backyard recycling.(Practical Seeker)(trash as fertilizer) | General interest | Jackie French |
| Best dressed: it's the fantasy, not the clothes, that make the woman. | General interest | Susanna Moore |
| Beware the super senior myth.(New Planet)(society's unrealistic expectations of senior citizens) | General interest | Kathi Wolfe |
| Beyond the valley of the dammed.(ecological damage of damming rivers) | General interest | Bruce Barcott |
| Black like them: hip-hop may be the last best hope for healing America's racial divide. Or not. | General interest | Charles Aaron |
| Blowin' in the wind.(Gleanings)(microscopic universe in air) | General interest | David Lukas |
| Boy in blue tutu.(overcoming the bias against girl-like behavior in young boys) | General interest | Lisen Stromberg |
| Breaking the job lock: imagine a world where pursuing our passions pays the bills. | General interest | Andrew Kimbrell |
| Buddy, I can spare you a dime.(Gleanings)(woman intentionally leaves money for strangers) | General interest | Amy Krouse Rosenthal |
| Cartoon commentarian.(New Planet)(cartoonist Peter Sinclair) | General interest | Curt Guyette |
| Cell phone naturalists: affluent adventurers are changing the face of environmentalism.(includes related article) | General interest | David Brooks |
| Confession of a nonpolitical man. | General interest | Sven Birkerts |
| Cowpoke's mirage: Pioneertown is no home on the range.(reprinted from Hermenaut, no. 15) | General interest | Marilyn Berlin Snell |
| Cricket outta Compton.(includes related article on the geopolitics of cricket)(Los Angeles neighborhood) | General interest | Edward Smith |
| Dangerous beauty: laced with pesticides, cut flowers pack a potent punch.(reprinted from E Magazine, May/Jun 1999) | General interest | Tracey C. Rembert |
| Days of the dead.(Japanese custom of honoring the dead) | General interest | Robert Brady |
| Destination unknown: the joy of travel is in the wandering. | General interest | Joe Robinson |
| Dirt desserts.(eating earth) | General interest | Peter Warshall |
| Don't just sit there: the perfect chair may be none at all. | General interest | Alfredo Botello |
| Dreadlocked.(Gleanings)(personal narrative about hair) | General interest | Veronica Chambers |
| Dunesday: grain by grain, earth will cover us.(dust particles are continually burying the earth) | General interest | Annie Dillard |
| Edge walkers.(mixed race children) | General interest | Nina Boyd Krebs |
| Face off.(the benefits of plastic surgery) | General interest | Laurie Stone |
| Fear of floating: learning to swim is even scarier when you're all grown up.(reprinted from The Monthly, Jul 1999) | General interest | Richard Schwarzenberger |
| Finders keepers.(New Planet)(Internet search engines' stranglehold on information) | General interest | Elizabeth Larsen |
| Flirting with the fringe: when I join the NRA, will the ACLU get jealous?(membership in rightist and leftist organizations)(National Rifle Association; American Civil Liberties Union) | General interest | Dana Milbank |
| For the love of dog.(Gleanings)(dogs as man's best friend) | General interest | Darryl Ponicsan |
| Free Burma, maybe: can cities and states boycott rogue regimes? | General interest | Dan Orzech |
| Free to be you and meme.(campaigning against corporatism) | General interest | Kalle Lasn |
| From chaos to coherence: the emotional challenge of Y2K.(Y2k Citizen's Action Guide)(year 2000 computer bug) | General interest | Doc Childre, Bruce Cryer |
| Fully charged.(includes related articles on orgasm and sex)(orgasm and creativity) | General interest | Susie Bright |
| Glass eater.(reprinted from Granta, summer 1998)(Terry Cole) | General interest | Alfred Lawrie |
| Gotta go?(Practical Seeker)(woman inventor creates novel product to help women urinate without shame and with ease while standing) | General interest | Tony Marlan |
| Half-walls between us.(social problems in Eritrea)(Cover Story) | General interest | Maria Said |
| Handyman special.(self-constructed homes)(Cover Story) | General interest | Kingsley Hammett |
| Hey Marlboro man, meet St. John.(Practical Seeker)(allusion to character in cigarette advertisement; use of herbs such as hypericum to defeat nicotine habit) | General interest | Steven Foster |
| Hitting the genetic jackpot.(includes related article on Cyndi Howells's genealogical website)(Pequot Indians strike it rich) | General interest | Leslie Goffe |
| Hold that nose.(resisting the lure of plastic surgery) | General interest | Lisa Miya-Jarvis |
| Holocaust humor: is it time yet? Will it ever be?(includes related article on laughter as therapy) | General interest | Shai Oster |
| Home sweet sweat shop.(work conditions in new-media companies) | General interest | Clive Thompson |
| Hot jobs.(non-traditional jobs) | General interest | Brad Edmondson |
| How to read a poem.(Practical Seeker) | General interest | Edward Hirsch |
| How to write a personal essay. | General interest | Stanton Michaels |
| In the interest of full disclosure....(double standards in journalism) | General interest | Calvin Trillin |
| Jailhouse lawyer: Ellen Barry speaks out for women behind bars. | General interest | Will Hermes |
| Journey to the center of sleep. | General interest | Bill Hayes |
| Knight in white jumpsuit: life with my hound dog husband.(reprinted from The Oxford American, summer 1999) | General interest | Carol Henderson |
| Liberation genealogy.(an American woman discovers her slave-holding ancestors) | General interest | Aurora Levins Morales |
| Mean people suck; if you can read this, you're too close.(attitude of a reckless driver) | General interest | Gail Mount |
| Media diet: Anne Lamott.(Mixed Media)(author)(Interview) | General interest | Linda Buturian |
| Mixed Doubles.(interview of African American filmmaker Regge Life on his films about mixed race children)(Interview) | General interest | Stewart Wachs |
| My grandmother's peonies.(personal narrative) | General interest | Michael Fox |
| My secret history.(a white woman discovers her black roots) | General interest | Jillian A. Sim |
| NcMansion mania.(mega-sized suburban homes)(Cover Story) | General interest | Linda Baker |
| No exit here.(New Planet)(increasing suicide rate among Third World women) | General interest | Lynette Lamb |
| Not Mitzvah.(Gleanings)(case study of a Bar Mitzvah) | General interest | Celeste Freemon |
| Nutritious and beelicious: for protein, calcium, and shock value, munch some creepy critters.(reprinted from Fairfield Weekly, Jun 10, 1999) | General interest | Maria Bennett |
| Online and under pressure: media sites change fast as they chase elusive profits. | General interest | Elizabeth Larsen |
| Organizing your neighborhood for Y2K: adapting the Boulder model.(Y2K Citizen's Action Guide)(includes a sample opening speech for a Y2K meeting and personal data sheets)(year 2000 computer bug; Boulder County, Colorado) | General interest | Kathy Garcia |
| Out to lunch: a big meal and a long nap is still a way of life in Madrid. | General interest | Joe Robinson |
| Overdubbed.(Gleanings)(the trouble with high-tech recording consoles) | General interest | Brian Eno |
| Padlocking the promised land: Israel runs out of room for Ethiopia's Christianized Jews. | General interest | Jacqueline White |
| Perils of the combo mambo.(Practical Seeker)(includes related article on possible herb and drug interactions)(drugs and herbs may be dangerous together) | General interest | Erika Lenz |
| Plain adventures.(the art of exploration) | General interest | John R. Stilgoe |
| Possessed!(Haiti's Vodoun rites) | General interest | Wade Davis |
| Postmodern nitpicking.(Practical Seeker)(includes related article on tips for delousers)(delousing makes a comeback) | General interest | Christine Schoefer |
| Prairie style.(geneticist Wes Jackson of the Land Institute) | General interest | Scott Russell Sanders |
| Prime time activism.(New Planet)(television as a medium for social change) | General interest | Craig Cox |
| Proposed citizens Y2K financial protection act.(Y2k Citizen's Action Guide) | General interest | |
| Questions for public officials.(Y2K Citizen's Action Guide)(impact of the year 2000 computer bug on communities) | General interest | Tom Atlee, Gordon Davidson, Margo King |
| Radioactive remedy.(Practical Seeker)(includes related article on adverse reactions to radon therapy)(alleged therapeutic benefits of radon) | General interest | Peter Goin |
| Razing Appalachia: as king coal blasts the tops off the mountains, miners fight to keep their towns on the map.(reprinted from Mother Jones, Jul/Aug 1999) | General interest | Maryanne Vollers |
| Research by the people: communities pick up where science leaves off.(citizen-initiated researches) | General interest | Richard Sclove, Madeleine Scammell |
| Return to sender: sometimes the best gifts are the ones we reject.(reprinted from Orion, spring 1999) | General interest | David Ehrenfeld |
| Rhyme pays: in rap's latest makeover, it's the Hamptons over the homeboys.(reprinted from Shift, May 1999) | General interest | Mireille Silcott |
| Riding high, sinking low: when Volvo called, he took the windbreaker.(reprinted from The Baffler, no. 12) | General interest | Bryant Urstadt |
| Robert Pinsky's grand slam.(Mixed Media)(interview with US Poet Laureate)(Interview) | General interest | Anne-Marie Cusac |
| Save the storks.(Practical Seeker) | General interest | Mary Jo McConahay |
| Science for sale: in a world of retail research, who can trust the results?(reprinted from Boston Phoenix, Apr 29, 1999) | General interest | Tinker Ready |
| Seed savior: farm boy turned warrior, Marvin Redenius battles a behemoth. | General interest | Anne Fitzgerald |
| See no evil, speak no reason.(New Planet)(addressing the environmental crisis) | General interest | Ed Ayres |
| Shared destinies.(reprinted from World Watch, Jul/Aug 1999)(private property) | General interest | Gary Gardner |
| Silent lessons of hidden lives.(the Melungeon clans) | General interest | Bill Fields |
| Slaughterhouse live.(slaughtering sheep) | General interest | Kimberly French |
| Small is still beautiful.(New Planet)(relationship between local institutions and community life) | General interest | David Morris |
| Sole travel.(barefoot travel) | General interest | J.B. MacKinnon |
| Solo sojourn: seeking solitude in India, she finds peace on a crowded train.(reprinted from Passionfruit, no. 1) | General interest | Shana Furman |
| Soul of a citizen: living with conviction in a cynical time.(social involvement) | General interest | Paul Rogat Loeb |
| Special effects.(Hollywood's warped portrayal of ordinary life) | General interest | John Horn |
| Surfer girls.(Maui, Hawaii) | General interest | Susan Orlean |
| Team me: in the game of life, can a personal coach help you win? | General interest | Lynette Lamb |
| The art of letting go.(excerpts from 'Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love')(forgiveness) | General interest | Stephanie Dowrick |
| The blobs.(Gleanings)(advanced invertebrates called Thalia) | General interest | Patricia Brady |
| The body farm.(Gleanings)(University of Tennessee Anthropology Research Facility) | General interest | Greg Smith |
| The Cold War reheats? After Kosovo, U.S.-Russian relations recall the bad old days. | General interest | Kevin J. Kelley |
| The doctor is out.(Doctors Without Borders) | General interest | Elliott Leyton |
| The good doctor: Samuel Epstein seeks a second opinion on the causes of cancer. | General interest | David Moberg |
| The hermit as activist. | General interest | David Budbill |
| The king and I.(Gleanings)(a dinner date between Jordan's King Hussein and a journalist) | General interest | Celeste Fremon |
| The medical magic of mushrooms: the fungus among us could fight cancer, cholesterol, and HIV.(includes related article) | General interest | Cathy Madison, Scott Fagan |
| The multicultural myth: diversity depends on where you live. | General interest | Brad Edmondson |
| The people in me.(personal narrative of a mixed race child) | General interest | Robin D.G. Kelley |
| The pie's the thing.(the tactics of the activists known as the Cherry Pie Three) | General interest | Anna Marie Cox |
| The psychological challenges of Y2K.(Y2K Citizen's Action Guide)(year 2000 computer bug) | General interest | Gordon Davidson, Corinne McLaughlin |
| The red and the black: an emerging black political movement looks to the left.(Black Radical Congress) | General interest | Marcia Davis |
| The scoop on poop.(healthy bowel movements) | General interest | Martiga Lohn |
| The sky's the limit.(New Planet)(converting air pollution into a profitable venture by charging polluters sky rent) | General interest | Mark Engebretson |
| The thin place where God lives: not heaven, not earth, but somewhere in between. | General interest | Nora Gallagher |
| The Third Way's a charm: beyond capitalism and communism lies promising, but uncharted, territory. | General interest | David Dyssegaard Kallick |
| The unmaking of modernism: art for art's sake is over. Make way for the new activist aesthetic.(excerpt from 'Living the Magical Life: The Unmaking of an Art Critic and the Making of a Mystic') | General interest | Suzi Gablik |
| The U.S. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.(Y2k Citizen's Action Guide) | General interest | |
| The victim's dilemma: if forgiveness is divine, then why does revenge feel so sweet? | General interest | Catherine Stimpson |
| The Viridian Manifesto: what will it take to save the earth? A wilder shade of green.(reprinted from Whole Earth, summer 1999) | General interest | Bruce Sterling |
| The wonder oils: tea tree, neem, and oregano may be good for all that ails you. | General interest | Norine Dworkin |
| The Y2K neighborhood.(Y2K Citizen's Action Guide)(year 2000 computer date change problem) | General interest | Larry Shook |
| The Y2K problem challenges all of us.(Y2K Citizen's Action Guide)(Year 2000 computer date transition problem) | General interest | Charles R. Halpern |
| Thigh anxiety.(plastic surgery for men) | General interest | Laura Fraser |
| Tinker toyland.(Tinker's Workshop in Berkeley, California) | General interest | Blake More |
| Travels on a dirty planet. | General interest | Mark Hertsgaard |
| Turning to one another: the possibilities of Y2K.(Y2K Citizen's Action Guide)(year 2000 computer date change problem) | General interest | Margaret Wheatley, Myron Kellner-Rogers |
| Ungodly acts: preserving freedom for one cause sacrifices it for another. | General interest | Danny Duncan Collum |
| Unidentified fundamental obsession: why we need aliens now.(excerpt from 'Captured by Aliens: The Search for Life and Truth in a Very Large Universe') | General interest | Joel Achenbach |
| Use it again, Sam: salvaged or recycled, old parts have new value. | General interest | John Schinnerer |
| What do murderers deserve?: In a responsible society, vengeance has its virtues. | General interest | David Gelernter |
| What has been accomplished in Boulder County.(Y2K Citizen's Action Guide)(Colorado; response to the year 2000 computer bug) | General interest | Margo King, Kathy Garcia, John Steiner |
| What hath Goth wrought? A much maligned subculture hits the Net to beat a bad rap. | General interest | Jon Katz |
| What one town can do.(Y2K Citizen's Action Guide)(community-based initiatives to prepare for the year 2000 computer problem in Medford, Oregon) | General interest | Jim Lord, Paloma O'Riley |
| What public citizens can do about the Y2K crisis.(Y2K Citizen's Action Guide)(year 2000 computer date transition problem) | General interest | Paul Friedman, Charles Halpern |
| What's love got to do with it?(includes statistics and trivia re marriage)(love and marriage) | General interest | E.J. Graff |
| Whither Walden?(factors driving the choice of ideal or dream homes)(Cover Story) | General interest | Sue Leaf |
| Wynton Marsalis.(Mixed Media)(interview with African American jazz musician) | General interest | |
| Yupward bound: in every young girl's life, there comes a time to hide the tattoos.(reprinted from Bust, spring 1999) | General interest | Rita Hao |
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