What happened on September 16, 2001
BOOKS
Fatal Attraction By Vivian Gornick, Vivian Gornick is the author of "Fierce Attachments: A Memoir," "Approaching Eye Level" and "The End of the Novel of Love." Her most recent book, "The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative," is to be published in October
Love's Labor's Lost By Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel is a contributing writer to Book Review and a contributing editor to Harper's and The New Republic
Payback By Susan Straight, Susan Straight is the author of, most recently, "Highwire Moon."
The Way the Wind Blows By Brian Fagan, Brian Fagan is the author of many books, including "Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations" and, most recently, "The Little Ice Age: The Prelude to Global Warming, 1300-1850." He is a professor of anthropology at UC Santa Barbara
Why Davis Gets It Wrong By David S. Landes, David S. Landes is professor emeritus of history and economics at Harvard University and the author, most recently, of "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor."
Our National Living Treasure By Tony Cohan, Tony Cohan is the author of "On Mexican Time" and the forthcoming memoir "Native State."
L.a. Confidential By Eugen Weber, Eugen Weber is a contributing writer to Book Review
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
ENTERTAINMENT
Towers of Turmoil By Suzanne Muchnic, Times Staff Writer
How Does It Feel? Don't Ask By Robert Hilburn, Robert Hilburn, The Times' pop music critic, can be reached at robert.hilburn@latimes.com
The Incredible Shrinking Schedule By Brian Lowry, Brian Lowry is a Times staff writer. His "On TV" column runs Wednesdays in Calendar
Back in Good Humor By Paul Brownfield, Times Staff Writer
Determined to Be Daring By Mark Swed, Mark Swed is The Times' music critic
In His Ohio, Tigers Rule the Earth By Richard Natale, Richard Natale is a regular contributor to Calendar
Carrying on a Mother's Spirited Work By Victoria Looseleaf, Victoria Looseleaf is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Taciturn Strangers on a Train By Hugh Hart, Hugh Hart is a regular contributor to Calendar
Incendiary Afro-Cuban Sounds By Howard Reich, \o7 Howard Reich is jazz critic at the Chicago Tribune, a Tribune company. and \f7
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Holy Day a Help for All By Benjamin J. Hubbard, \o7 Benjamin J. Hubbard is a professor and chairman of the Department of Comparative Religion at Cal State Fullerton. and \f7
Friends Don't Let Friends Divorce By Jenny Bioche, \f7 and \o7 Jenny Bioche is a freelance writer who lives in Newport Beach. Her e-mail address: chatwithjenny@hotmail.com
OPINION
Grave New World By Richard Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, an editor at Pacific News Service, is the author of the forthcoming 'Brown.'
When Words Fail: The Stilted Language of Tragedy By Geoffrey Nunberg, Geoffrey Nunberg is a Stanford linguist and usage editor of The American Heritage Dictionary. His collection The Way We Talk Now will be published next month by Houghton Mifflin
Rattling Sabers of Bigotry By Geraldine Brooks, Geraldine Brooks is a former Middle East correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and the author, most recently, of "Year of Wonders."
U.S. Strengths Are Terrorist Opportunities By Benjamin R. Barber, Benjamin R. Barber is the author of "Jihad vs. McWorld" and "The Truth of Power: Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House."
Glorious Death: The Kamikaze Impulse By Robert Fisk, Robert Fisk is a foreign correspondent for The Independent in London where this piece first appeared. He has interviewed Osama Bin Laden on several occasions
Worst Case: Nuclear Arms in a New World By Jonathan Schell, Jonathan Schell, a fellow at the Nation Institute, teaches at Wesleyan University and is the author of the forthcoming "The Unfinished 20th Century."
A Counterterrorism Policy for Yesterday's Threat By Bruce Hoffman, Bruce Hoffman is director of the Rand Washington office and the author of 'Inside Terrorism."
Unwelcome Lessons of Terror By Simon Reeve, Simon Reeve is the author of "The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism," and "One Day in September," an investigation of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and subsequent Israeli response
Religion Isn't Sole Motive of Terror By John V. Parachini, John V. Parachini is a policy analyst in the Washington office of Rand. The views expressed here are his own
Wake-Up Call for Islamic World By Shireen T. Hunter, Shireen T. Hunter is director of the Islamic program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C
Can the Economy Survive the Attacks? By Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips is an author and commentator. His most recent book is "The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics and the Triumph of Anglo-America."
MAGAZINE
A Stitch in Time? By S.L. Bachman, S.L. Bachman is a visiting scholar working on a child labor project at the Asia/Pacific Research Center at Stanford University
Little Maids of Morocco By Elisabetta Anna Coletti, Elisabetta Anna Coletti is a former staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor who now works on the international desk at Associated Press in New York. She first went to Moroco earlier this year on a Pew Fellowship in International Journalism
Mighty Joe Shinn By Rip Rense, Rip Rense is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
A Time to Bake By Martin Booe, Martin Booe last wrote for the magazine about opening a restaurant