What happened on October 10, 2004
BOOKS
In his footsteps By Thomas Curwen, Thomas Curwen is editor of Outdoors and a frequent contributor to Book Review.
A poet who gave over but never gave up By Richard Eder, Richard Eder, former book critic for The Times, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1987.
Bob Dylan approximately By Timothy Ferris, Timothy Ferris is the author of "Seeing in the Dark," "The Whole Shebang" and "Coming of Age in the Milky Way."
His passion changed the power of observation By Avedis Hadjian, Avedis Hadjian is a former writer and editor for CNN online and an avid bird-watcher.
A scrap heap made of people By Linda Jaivin, Linda Jaivin is the author of "The Monkey and the Dragon," the novels "Eat Me" and "Miles Walker, You're Dead" and co-editor of "New Ghosts, Old Dreams: Chinese Rebel Voices."
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
All the raw materials for a life in the spotlight By Richard Schickel, Richard Schickel is a film critic for Time and a contributing writer to Book Review.
House to be had -- for a killing By Paula L. Woods, Paula L. Woods is the author of the Charlotte Justice series of detective novels, including "Stormy Monday."
Drunk on life: Yippee! with a wahoo! chaser By Andrew Scull, Andrew Scull is co-author of "Customers and Patrons of the Mad-Trade" and "Undertaker of the Mind" and author of the forthcoming "Madness."
OPINION
Even in English It's Hard to Translate By Geoffrey Nunberg, Geoffrey Nunberg is a linguist at Stanford University and the author of "Going Nucular" (PublicAffairs, 2004).
Your Aches, Your Pains, Your Bills By M. Gregg Bloche, M. Gregg Bloche teaches health law and policy at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins universities and edited "The Privatization of Health Care Reform."
The Breakup By Niall Ferguson, Niall Ferguson is professor of history at Harvard University and a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford. His latest book is "Colossus: The Price of America's Empire."
Lice Niceties and a Muzzled Panther By Michael Lewis, Michael Lewis is the author, most recently, of "Moneyball."
World-Class Outtakes By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
Assimilation Happens -- Deal With It By Gregory Rodriguez, Gregory Rodriguez, a contributing editor of Opinion, is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
The Can't-Do Culture By Karen Stabiner, Karen Stabiner is the author of "All Girls: Single-Sex Education and Why It Matters."
Wowi in Washington By Orin Starn, Orin Starn, who teaches anthropology at Duke University, is the author of "Ishi's Brain: In Search of America's Last 'Wild' Indian."
John Edwards, You're No Tom Cruise By Jake Tapper, Jake Tapper is a correspondent with ABC News in its Washington bureau.
MAGAZINE
It's Not Just a Train Trip, It's a State of Mind By Lauren Kessler, Lauren Kessler last wrote for the magazine about Alzheimer's patients. She directs the graduate program in literary nonfiction at the University of Oregon.
Isle of Intrigue By Lyn Hamilton, Lyn Hamilton is the author of a series of archeological mysteries published by Berkley Prime Crime. "The Magyar Venus" was published in April, and "The Moai Murders" will be published in April 2005. She lives in Toronto.
In Pursuit of the Gray Ghosts By Susan Spano, Susan Spano is a Times staff writer. She last wrote for the magazine about St. Petersburg, Russia.