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...Wake up/ Rise," raps Nas. Another sharply realized song is Undying Love, a violent tale of a man who kills his cheating lover and then himself. Other, less talented rappers might have turned the song into something venomous and exploitative. Nas' rendering of this bloody story reminds one of Bruce Springsteen's spare, misanthropic songs on Nebraska, or even of Raymond Carver's terse short stories. The last line in Undying Love is "now under God, we elope." And then there is a single gunshot. Nas takes no joy in his raps of woe; he's a reporter coolly relaying...
...psychological. The conferences give victims the chance to confront criminals with the heartbreak they caused. The meetings' end goals, however, are rehabilitation and social engineering: they rehearse the prospect of a whole community once the prisoner is released back into society. Forgiveness is not a conference "agenda item," says Bruce Kittle, a Wisconsin pastor and clinical professor who consults on the state's restorative justice programs, but "we talk about it with victims beforehand. Particularly in violent cases, it sometimes has a more direct role." Says Walter Dickey, a former head of the Wisconsin department of correction: "What...
...Bruce Handy...
Despite all the advance planning, we had to be ready to rethink the issue at any time. A few weeks ago, science-fiction writer BRUCE STERLING persuaded us that the century has been shaped as much by bad scientists as by good ones. We decided on the spot to pull together the feature on "cranks, villains and unsung heroes" that you'll find inside...
Science-fiction writer Bruce Sterling has published 12 books. His seventh novel, Distraction, was released in December