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Preamble

Petrified Forest

By Lewis H. Lapham

Fear, says Lewis Lapham, is America’s top-selling consumer product.

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Essay

In Search of Fear

By Philippe Petit

Notes from a high-wire artist.

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Essay

Fear of Arrival

By Ivan Vladislavić

When the lights go out in Johannesburg.

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Essay

Land of Darkness

By Suki Kim

A writer faces her fears inside North Korea.

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Essay

The Dread Gorgon

By Caroline Alexander

The head of Medusa, in myth and in memory.

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Essay

Every Pebble Can Blow Us Sky-High

By J. Hoberman

A reconsideration of The Wages of Fear, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.

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