From the Book - First Scribner hardcover edition.
Dispatches from everywhere
Young Russia's defiant decadence
Their irony, humor (and art) can save China
The artists of South Africa: separate, and equal
"Don't mess with our cultural patrimony!"
On each palette, a choice of political colors
The open spaces of Mongolia
Inventing the conversation
Naked, covered in ram's blood, drinking a Coke, and feeling pretty good
An awakening after the Taliban
Circle of fire: letter from Libya
Outward opulence for inner peace: the Qianlong Garden of Retirement
In bed with the president of Ghana?
Gay, Jewish, mentally ill, and a sponsor of gypsies in Romania
