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A complete set of available back issues is $475; more than 180 issues are still available.

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Back Issue Samplers

Three issues from The Sun's archive for just $15.00

A subtle theme runs through each set, though not every work touches on it. Sampler topics include:

Art and Creativity
Consumerism
Democracy and Politics
Food
Illness and Healing
Media and Power
Religion and Spirituality
Sexuality
The Natural World

Art and Creativity

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Issue 343
July 2004

"Rise Like Lions: The Role Of Artists In A Time Of War," an interview with Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn's "Stories Hollywood Never Tells"
Patricia Anderson's "The Experiment"
Gerald Reilly's "Nixon Under The Bodhi Tree"

Issue 335
November 2003

"Keep The Hand Moving," an interview with Natalie Goldberg
Alison Luterman's "The Secret Of My Success"
Sparrow's "Money-Back Guarantee"
Erin Van Rheenan's "Thirteen Ways Of Claiming A Literary Prize"

Issue 256
April 1997

"The Clear Path To Creativity," an interview with Dan Wakefield
Poe Ballantine's "How I Lost My Mind, And Other Adventures"

Consumerism

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Issue 338
February 2004

"Biting The Hand That Feeds: How Globalization Cripples Small Farms," an interview with Vandana Shiva
Gillian Kendall's "All My Things Considered"
Jake Gaskins's "House Proud"
Sybil Smith's "Sparrows In Purity Supreme"

Issue 320
August 2002

"Peril And Promise: Duane Elgin On Simplicity And Humanity's Future"
Stephanie Mills's "A Simpler Than Average Life"
Charles Goodrich's "Remodeling The Hovel"

Issue 301
January 2001

"Next To Godliness: The Story Behind Dr. Bronner's Soap," an interview with Ralph Bronner
Stephanie Mills's "The One Who Steals The Fat"

Democracy and Politics

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Issue 347
November 2004

"Homeland Insecurity: Why U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers Us All," an interview with Stan Goff
Sy Safransky's "Hurricane Ralph"
Danusha Veronica Goska's "Political Paralysis"

Issue 346
October 2004

"One Patriot Acts," an interview with Daniel Ellsberg
Claude Anshin Thomas's "At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey From War To Peace"

Issue 334
October 2003

"Language Of Mass Deception," an interview with Noam Chomsky on how the government controls public opinion
Stephen J. Lyons's "End Times"
James Agee's "America! Look At Your Shame!"
Otis Haschemeyer's "The Designated Marksman"

Food

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Issue 365
May 2006

"Lost In The Supermarket," an interview with Michael Pollan on how the food industry has changed the way we eat
"The Anxiety Of Eating," an excerpt from Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma
Deirdre Peterson's essay "Seventy-Two Labors"

Issue 313
January 2002

"What We're Really Hungry For," an interview with Geneen Roth on mindful eating
Wendell Berry's "The Pleasures Of Eating"
Gary Walts's photo essay "The Labrie Farm"

Issue 274
October 1998

"Nature Of The Beast," an interview with John Robbins on the great American food machine
M. Cassandra Cossitt's "Food Diary"
Michael Blaine's story "The Cooking Lesson"
Readers on Candy

Illness and Healing

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Issue 291
March 2000

"An Epidemic Of Deception: Why We Can't Trust The Cancer Establishment," an interview with Samuel Epstein
Art Myers's photos of breast cancer survivors

Issue 289
January 2000

"Body Language," an interview with Marc Ian Barasch on illness and healing
Susan Parker's "And Jill Came Tumbling After," about her husband's life-changing accident

Issue 228
December 1994

"The Reach Of The Mind," an interview with Larry Dossey on illness and prayer
"Stories Of Lives Lived And Now Ending," by Frank Ostaseski, director of the Zen Hospice Project

Media and Power

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Issue 307
July 2001

"Truth In Advertising: Breaking The Spell Of Consumerism," an interview with Kalle Lasn
Readers on Rebellion

Issue 297
September 2000

"Free Press For Sale: How Corporations Have Bought The First Amendment," an interview with Robert McChesney
Wendell Berry's "In Distrust of Movements"
Jim Hightower's "Beelzebub's Buzzwords"

Issue 272
August 1998

"Telling Stories: How Television Skews Our View Of Society, And Ourselves," an interview with George Gerbner

Religion and Spirituality

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Issue 333
September 2003

"What Was Hidden: Looking Deeper Into Christianity," an interview with Richard Smoley
Richard Smoley's "True Forgiveness"
Sarah Silbert's "Fighting In The Zendo"
Readers on Blessings in Disguise

Issue 322
October 2002

"Why Spirituality Without Religion Isn't Enough," an interview with Huston Smith
Sean Murphy's "Seventeen American Zen Stories"

Issue 319
July 2002

"Beyond Happiness And Unhappiness," an interview with spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle
Gloria Baker Feinstein's photos of concentration camps
Readers on Redemption

Sexuality

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Issue 283
July 1999

David Guy on Religion and Sex
Readers on Privacy

Issue 251
November 1996

David Guy on Sex at Midlife
Valerie Ann Leff's "Phone Sex and World Peace"
Readers on Under The Covers

Issue 221
May 1994

Hugh & Jane Prather: Notes To Each Other
Sarajane Archdeacon's Arabian Memoir
Readers on Dirty Words

The Natural World

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Issue 309
September 2001

"An Icon For Our Time," an interview with Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand's essay "The Long Now"
D. Patrick Miller's "Great Pains," about the late environmental crusader David Brower
David Brower's essay "Third Planet Operating Instructions"

Issue 303
March 2001

"A Weakened World Cannot Forgive Us," an interview with Kathleen Dean Moore
Barbara Hurd's "Erased Edges"

Issue 295
July 2000

"Where The Buffalo Go," an interview with Vine Deloria about how science ignores the living world
Bill McKibben's "Consuming Nature"
Ruth Foster's "Death of a Milk Cow"