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Peter Canby

Peter Canby is a senior editor at The New Yorker and the author of The Heart of the Sky: Travels Among the Maya (HarperCollins).

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  • Getting Away With Murder

    September 13, 2007 Subscribe

    The brutal murder of a bishop and its violent aftermath exemplify post-civil war Guatemala's descent into chaos

2006

  • Heat Wave

    June 12, 2006

    As the planet warms and global catastrophe beckons, what changes are we willing to make to adjust to a brave new world? Tim Flannery and Elizabeth Kolbert seek answers in two provocative new books.

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