: Local outlets like the Metro Santa Cruz (Volume 3, Number 36) offered alternative "personal" perspectives on pop culture phenomena like The X-Files .
(April 21, 1997): Historian Timothy Garton Ash investigates why so many East Germans became secret-police informers, including his own friends. Personal Numero 36 (1997)
During 1997, the magazine published several landmark essays in this section: : Local outlets like the Metro Santa Cruz
(May 19, 1997): Neurologist Oliver Sacks explores his lifelong love for swimming and its connection to the human condition. including his own friends. During 1997
This column is renowned for featuring intimate, first-person memoirs from acclaimed writers and thinkers. Key "Personal History" Features from 1997