January 1973 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- The Editor's Page, pp. 4-5
- Washington
  Elizabeth Drew
  , pp. 6-15
- Buddhism in China
  John Strong
  , pp. 16-26
- Innocent Bystander
  L.E. Sissman
  , pp. 27-28
- The Mail, pp. 29-31
- Contributors, pp. 32-34
- The Balance of Mutual Weakness
  Henry Brandon
  , pp. 35-41
  Nixon's Voyage into the World of the 1970s
- Holy Day
  Philip Levine
  , p. 42
- The McGovern Camp Disbands
  Jane O'Reilly
  , pp. 43-45
  Backstage
- Reunioning Dialogue
  James Dickey
  , pp. 46-49
- The Yellow Trolley Car in Barcelona
  William Kennedy
  , pp. 50-59
  A Profile of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- A Full Moon in Sagittarius
  Dan Wakefield
  , pp. 60-62
  A Story
- Burning
  William Pitt Root
  , p. 63
- Experiments Behind Bars
  Jessica Mitford
  , pp. 64-72
  Doctors, Drug Companies, and Prisoners
- History of Alchemy
  W.S. Merwin
  , p. 73
- Laud
  David Black
  , pp. 74-84
  An Atlantic "First"
- on Looking for Models
  Alan Dugan
  , p. 85
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  Matisse De Luxe (Review)
  Francis Steegmuller
  , pp. 86-87
  Henri Matisse, by Louis Aragon
  1. Henri Matisse by Louis Aragon
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  Poetry a la Mode (Review)
  Frank Kermode
  , pp. 88-90
  The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1950, by Helen Gardner
  1. The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1950 by Helen Gardner
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  Craft on His Own (3 Reviews)
  Robert Evett
  , pp. 91-93
  Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship, 1948-1971, by Robert Craft
  1. Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship, 1948-1971 by Robert Craft
  2. And Music at the Close by Lillian Libman
  3. Encounters with Stravinsky by Paul Horgan
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  Obsessions (3 Reviews)
  David Denby
  , pp. 94-97
  Fellini's Roma (1972 Film), by Federico Fellini
  1. Fellini's Roma (1972 Film) by Federico Fellini
  2. Two English Girls (1971 Film) by Francois Truffaut
  3. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972 Film) by Luis Bunuel
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  The Peripatetic Reviewer (4 Reviews)
  Edward Weeks
  , pp. 98-99
  The Camerons, by Robert Crichton
  1. The Camerons by Robert Crichton
  2. Tallulah by Brendan Gill
  3. For Those I Loved by Martin Gray and Max Gallo
  4. Winslow Homer by John Wilmerding
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  Short Reviews: Books (12 Reviews)
  Phoebe Adams
  , pp. 100-106
  Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, by Kenneth P. O'Donnell, David Powers, and Joe McCarthy, ...
  1. Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye by Kenneth P. O'Donnell, David Powers, and Joe McCarthy, ...
  2. The Energy Crisis by Lawrence Rocks and Richard P. Runyon
  3. A Dream of Dracula by Leonard Wolf
  4. The Sunlight Dialogues by John Gardner
  5. The Art of Black Africa by Elsy Leuzinger
  6. Tales of Yoruba: Gods and Heroes by Harold Courlander
  7. Prisoners of Psychiatry by Bruce J. Ennis
  8. A Flask of Fields by Richard J. Anobile
  9. The John Collier Reader by John Collier
  10. Sculpture of the Eskimo by George Swinton
  11. Larousse Encyclopedia of Archaeology by Gilbert Charles-Picard
  12. Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy by Edward Sorel