February 1981 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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    January 1981 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Reports & Comment by Pranay Gupte, pp. 4-10
    2. Energy: The Myth of Independence by Stephen Chapman, pp. 11-19
    3. Party of One by Thomas Griffith, pp. 20-21
    4. The Mail, pp. 22-24
    5. Cease This Madness by George F. Kennan, pp. 25-28
    6. Saints by William Trevor, pp. 29-36
    7. The New Snobbery by John Brooks, pp. 37-47
    8. My Mother's Chess by David Solway, p. 48
    9. The Honored Dead by B. D'J. Pancake, pp. 49-52
    10. Wildfire by Dave Smith, p. 53
    11. The Rise of the Newsocracy by Louis Banks, pp. 54-58
    12. The Laughter of Women by Peter Davison, p. 59
    13. Cleaving by Michael Cunningham, pp. 60-65
    14. Magician by Gary Miranda, p. 66
    15. New England Recaptured by Richard Wilbur, pp. 67-72
    16. Understanding Islam: No More Holy Wars by Harvey Cox, pp. 73-80
    17. What January Means to Me by Robert Strozier, p. 81
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      Solving Problems by Henry Bromell, pp. 82-84 - 1 Review
      1. Popeye (1980 Film) by Robert Altman
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      Elvis One More Time by Benjamin DeMott, pp. 85-87 - 2 Reviews
      1. When Elvis Died by Janice Gregory and Neal Gregory
      2. The Humanities in American Life
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      PLA by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 88-91 - 12 Reviews
      1. Aztec by Gary Jennings
      2. An Uneasy Victorian by Ann Monsarrat
      3. Henry Moore's Sheep Sketchbook by Henry Moore and Kenneth Clark
      4. The Question of Separatism by Jane Jacobs
      5. The Photographs of Chachaji by Ved Mehta
      6. A Shoal of Fishes by Ando Hiroshige
      7. Death Bed by Stephen Greenleaf
      8. Galaxies by Timothy Ferris
      9. Synapsida by John C. McLoughlin
      10. The Hunt by John Cameron Mitchell
      11. The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin
      12. Bigfoot by Kenneth C. Wylie
    21. The Atlantic Puzzler, pp. 92-94
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    February 1981 Issue = 30 Articles
    1. Reports & Comments by John Stone, pp. 6-9
    2. Labor: What's a Job Worth by Vivienne Killingsworth, pp. 10-23
    3. The Mail, pp. 24-28
    4. Back to the Gold Standard? by James K. Glassman, pp. 29-35
    5. Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard, pp. 36-38
    6. Art by Michael Harris, p. 39
    7. Rite of Passage by Anthony Brandt, pp. 40-42
    8. Metaphors of Women by Katha Pollitt, p. 43
    9. Of Sex and the Catholic Church by Francis X. Murphy, C.S.S.R., pp. 44-57
    10. A Trip to the Seaside by V.S. Pritchett, pp. 58-63
    11. Untitled Poem by Alan Dugan, p. 64
    12. Artists' Valentines by Miriam Schapiro, p. 65
    13. Kiss Me, I'm Italian by Todd McKie, p. 66
    14. Thank You from Hannah by Hannah Wilke, p. 67
    15. February by Ellen Lanyln, p. 68
    16. Sunporch by Alfred Leslie, p. 69
    17. Some Younger Poets by Barbara Thomsen, p. 70
    18. Quarry by Fran Lindsay, p. 70
    19. Amnios by Peggy Rizza, p. 71
    20. February by Ken Leeder, p. 71
    21. A Needle Bed by Brad Leithauser, p. 71
    22. Unwanted Immigrants: Cuban Prisoners in America by James Conaway, pp. 72-81
    23. Tomcat by Jim Shepard, pp. 82-85
    24. The War Essaymatic 5000 by Andrew Ward, pp. 86-87
    25. Life in the Fast Lane by Donald McCaig, pp. 88-90
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      Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf by Jeff Wylie, pp. 91-92 - 1 Review
      1. The Harvard Classics by Charles W. Eliot
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      Short Reviews, pp. 93-94 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Life of John O'Hara by Frank MacShane
      2. Other People's Worlds by William Trevor
      3. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
      4. Ellis Island, and Other Stories by Mark Helprin
      5. The Cheer by William Meredith
      6. Ambition: The Secret Passion by Joseph Epstein
      7. The Strange Destiny of Rupert Brooke by John Lehmann
      8. Cleaning House by Nancy Hayfield
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      PLA by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 95-99 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi
      2. Ways of Escape by Graham Greene
      3. American Genesis by Jeffrey Goodman
      4. Washburn College Bible by Bradbury Thompson
      5. Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
      6. The Tale of the Shining Princess by Donald Keene and Sally Fisher
      7. Death Under Par by Janice Law
      8. The Find of a Lifetime by Sylvia L. Horwitz
      9. A World Like Our Own by Alison Jolly
      10. I Saw Tokyo Burning by Robert Guillain
    29. The Atlantic Puzzler, pp. 100-102
    30. Cover by Moreau le Jeune
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    March 1981 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. Reports & Comments by Milton Viorst, pp. 4-10
    2. Alexander Haig: Pragmatist at State by Sanford J. Ungar, pp. 11-17
    3. The Mail, pp. 18-24
    4. For Sale: Freedom of Speech by Charles Rembar, pp. 25-31
    5. The Sea Lily by Jay Parini, pp. 32-33
    6. Repenting at Leisure in the 1950s by A. Alvarez, pp. 34-45
    7. The Strange Posthumous Career of Claude Monet by Jerome Klein, pp. 46-51
    8. Come on Back by John Gardner, pp. 52-60
    9. The Battle of the Budget by W. Bowman Cutter, pp. 61-67
    10. Getting Serious About Tax Reform by Lester C. Thurow, pp. 68-72
    11. The Doctor's Holiday by Alan Lelchuk, pp. 73-82
    12. Toward an Understanding of Accidental Knots by William Allen, pp. 83-84
    13. The Chaud Stove League by Sam Toperoff, p. 85
    14. [+]
      Women Without Men by Benjamin DeMott, pp. 86-89 - 2 Reviews
      1. Surpassing the Love of Men by Lillian Faderman
      2. The Company of Women by Mary Gordon
    15. [+]
      Short Reviews, p. 90 - 4 Reviews
      1. Nuns and Soldiers by Iris Murdoch
      2. The Killing of Karen Silkwood by Richard L. Rashke
      3. The Stories of Elizabeth Spencer by Elizabeth Spencer
      4. A Difference in the Family by Helen Featherstone
    16. [+]
      PLA by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 91-95 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Rat on Fire by George V. Higgins
      2. Images of Age by Michael Jacques
      3. The Whole Truth by Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
      4. The Well by Jack Cady
      5. Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind by Donald C. Johanson and Maitland A. Edey
      6. Now I Lay Me Down to Eat by Bernard Rudofsky
      7. The Blood of an Englishman by James McClure
      8. Grant: A Biography by William S. McFeely
    17. The Atlantic Puzzler, pp. 96-98
  4. [+]
    April 1981 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-8
    2. Reports & Comment by Mavis Gallant, pp. 9-19
    3. The Museum by Ian Frazier, pp. 20-24
    4. The New Economic Faith by Robert B. Zevin, pp. 25-27
    5. Comic Art by Michael C. Witte, pp. 28-36
    6. Mushrooms by Margaret Atwood, pp. 37-39
    7. Medicine Without Science by Lewis Thomas, pp. 40-42
    8. In the Bin by Philip Roth, pp. 43-86
    9. Comic Art by Edward Sorel, pp. 87-96
    10. At the Corner of the Eye by Robert Penn Warren, p. 97
    11. The Civilianization of the Army by James Fallows, pp. 98-108
    12. Loss: A Guide to Economics by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 109
    13. Ballet/Designer Dancing by Holly Brubach, pp. 110-112
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      Movies/Defending Mediocrity by Stephen Schiff, pp. 113-114 - 1 Review
      1. The Last Metro (1980 Film) by Francois Truffaut
    15. Music/Contemporary American Composers by Allen Shawn, pp. 115-118
    16. [+]
      Books/Improbable Assignment by Wilfrid Sheed, p. 119 - 1 Review
      1. Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
    17. [+]
      Short Reviews by C. Michael Curtis, p. 120 - 1 Review
      1. Explaining America: The Federalist by Garry Wills
    18. [+]
      2 Reviews Creation, by Gore Vidal by Elizabeth Duvall, pp. 120-121 - 2 Reviews
      1. Creation by Gore Vidal
      2. Frog Salad by Sally George
    19. [+]
      Review The Officer's Wives, by Thomas Fleming by Peter Davison, p. 122 - 1 Review
      1. The Officer's Wives by Thomas Fleming
    20. [+]
      10 Reviews The Harper Anthology of Poetry, by John Freder... by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 122-125 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Harper Anthology of Poetry by John Frederick Nims
      2. The Cat and the King by Louis Auchincloss
      3. Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy-Casares
      4. Palm Sunday by Kurt Vonnegut
      5. The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. Edwards
      6. The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate
      7. Pioneer Women by Joanna L. Stratton
      8. Their Gracious Pleasure, 1782-1785 by Claude Manceron
      9. Sonya: The Life of Countess Tolstoy by Anne Edwards
      10. Cities of the Red Night by William S. Burroughs
    21. Rain in Ohio by Mary Oliver, pp. 126-129
    22. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 130-132
  5. [+]
    May 1981 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-8
    2. Reports & Comment by Gretel Ehrlich, pp. 9-17
    3. Your Transit Commission by Garrison Keillor, pp. 18-20
    4. America's High-Tech Weaponry by James Fallows, pp. 21-33
    5. Look Homeward, Angel by Philip Roth, pp. 34-40
    6. Betrayal on the Left by Edward Sorel, pp. 41-42
    7. Crows by Charles Simic, pp. 43-47
    8. A Father Figure for the Avant-Garde by Robert Palmer, pp. 48-51
    9. Pastoral by Ellen Bryant Voigt, pp. 52-56
    10. The Yellow Banana by Patricia Volk, pp. 57-59
    11. A Conversation with Garrett Hardin by Harold Hayes, pp. 60-68
    12. Night Blooming Flowers by Katha Pollitt, pp. 69-70
    13. The Wines of the Great Plains by Charles Varon, p. 71
    14. Fashion/America the Comfortable by Holly Brubach, pp. 72-73
    15. Music/Variations on the Sonata by William H. Youngren, pp. 74-78
    16. [+]
      Books/Public Philosopher by Jack Beatty, pp. 79-81 - 1 Review
      1. A Life in Our Times by John Kenneth Galbraith
    17. [+]
      Short Reviews by Amy Meeker, p. 82 - 1 Review
      1. Basin and Range by John McPhee
    18. [+]
      Review Making Scenes, by Robert S. Brustein by Alan Brinkley, p. 82 - 1 Review
      1. Making Scenes by Robert S. Brustein
    19. [+]
      2 Reviews The Ethnic Myth, by Stephen Steinberg by C. Michael Curtis, p. 82 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Ethnic Myth by Stephen Steinberg
      2. The Terror Network by Claire Sterling
    20. [+]
      Review Sweetsir, by Helen Yglesias by Elizabeth Duvall, p. 83 - 1 Review
      1. Sweetsir by Helen Yglesias
    21. [+]
      Review Mary Chesnut's Civil War, by C. Vann Woodward ... by Deborah McGill, p. 83 - 1 Review
      1. Mary Chesnut's Civil War by C. Vann Woodward and Mary Chesnut
    22. [+]
      10 Reviews Harbor of Refuge, by Stephen Jones by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 83-87 - 10 Reviews
      1. Harbor of Refuge by Stephen Jones
      2. Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961 by Carlos Baker and Ernest Hemingway
      3. Sand Rivers by Peter Matthiessen
      4. The Conquest of the North Atlantic by Geoffrey Jules Marcus
      5. Under the North Star by Ted Hughes
      6. Reflex by Dick Francis
      7. The Road to Haworth by John Cannon
      8. The Genius of George Washington by Edmund S. Morgan
      9. Gulbadan by Rumer Godden
      10. New England Reflections, 1882-1907 by Alan B. Newman
    23. The Atlantic Puzzler, pp. 88-90
    24. Cover illustration by Andre Thijssen
  6. [+]
    June 1981 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-6
    2. Reports & Comment by William Martin, pp. 7-15
    3. Pakistan: A Risky Bet on General Zia by Claudia Wright, pp. 16-22
    4. Liberia: A Revolution, or Just Another Coup? by Sanford J. Ungar, pp. 23-32
    5. The Scarcity of Raw Materials by Julian L. Simon, pp. 33-40
    6. Intravenous Trip by Robert A. Brooks, pp. 41-43
    7. Detroit Skyline, 1949 by Bobbie Ann Mason, pp. 44-50
    8. The Sociologist by Edward Sorel, pp. 51-55
    9. M-16: A Bureaucratic Horror Story by James Fallows, pp. 56-65
    10. Communion by Artemio Manzi, pp. 66-70
    11. Basic Syllogism by Robert Penn Warren, pp. 71-72
    12. Encounters by Moshe Dayan, pp. 73-83
    13. A Plan for Controlling Inflation by Robert B. Zevin, pp. 84-88
    14. The Teeth Festival by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 89
    15. Ballet/Balanchine's Tchaikovsky by Holly Brubach, pp. 90-95
    16. [+]
      Books/Less Is Less by James Atlas, pp. 96-97 - 1 Review
      1. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
    17. [+]
      Short Reviews by Alan Brinkley, p. 98 - 1 Review
      1. The Child Savers by Peter S. Prescott
    18. [+]
      Review The Pursuit of Inequality, by Philip Green by C. Michael Curtis, p. 99 - 1 Review
      1. The Pursuit of Inequality by Philip Green
    19. [+]
      Review A Question of Age, by Kathryn Martin by Esther S. Yntema, p. 99 - 1 Review
      1. A Question of Age by Kathryn Martin
    20. [+]
      Review The Heyday of Natural History, by Lynn Barber ... by Elizabeth Duvall, p. 99 - 1 Review
      1. The Heyday of Natural History by Lynn Barber Cardiff
    21. [+]
      Review Letters from the Country, by Carol Bly by Mark Kramer, p. 100 - 1 Review
      1. Letters from the Country by Carol Bly
    22. [+]
      9 Reviews Loitering with Intent, by Muriel Spark by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 100-105 - 9 Reviews
      1. Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
      2. XPD by Len Deighton
      3. Railways of the Raj by Michael Satow and Ray Desmond
      4. Edith Sitwell by Victoria Glendinning
      5. Twelve Years by Joel Agee
      6. Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered by John Conrad
      7. The Comet Is Coming! by Nigel Calder
      8. The Meeting at Telgte by Gunter Grass
      9. Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery by Karen Hess
    23. The Atlantic Puzzler, pp. 106-108
    24. Cover illustration by J.C. Suares
  7. [+]
    July 1981 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-10
    2. Reports & Comment by Edward Jay Epstein and Jeffrey Steingarten, pp. 11-17
    3. Washington: The Vietnam Generation by James Fallows, pp. 18-26
    4. Pygmalion by John Updike, p. 27
    5. Among the Believers by V.S. Naipaul, pp. 28-48
    6. Debating the Unknowable by Lewis Thomas, pp. 49-52
    7. Crossing the Divide by David Wagoner, p. 53
    8. Flying Upside Down by Tracy Kidder, pp. 54-58
    9. Worsening Condition by Edward Sorel, pp. 59-64
    10. In the Zoot Car by Heidi Jon Schmidt, pp. 65-68
    11. Flood by William Matthews, pp. 69-70
    12. Aerie by Michael Crawford, p. 71
    13. World Food Supplies by Julian L. Simon, pp. 72-76
    14. Don't Touch That Dial by Robert M. Strozier, pp. 77-78
    15. Music/Classical Records by William H. Youngren, pp. 79-82
    16. [+]
      Books/Critical Condition by John Simon, pp. 83-84 - 1 Review
      1. Ferocious Alphabets by Denis Donoghue
    17. [+]
      Books/Making It Strange by John Bayley, pp. 85-87 - 1 Review
      1. Pretender to the Throne by Vladimir Voinovich
    18. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 88-93 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Issa Valley by Czeslaw Milosz
      2. Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism by Marina Warner
      3. Solomon's Daughter by C.E. Poverman
      4. Class: A View from Middle England by Jilly Cooper
      5. Bogmail by Patrick McGinley
      6. Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography by James Brabazon
      7. The Jefferson Scandals by Virginius Dabney
      8. The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot
      9. Missing Links by John Reader
      10. Great Drawings of All Time: The Twentieth Century by Victoria Thorson
    19. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 94-96
    20. Cover illustration by Tom Lulevitch
  8. [+]
    August 1981 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-6
    2. Reports and Comment by James Fallows, pp. 7-10
    3. Hanoi: The Problems of Peace by Stanley Karnow, pp. 11-18
    4. On Chekhov by Vladimir Nabokov, pp. 19-23
    5. The Ultimate Toy by Tracy Kidder, pp. 24-27
    6. During the War by Marvin Bell, p. 28
    7. The Wasp by Edward Sorel, pp. 29-33
    8. The Last of the Pure Baseball Men by Michael Lenehan, pp. 34-49
    9. The Tip-Top Club by Garrison Keillor, pp. 50-53
    10. Slow Motion by Amy Clampitt, pp. 54-56
    11. Among the Believers: Pakistan by V.S. Naipaul, pp. 57-69
    12. World Population Growth by Julian L. Simon, pp. 70-76
    13. Partly Cloudy by Eleanor Perenyi, pp. 77-78
    14. Books/In Praise of Dispraise by James Atlas, pp. 79-82
    15. [+]
      Books/Malone's Jefferson Concluded by Marvin Meyers, pp. 83-85 - 1 Review
      1. The Sage of Monticello by Dumas Malone
    16. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 86-91 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Herald by Michael Shaara
      2. The Last Laugh by S.J. Perelman
      3. The History of Haute Couture, 1850-1950 by Diana de Marly
      4. A Summer in the Twenties by Peter Dickinson
      5. Will's Boy by Wright Morris
      6. Saki: A Life of Hector Hugh Munro by A.J. Langguth
      7. The Glitter Dome by Joseph Wambaugh
      8. Scotland by Anna Ritchie and Graham Ritchie
      9. Joseph Conrad by Roger Tennant
      10. National Defense by James Fallows
    17. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 92-94
    18. Cover illustration by Guy Billout
  9. [+]
    September 1981 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-8
    2. Reports & Comment by Fred Kaplan, pp. 9-17
    3. Resources: Oil, Fish, and Georges Bank by William MacLeish, pp. 18-22
    4. Cathedral by Raymond Carver, pp. 23-24
    5. Kneeling Down to Look Into a Culvert by Robert Bly, pp. 25-29
    6. The Kingdom of Auschwitz by Otto Friedrich, pp. 30-60
    7. The Prophet's Hair by Salman Rushdie, pp. 61-66
    8. The Voter by Edward Sorel, p. 67
    9. The Fight to Save Big Sur by Anthony Brandt, pp. 68-77
    10. Young Poets by Kathleen Atkins, p. 78
    11. Vermeer by Mark Irwin, p. 79
    12. Trees That Pass Us In Our Cars by Wesley McNair, p. 79
    13. Tarantelle by Janet MacFadyen, p. 79
    14. Nights in Kustenja by Jim Merrow, p. 80
    15. Prodigy by Lynne McMahon, p. 80
    16. List of Funny Names Released by Ian Frazier, p. 81
    17. Music/The True Biography of Maria Callas by Lloyd Schwartz, pp. 82-86
    18. Theater/Royally Nicked by James Walcott, pp. 87-88
    19. Ballet/Moving Pictures by Holly Brubach, pp. 89-91
    20. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 92-93 - 7 Reviews
      1. The Temptation of Eileen Hughes by Brian Moore
      2. Byron's Letters and Journals by Leslie A. Marchand and George Gordon Byron
      3. Moving Pictures by Budd Schulberg
      4. Mr. American by George MacDonald Fraser
      5. The Tigris Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl
      6. The Luck of Huemac by Daniel Peters
      7. The Book of Aphrodisiacs by Raymond Stark
    21. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 94-100
    22. Cover illustration by James Marsh
  10. [+]
    October 1981 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-7
    2. Reports & Comment by Mary Jo Salter, pp. 8-18
    3. Krakow: Russophobia in Poland by Timothy Crouse, pp. 19-28
    4. Living on the Fault Line by James Fallows, pp. 29-37
    5. The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro, pp. 38-75
    6. An Instinct for the Game by David Halberstam, pp. 76-81
    7. The Crossing by Susan Ludvigson, pp. 82-84
    8. Heartbeat by Linda Svendsen, pp. 85-87
    9. Mountain Music by John Ridland, pp. 88-92
    10. Wired Into Now by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 93
    11. [+]
      Books/Updike's Rabbit Trilogy by Thomas R. Edwards, pp. 94-100 - 1 Review
      1. Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike
    12. [+]
      Books/Domesticate Madness by Benjamin DeMott, pp. 101-105 - 1 Review
      1. The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
    13. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 106-111 - 11 Reviews
      1. The Care of Time by Eric Ambler
      2. The Beechers by Milton Rugoff
      3. The Case of the Sliding Pool by E.V. Cunningham
      4. The Maharajah, and Other Stories by T.H. White
      5. Practicing History by Barbara W. Tuchman
      6. The European and the Indian by James Axtell
      7. Pork by Cris Freddi
      8. Master Drawings by Picasso by Gary Tinterow and Picasso
      9. Death Notes by Ruth Rendell
      10. Voices in the Garden by Dirk Bogarde
      11. Father-Daughter Incest by Judith Lewis Herman
    14. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 112-114
    15. Cover illustration by Mark Hess
  11. [+]
    November 1981 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-7
    2. Reports & Comment by Stanley Karnow, pp. 8-15
    3. Cordoba: Argentina's Second City by Hans Koning, pp. 16-24
    4. Why Children Don't Like to Read by Bruno Bettelheim and Karen Zelan, pp. 25-27
    5. The Wasp by Joyce Carol Oates, pp. 28-31
    6. Reminiscence to a Daughter by Jayne Anne Phillips, pp. 32-40
    7. The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro, pp. 41-63
    8. The D.H. Lawrence All-Star Jamboree by James Wolcott, pp. 64-67
    9. The Wellfleet Whale by Stanley Kunitz, pp. 68-69
    10. I Fly With the Eagles by James Fallows, pp. 70-75
    11. The Games by David Solway, pp. 76-78
    12. The Author's Acknowledgments by Lynn Caraganis, pp. 79-80
    13. Music/Classical Records by William H. Youngren, pp. 81-83
    14. [+]
      Books/A Sure Narrative Voice by James Atlas, pp. 84-85 - 1 Review
      1. Liars in Love by Richard Yates
    15. [+]
      Books/Navigating Through Reefs by Robert Towers, pp. 86-87 - 1 Review
      1. A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone
    16. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 88-95 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Return to Camelot by Mark Girouard
      2. The Fashionable Mind by Kennedy Fraser
      3. The Voyage of the Armada by David Howarth
      4. The Obsession by Kim Chernin
      5. The Trouble with France by Alain Peyrefitte
      6. Witches by Erica Jong
      7. The Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler by Frank MacShane and Raymond Chandler
      8. The People's Doonesbury by G.B. Trudeau
    17. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 96
    18. Cover illustration by Andre Francois
  12. [+]
    December 1981 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-7
    2. Reports & Comment by James Fallows, pp. 8-13
    3. Air Travel: Strike Means Friendly Skies for Airlines by Frederick C. Thayer, pp. 14-21
    4. Agriculture: Will the Corn Belt End Up in the Rivers? by Michael Lenehan, pp. 22-26
    5. The Education of David Stockman by William Greider, pp. 27-40
    6. Season's Bleatings by Edward Sorel, pp. 41-54
    7. Drawing Names by Bobbie Ann Mason, pp. 55-59
    8. 108 East Nineteenth by William Stafford, pp. 60-61
    9. Private Jokes in Public Places by Moshe Safdie, pp. 62-68
    10. Advent Calendar by Gjertrud Schnackenberg, p. 69
    11. Melanie and the Purple People Eaters by Irvin Faust, pp. 70-73
    12. Vertebrae by Robley Wilson, Jr., pp. 74-78
    13. A New Approach to the New Journalism by Robert M. Strozier, pp. 79-80
    14. Ballet/A Classic "Beauty" by Holly Brubach, pp. 81-85
    15. [+]
      Books/Happiness Is No Laughing Matter by Alfred Kazin, pp. 86-87 - 1 Review
      1. Clifford Odets: American Playwright by Margaret Brenman-Gibson
    16. [+]
      Books/Continuity and Change by Irvin Ehrenpreis, pp. 88-91 - 1 Review
      1. Rumor Verified: Poems, 1979-1980 by Robert Penn Warren
    17. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adabs, pp. 92-95 - 7 Reviews
      1. The Language of Clothes by Alison Lurie
      2. William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked by Paul Mariani
      3. The First Emperor of China by Arthur Cotterell
      4. Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak and Nisa
      5. An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough
      6. Bismarck by Edward Crankshaw
      7. Death's Gray Angel by James Sherburne
    18. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 96-98
    19. Cover illustration by J.C. Suares
2. [+]
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3. [+]
  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 227 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 258 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 253 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 270 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 290 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 277 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 276 Articles
[+]
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1. [+]
  Issues of 1990 = 12 Issues, 261 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1991 = 11 Issues, 217 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 11 Issues, 232 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 12 Issues, 247 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1995 = 9 Issues, 199 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 11 Issues, 232 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 11 Issues, 243 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1998 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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Issues of the 2000s = 10 Years, 102 Issues, 3,204 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 2000 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 11 Issues, 406 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 11 Issues, 404 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 2003 = 10 Issues, 336 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 341 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 2005 = 9 Issues, 318 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 2006 = 10 Issues, 382 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 2007 = 9 Issues, 264 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 2008 = 10 Issues, 257 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 2009 = 10 Issues, 223 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2010s = 1 Year, 1 Issue, 22 Articles
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  Issues of 2010 = 1 Issue, 22 Articles