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October 1981 Issue - 15 Articles- Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-7
Reports & Comment
- Kyoto: A Gorgeous "Na" Melody
Mary Jo Salter
, pp. 8-18 - Krakow: Russophobia in Poland
Timothy Crouse
, pp. 19-28 - Living on the Fault Line
James Fallows
, pp. 29-37 In a great earthquake, brick buildings collapse and panic is general
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro
, pp. 38-75 The making of the man who was, for a time, the most powerful figure in the world
- An Instinct for the Game
David Halberstam
, pp. 76-81 What it takes to play in the NBA
- The Crossing
Susan Ludvigson
, pp. 82-84 - Heartbeat
Linda Svendsen
, pp. 85-87 A story story
- Mountain Music
John Ridland
, pp. 88-92 - Wired Into Now
Roy Blount, Jr.
, p. 93 -
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Books/Updike's Rabbit Trilogy (Review) Thomas R. Edwards
, pp. 94-100 Rabbit Is Rich, by John Updike
- Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike
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Books/Domesticate Madness (Review) Benjamin DeMott
, pp. 101-105 The Hotel New Hampshire, by John Irving
- The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
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Short Reviews (11 Reviews) Phoebe-Lou Adams
, pp. 106-111 The Care of Time, by Eric Ambler
- The Care of Time by Eric Ambler
- The Beechers by Milton Rugoff
- The Case of the Sliding Pool by E.V. Cunningham
- The Maharajah, and Other Stories by T.H. White
- Practicing History by Barbara W. Tuchman
- The European and the Indian by James Axtell
- Pork by Cris Freddi
- Master Drawings by Picasso by Gary Tinterow and Picasso
- Death Notes by Ruth Rendell
- Voices in the Garden by Dirk Bogarde
- Father-Daughter Incest by Judith Lewis Herman
- The Atlantic Puzzler
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
, pp. 112-114 - Cover illustration
Mark Hess