August 1983 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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  1. [+]
    January 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-11
    2. Reports & Comment by Hans Koning, pp. 12-14
    3. London: A National Bulletin Board by Janet Morgan, pp. 15-23
    4. Transportation: The Demand for High Gas Mileage by Michael VerMeulen, pp. 24-26
    5. The Perpetual Campaign by Gregg Easterbrook, pp. 27-38
    6. In the Forties by Nicholas Lemann, pp. 39-70
    7. The Author of American Ornithology by David Wagoner, p. 71
    8. Risk by Charles Dickinson, pp. 72-75
    9. Relativity by C.W. Pratt, pp. 76-80
    10. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, pp. 81-82
    11. On Hats by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 83
    12. Music/Opera on Television by Lloyd Schwartz, pp. 84-91
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      Books/Honoring the Dark Impulse by Alfred Kazin, pp. 92-95 - 1 Review
      1. What Was Literature? by Leslie A. Fiedler
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      Books/America and Air Power by John Keegan, pp. 96-102 - 1 Review
      1. Hap: The Story of the U.S. Air Force and the Man Who Built It by Thomas M. Coffey
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      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 103-109 - 10 Reviews
      1. Christina's World by Betsy James Wyeth
      2. Remarkable Relations by Barbara Strachey
      3. The Water Flowers by Edward Gorey
      4. The Extraordinary Landscape by William Garnett
      5. The Joke by Milan Kundera
      6. The Hazards of Walking, and Other Memos from Your Bureaucrats by Carol Trueblood and Donna Fenn
      7. Owen D. Young and American Enterprise by Josephine Young Case and Everett Needham Case, ...
      8. Ronald Searle's Big Fat Cat Book by Ronald Searle
      9. When the Snakes Awake by Helmut Tributsch
      10. Murder for Christmas by Thomas Godfrey
    16. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 110-112
    17. Cover photograph by Esther Bubley
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    February 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-11
    2. Reports & Comment by Richard M. Scammon, pp. 12-17
    3. Washington: Less Red Ink by Milton Friedman, pp. 18-25
    4. Paris: Unhappy Allies by John Carson-Parker, pp. 26-32
    5. Watching the Russians by Cullen Murphy, pp. 33-55
    6. Mrs. Six Legs by Edward Minus, pp. 56-57
    7. White Clover by Marvin Bell, pp. 58-60
    8. Lift by Guy Billout, pp. 61-62
    9. The Last Bears of Yellowstone by Alston Chase, pp. 63-73
    10. The Missing Person by Tobias Wolff, pp. 74-80
    11. Mina Bell's Cows by Wesley McNair, pp. 81-87
    12. The Height of Fashion by Holly Brubach, pp. 88-94
    13. Mar Barker: A Word Portrait by Pinke Barker-Watkins and Lynn Caraganis, p. 95
    14. Music/Interpreting Glenn Gould by William H. Youngren, pp. 96-99
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      Books/Marginal Memoirs by James Atlas, pp. 100-101 - 3 Reviews
      1. Minor Characters by Joyce Johnson
      2. Auden: An American Friendship by Charles H. Miller
      3. Voices: A Memoir by Frederic Prokosch
    16. [+]
      Books/A Useful Mirror by Lester C. Thurow, pp. 102-104 - 1 Review
      1. U.S.S.R. in Crisis by Marshall I. Goldman
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      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 105-107 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Klamath Knot by David Rains Wallace
      2. Robert Lowell: A Biography by Ian Hamilton
      3. Freud and Man's Soul by Bruno Bettelheim
      4. The Lusitania by Daniel Allen Butler
      5. The Plantation Mistress by Catherine Clinton
      6. Fingerprint by John Sack
      7. The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin
      8. Super Mex by Lee Trevino and Sam Blair
      9. Forgotten Founders by Bruce E. Johansen
      10. Mrs. Hurst Dancing and Other Scenes from Regency Life, 1812-23 by Diana Sperling and Gordon Minjay
    18. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 108-110
    19. Cover illustration by Charles Barsotti
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    March 1983 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-9
    2. Reports & Comment by Norman Boucher, pp. 10-23
    3. Greece: National Interests Are the Key by F. Stephen Larrabee, pp. 24-31
    4. Metaphysics: The Size of Thoughts by Nicholson Baker, pp. 32-42
    5. The Next American Frontier by Robert B. Reich, pp. 43-53
    6. Viewing the Body by Sharon Bryan, pp. 54-58
    7. First Encounters, pp. 59-61
    8. Private Lies by Bobbie Ann Mason, pp. 62-66
    9. Mark's Used Parts by Rennie McQuilkin, p. 67
    10. The Cartel That Never Was by Edward Jay Epstein, pp. 68-77
    11. Nadia Boulanger's Lessons by Allen Shawn, pp. 78-85
    12. Snowfall by Robert Penn Warren, pp. 86-87
    13. The Desert by William Hauptman, pp. 88-104
    14. How To Be a Writer, Using Some of My Ideas by Robert M. Strozier, pp. 105-106
    15. Toys/Computer Romance, Part II by James Fallows, pp. 107-108
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      Books/Nuclear Jugglers by Thomas Powers, pp. 109-111 - 1 Review
      1. The Soviet Union and the Arms Race by David Holloway
    17. [+]
      Books/A Warrior's Legacy by Robert Sherrill, pp. 112-115 - 1 Review
      1. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen
    18. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 116-119 - 11 Reviews
      1. Robert Browning: A Life Within Life by Donald Thomas
      2. Toward the Brink, 1785-1787 by Claude Manceron
      3. The Sindbad Voyage by Tim Severin
      4. On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
      5. Letters of Archibald MacLeish, 1907-1982 by R.H. Winnick and Archibald MacLeish
      6. The Shadow of the Moth by Ellen Hawkes and Peter Manso
      7. The Washington Square Ensemble by Madison Smartt Bell
      8. The Art of the Aztecs by Henri Stierlin
      9. American Beauty by Lois W. Banner
      10. Photographs and Words by Wright Morris
      11. The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro
    19. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 120-122
    20. Cover illustration by Jean-Michel Folon
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    April 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-9
    2. Reports & Comments by Richard Pollak, pp. 10-15
    3. Paris: Newsroom Politics by Daniel Cohen, pp. 16-25
    4. Baseball: Schedule-Makers by Michael Lenehan, pp. 26-34
    5. Dream Machine by William Lanouette, pp. 35-86
    6. Time Line by Guy Billout, p. 87
    7. All the Way in Flagstaff, Arizona by Richard Bausch, pp. 88-91
    8. The Image-Maker by Stanley Kunitz, pp. 92-94
    9. Two Suspensions by Brad Leithauser, p. 95
    10. The Next American Frontier by Robert B. Reich, pp. 96-108
    11. Jade Buddhas, Red Bridges, Fruits of Love by Ellen Gilchrist, pp. 109-116
    12. The Roosters Don't Like It by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 117
    13. Fashion/Men Will Be Men by Holly Brubach, pp. 118-123
    14. Books/The D.M. Thomas Phenomenon by Martin Amis, pp. 124-125
    15. [+]
      Books/Zeal for the Hidden Detail by Alfred Kazin, pp. 126-129 - 1 Review
      1. The Forties by Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel
    16. [+]
      Books/New Legends for Old by Robert Craft, pp. 130-131 - 1 Review
      1. Mozart by Wolfgang Hildesheimer
    17. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 132-135 - 9 Reviews
      1. After Long Silence by Michael Straight
      2. Salvador by Joan Didion
      3. Auden: A Carnival of Intellect by Edward Callan
      4. A Cast of Stars by Allan Prior
      5. Tim Page's Nam by Tim Page and John Pimlott
      6. Stranger and Brother by Philip A. Snow
      7. Inuit by Ulli Steltzer
      8. The Great Extinction by Michael Allaby and James Lovelock
      9. The Conquest of Morocco by Douglas Porch
    18. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 136-138
    19. Cover illustration by David Wilcox
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    May 1983 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-7
    2. Reports & Comment by Elaine F. Weiss, pp. 8-15
    3. Kuwait: Embassy Cables by Edward Jay Epstein, pp. 16-19
    4. Yosemite Valley: Fixed-Object Jumping by David Schonauer, pp. 20-30
    5. Voting for Unemployment by Gregg Easterbrook, pp. 31-42
    6. In the Month of May by Robert Bly, pp. 43-45
    7. Benign Violence by Mark Kramer, pp. 46-59
    8. Reliable Heat by David Smith, pp. 60-65
    9. A Thank-You Letter by May Swenson, pp. 66-71
    10. The Eventual Nuclear Destruction of Cheyenne, Wyoming by Robley Wilson, Jr., pp. 72-76
    11. Everything Everybody Ever Wanted by William Kennedy, pp. 77-81
    12. Appleglow by Robert Morgan, pp. 82-88
    13. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, pp. 89-90
    14. She Never Liked Jane Eyre by Lynn Caraganis, pp. 91-92
    15. [+]
      Books/The Russian Army: Inept and Invincible by Thomas Powers, pp. 93-97 - 1 Review
      1. The Threat by Andrew Cockburn
    16. [+]
      Books/The Foundation of Liberalism by James Fallows, pp. 98-100 - 1 Review
      1. Statecraft as Soulcraft by George F. Will
    17. [+]
      Books/Sandpiper Poetry by Peter Davison, pp. 101-102 - 1 Review
      1. The Complete Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
    18. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 103-109 - 12 Reviews
      1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
      2. Truman Capote by Marie Rudisill and James C. Simmons
      3. Home Before Morning by Lynda Van Devanter and Christopher Morgan
      4. Voices of Baseball by Bob Chieger
      5. The Diary of a Good Neighbour by Jane Somers
      6. Our Marvelous Native Tongue by Robert Claiborne
      7. The Wreck of the "Rusty Nail" by G.B. Trudeau
      8. Forgotten News by Jack Finney
      9. The Devil's Book of Verse by Richard Conniff
      10. Banker by Dick Francis
      11. Yet Being Someone Other by Laurens van der Post
      12. The Next American Frontier by Robert B. Reich
    19. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 110-112
    20. Cover illustration by Marvin Mattelson
  6. [+]
    June 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Lettesr to the Editor, pp. 4-9
    2. Reports & Comment by Mordecai Richler, pp. 10-23
    3. Namibia: The Last Buffer by Sanford J. Ungar, pp. 24-38
    4. The Realities of Arms Control, pp. 39-43
    5. In June by Richard Kenney, pp. 44-49
    6. El Salvador's Divided Military by Shirley Christian, pp. 50-60
    7. Notes of a Mosquito Hunter by Michael Lenehan, pp. 61-72
    8. Collision by Guy Billout, pp. 73-74
    9. The Free Radio by Salman Rushdie, pp. 75-77
    10. Unsentimental Education by James Atlas, pp. 78-89
    11. The Collectors by Kathleen Atkins, pp. 90-92
    12. Fun-Loving Couple Seeks Like-Minded Same by Robert M. Strozier, p. 93
    13. Ballet/Taking Inventory by Holly Brubach, pp. 94-96
    14. Music/Expressive Atonality by William H. Youngren, pp. 97-101
    15. [+]
      Books/Two Faces of the Faith by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 102-103 - 1 Review
      1. Dangerous Currents by Lester C. Thurow
    16. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 104-107 - 11 Reviews
      1. Shenfan by William Hinton
      2. El Vago by Laurence Gonzales
      3. Tennessee Williams by Dakin Williams and Shepherd Mead
      4. Wanderer on My Native Shore by George Reiger
      5. King of the Roses by V.S. Anderson
      6. The Europeans by Luigi Barzini
      7. Dracula's Diary by Michael Corby and Michael Geare
      8. Steeplechasing by Raymond Woolfe, Jr.
      9. The Coffin Tree by Wendy Law-Yone
      10. Blue Pastoral by Gilbert Sorrentino
      11. The Biggest Game in Town by A. Alvarez
    17. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 108-110
    18. Cover illustration by Seymour Chwast
  7. [+]
    July 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-9
    2. Reports & Comment by Franklyn D. Holzman, pp. 10-17
    3. Demographics: An Epidemic of Publicity by Jo Ann S. Putnam-Scholes, pp. 18-19
    4. Peking: Trying to Make China Work by Ross Terrill, pp. 20-30
    5. The Ordeal of Kenneth Adelman by James Fallows, pp. 31-59
    6. The Declining Middle by Bob Kuttner, pp. 60-68
    7. The Difficult Marriage by Donald Hall, pp. 69-72
    8. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 73
    9. Horace and Margaret's Fifty-Seond by Charles Baxter, pp. 74-76
    10. Ibis by Harvey Oxenhorn, pp. 77-79
    11. The Future of Water by Peter Rogers, pp. 80-92
    12. The List of the Mohicans by Roy Blount, Jr., pp. 93-95
    13. [+]
      Books/Free to Argue by Robert Lekachman, pp. 96-99 - 3 Reviews
      1. Bright Promises, Dismal Performance by Milton Friedman
      2. Economics from the Heart by Paul Samuelson
      3. The Truth About Supply-Side Economics by Michael K. Evans
    14. [+]
      Books/Trekking to the Void by Martin Amis, pp. 100-103 - 1 Review
      1. A Journey in Ladakh by Andrew Harvey
    15. [+]
      Books/Arg and Ardor by James Atlas, pp. 104-106 - 1 Review
      1. Turgenev's Letters by A.V. Knowles and Ivan Turgenev
    16. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 107-111 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. I by William Manchester
      2. Whose Little Boy Are You? by Heywood Hale Broun
      3. A Bitter Fog by Carol Van Strum
      4. The Dog Book by Jerrold Mundis
      5. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
      6. The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Lainez
      7. A Private View by Irene Mayer Selznick
      8. Gusliar Wonders by Kirill Bulychev
      9. A Greater Good by Robert B. Zevin
      10. The Price of Power by Seymour M. Hersh
    17. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 112-114
    18. Cover illustration by Robert Grossman
  8. [+]
    August 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-9
    2. Reports & Comment by Shirley Christian, pp. 10-23
    3. Arms Control: Numerical Insecurity by Robert C. Johansen, pp. 24-30
    4. Educating Black Athletes by Harry Edwards, pp. 31-35
    5. Total Eclipse by Michael J. Rosen, pp. 36-39
    6. Airwaves by Bobbie Ann Mason, pp. 40-43
    7. Welcome to Hiroshima by Mary Jo Salter, pp. 44-50
    8. Phobia by Guy Billout, pp. 51-54
    9. The Pardon by Seymour M. Hersh, pp. 55-79
    10. The Model by Bernard Malamud, pp. 80-81
    11. The Secrets of Cancer Cells by Robert A. Weinberg, pp. 82-88
    12. Public Television Forced to Cut Back by Lynn Caraganis, p. 89
    13. Raging Panther, Grinning Saint by Robert Towers, pp. 90-95
    14. [+]
      Books/Marriage and Morals by James Atlas, pp. 96-97 - 1 Review
      1. Beautiful Women, Ugly Scenes by C.D.B. Bryan
    15. [+]
      Books/The Terrible Century by Stephen Spender, pp. 98-99 - 1 Review
      1. Modern Times by Paul M. Johnson
    16. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 100-103 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Throwing Madonna by William H. Calvin
      2. Baseball's Great Experiment by Jules Tygiel
      3. The Philosopher's Pupil by Iris Murdoch
      4. Visions of City and Country by Bonnie L. Grad and Timothy A. Riggs
      5. The Black Death by Robert S. Gottfried
      6. Slouching Towards Kalamazoo by Peter De Vries
      7. The Oxford Book of Death by D.J. Enright
      8. The Indispensable Cat by Jean-Claude Suares
      9. The Forger's Art by Denis Dutton
    17. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 104-106
    18. Cover illustration by Richard Mantel
  9. [+]
    September 1983 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-11
    2. Reports & Comment by Norman Boucher, pp. 12-21
    3. Jerusalem: A Pragmatic Ideologue by Hirsh Goodman, pp. 22-27
    4. Scotland: A Sense of Estrangement by Geoffrey Smith, pp. 28-36
    5. The Jamaica Experiment by Michael Massing, pp. 37-57
    6. An Eye on the Records by Michael Lenehan, pp. 58-61
    7. A Young Woman Found in the Woods by David Wagoner, pp. 62-70
    8. Let's Be Practical by Robert Grossman, p. 71
    9. Thinking About Crime by James Q. Wilson, pp. 72-79
    10. Money by Mary B. Campbell, pp. 80-88
    11. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 89
    12. Goodyar by Ralph Lombreglia, pp. 90-91
    13. Birthday Bush by May Swenson, pp. 92-108
    14. My Cat Book Won't Come by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 109
    15. Music/The Operas of Haydn by William H. Youngren, pp. 110-115
    16. Travel/Yankee Hospitality by Holly Brubach, pp. 116-119
    17. [+]
      Books/The Critic as Human Being by Paul Fussell, pp. 120-121 - 1 Review
      1. Characters and Their Landscapes by Ronald Blythe
    18. [+]
      Books/Assaulting Realism by Robert Towers, pp. 122-123 - 1 Review
      1. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
    19. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 124-127 - 9 Reviews
      1. Shalimar by Kamala Markandaya
      2. Overdrive: A Personal Documentary by William F. Buckley, Jr.
      3. A Cold Mind by David L. Lindsey
      4. Suder by Percival L. Everett
      5. Willa: The Life of Willa Cather by Phyllis C. Robinson
      6. Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
      7. Days of Vengeance by Harry Mark Petrakis
      8. A Tiger for Malgudi by R.K. Narayan
      9. Living with Nuclear Weapons
    20. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 128-130
    21. Cover illustration by Brad Holland
  10. [+]
    October 1983 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-9
    2. Reports & Comment by Gregg Easterbrook, pp. 10-25
    3. Paris: Architecture as Politics by Julia Trilling, pp. 26-35
    4. Washington: Foreign Danger by Shirley Christian, pp. 36-44
    5. Raising Kids by James Q. Wilson, pp. 45-51
    6. And Echoes for Direction by Virginia Elson, pp. 52-57
    7. The Political Economy of Milk by John D. Donahue, pp. 58-62
    8. Prosody 101 by Linda Pastan, pp. 63-68
    9. The Edge by Guy Billout, p. 69
    10. The Naked Vulture and the Thinking Ape by Kenneth Brower, pp. 70-83
    11. Other People's Photographs by Richard Newcomb, pp. 84-88
    12. A New Life by Janet Beeler Shaw, pp. 89-93
    13. Mountain Pass by James McKean, pp. 94-98
    14. Lite College by Stanley Mieses, p. 99
    15. [+]
      Movies/Alfred Again by Lloyd Rose, pp. 100-103 - 1 Review
      1. Rear Window (1954 Film) by Alfred Hitchcock
    16. [+]
      Books/Upward Mobility: How to Be an X by Wilfrid Sheed, pp. 104-109 - 2 Reviews
      1. Class by Paul Fussell
      2. The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux
    17. [+]
      Books/The Journalism of the Right by James Fallows, pp. 110-113 - 1 Review
      1. Reflections of a Neoconservative by Irving Kristol
    18. Books/Papa Lives by James Atlas, pp. 114-119
    19. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 120-127 - 9 Reviews
      1. Handmade in America by Barbaralee Diamonstein
      2. Cold Heaven by Brian Moore
      3. The Garden of Eloquence by Willard R. Espy
      4. The Devil's Stocking by Nelson Algren
      5. The Rosenberg File by Ronald Radosh and Joyce Milton
      6. In the Beginning by Everett Fox
      7. This Man and Music by Anthony Burgess
      8. Marbot: A Biography by Wolfgang Hildesheimer
      9. Tikal by Daniel Peters
    20. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 128-130
    21. Cover illustration by Michael C. Witte
  11. [+]
    November 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-13
    2. Reports & Comment by Bob Kuttner, pp. 14-21
    3. Child Abuse: The Extent of the Harm by Katie Leishman, pp. 22-33
    4. New York: Broadway Cacophony by Jamie Malanowski, pp. 34-44
    5. Immigration by James Fallows, pp. 45-101
    6. The Wish by Ellen Bryant Voigt, pp. 102-106
    7. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 107
    8. Real Seasons by Mindy Pennybacker, pp. 108-117
    9. The Fragility of Domestic Energy by Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, pp. 118-128
    10. The Attila Tapes by Bruce McCall, pp. 129-131
    11. Toys/Easy to Snap by Robert S. McCord, pp. 132-135
    12. Music/Fat Ladies and Falsettos by Holly Brubach, pp. 136-141
    13. [+]
      Books/Gatsby Without the Dream by Roy Blount, Jr., pp. 142-144 - 2 Reviews
      1. Dream Maker by Ivan Fallon and James Srodes
      2. Grand Delusions by Hillel Levin
    14. [+]
      Books/Dubious Categories by Garry Wills, pp. 145-146 - 1 Review
      1. The Anatomy of Power by John Kenneth Galbraith
    15. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 147-151 - 11 Reviews
      1. The Compromise by Sergei Dovlatov
      2. The Words to Say It by Marie Cardinal
      3. Madame de Sevigne by Frances Mossiker
      4. Spectacular Vernacular by Jean-Louis Bourgeois
      5. Arcadio by William Goyen
      6. How to Suppress Women's Writing by Joanna Russ
      7. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles by Anne Savage
      8. Vanessa Bell by Frances Spalding
      9. Amphigorey Also by Edward Gorey
      10. Krakatau: The Volanic Eruption and Its Effects by Tom Simkin, Richard S. Fiske, and Sarah F. Melcher, ...
      11. O Albany! by William J. Kennedy
    16. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 152-154
    17. Cover illustration by Mark Hess
  12. [+]
    December 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-9
    2. Reports & Comment by Gregory F. Treverton, pp. 10-13
    3. South Korea: Old Ally, New Competitor by Sanford J. Ungar, pp. 14-30
    4. The Decline of Grammar by Geoffrey Nunberg, pp. 31-47
    5. The Blinding Light of the Mind by Jane Smiley, pp. 48-51
    6. Accomodations by Lisel Mueller, pp. 52-62
    7. Why the Networts Will Survive Cable by Eric Mink, pp. 63-69
    8. Biology and Mental Illness by Joseph Alper, pp. 70-76
    9. Lat. 90 Degrees N., Long. 0 Degrees by Guy Billout, pp. 77-78
    10. About Boston by Ward Just, pp. 79-91
    11. It Turns Out by William Matthews, pp. 92-98
    12. Uneasy Rests Head Under Santa Hat by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 99
    13. Music/Atonal Clarity by William H. Youngren, pp. 100-105
    14. [+]
      Books/Journey to Other Sites by Irving Howe, pp. 106-107 - 1 Review
      1. In the Land of Israel by Amos Oz
    15. Making the List by James Atlas, pp. 108-112
    16. [+]
      Books/Not Just a Gigolo by Elliott Sirkin, pp. 113-114 - 1 Review
      1. The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter by Robert Kimball and Cole Porter
    17. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 115-121 - 9 Reviews
      1. Kleinzeit by Russell Hoban
      2. The Courting of Marcus Dupree by Willie Morris
      3. The Enthusiast by Gilbert A. Harrison
      4. One Fairy Story Too Many by John M. Ellis
      5. Racing Alone by Nader Khalili
      6. The File by Penn Kimball
      7. The Aeneid by Robert Fitzgerald and Virgil
      8. Joseph Conrad: A Chronicle by Zdzislaw Najder
      9. Nomads of Niger by Carol Beckwith and Marion Van Offelen
    18. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 122-124
    19. Cover illustration by Michael C. Witte
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  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 253 Articles
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  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 290 Articles
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  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 277 Articles
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  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 276 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 12 Issues, 261 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 11 Issues, 217 Articles
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  Issues of 1993 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
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  Issues of 1994 = 12 Issues, 247 Articles
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  Issues of 1995 = 9 Issues, 199 Articles
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  Issues of 1996 = 11 Issues, 232 Articles
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  Issues of 1997 = 11 Issues, 243 Articles
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  Issues of 1998 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
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  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
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  Issues of 2007 = 9 Issues, 264 Articles
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  Issues of 2008 = 10 Issues, 257 Articles
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  Issues of 2009 = 10 Issues, 223 Articles
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