November 1983 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-13
- Sweden/Denmark: Trials of Two Welfare States
  Bob Kuttner
  , pp. 14-21
- Child Abuse: The Extent of the Harm
  Katie Leishman
  , pp. 22-33
- New York: Broadway Cacophony
  Jamie Malanowski
  , pp. 34-44
- Immigration
  James Fallows
  , pp. 45-101
  How new citizens and illegal aliens are affecting the United States
- The Wish
  Ellen Bryant Voigt
  , pp. 102-106
- First Encounters
  Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel
  , p. 107
  Fats Waller and Al Capone
- Real Seasons
  Mindy Pennybacker
  , pp. 108-117
  An Atlantic "First"
- The Fragility of Domestic Energy
  Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins
  , pp. 118-128
  Small acts of sabotage could disrupt the nationwide distribution of electricity and nat...
- The Attila Tapes
  Bruce McCall
  , pp. 129-131
  One look at Attila and you're history
- Toys/Easy to Snap
  Robert S. McCord
  , pp. 132-135
  Automatted "point-and-shoot" cameras take much of the anxiety away from 35mm photography
- Music/Fat Ladies and Falsettos
  Holly Brubach
  , pp. 136-141
  It is up to singers and producers to make opera believable
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  Books/Gatsby Without the Dream (2 Reviews)
  Roy Blount, Jr.
  , pp. 142-144
  Dream Maker, by Ivan Fallon and James Srodes
  1. Dream Maker by Ivan Fallon and James Srodes
  2. Grand Delusions by Hillel Levin
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  Books/Dubious Categories (Review)
  Garry Wills
  , pp. 145-146
  The Anatomy of Power, by John Kenneth Galbraith
  1. The Anatomy of Power by John Kenneth Galbraith
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  Short Reviews (11 Reviews)
  Phoebe-Lou Adams
  , pp. 147-151
  The Compromise, by Sergei Dovlatov
  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
- The Atlantic Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , pp. 152-154
- Cover illustration
  Mark Hess