December 8, 1961 Issue, COMMONWEAL

- To Talk or Not To Talk, p. 267
- General Eisenhower on TV, p. 268
- Job Prospects, p. 269
- Closing the Gap, p. 269
- A Revolutionary Council?, p. 270
- The Writer in America
  John P. Sisk
  , pp. 271-273
- What Thurber Saw
  Charles A. Brady
  , pp. 274-275
- Puerto Rico's Angry Poets
  Richard J. Callan
  , pp. 276-278
- The Wreath
  Josephine Jacobsen
  , pp. 279-283
  A Story
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  The Screen: Tomorrow and Tomorrow (3 Reviews)
  Philip T. Hartung
  , pp. 284-285
  Throne of Blood (1957 Film), by Akira Kurosawa
  1. Throne of Blood (1957 Film) by Akira Kurosawa
  2. Zazie (1960 Film) by Louis Malle
  3. The Loss of Innocence (1961 Film) by Lewis Gilbert
- The Stage
  Richard Gilman
  , pp. 286-287
- --- by Philip Deasy, p. 288
- --- by Samuel Draper, p. 288
- --- by James Finn, pp. 288-289
- --- by Anne Fremantle, p. 290
- --- by Samuel Hazo, p. 290
- --- by Betty Kaufman, p. 291
- --- by Alice Ellen Mayhew, p. 292
- --- by Bette Richart, p. 292
- --- by John P. Sisk, p. 293
- --- by William James Smith, p. 294
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  The Many Forms Which Loss Can Take (Review)
  Richard M. Elman
  , p. 295
  Tell Me a Riddle, by Tillie Olsen
  1. Tell Me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen
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  Vitamins and Cake (Review)
  Oona Sullivan
  , p. 296
  Daughter of Silence, by Morris L. West
  1. Daughter of Silence by Morris L. West
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  A Tired Avant Garde (Review)
  William James Smith
  , pp. 297-300
  New World Writing 19, by Stewart Richardson and Corlies M. Smith
  1. New World Writing 19 by Stewart Richardson and Corlies M. Smith