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Katherine Anne Porter: A Life, by Joan Givner

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Commonweal, March 25, 1983, p. 187

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      1. Correspondence, p. 450
      2. Editorials, pp. 451-452
      3. The Catholic presence by Arthur Moore, p. 453
      4. Let's admit what we want from the schools by Frank C. Arricale, II, pp. 453-454
      5. Christianity & power by John Garvey, pp. 455-456
      6. The Christian as citizen by John A. Coleman, pp. 457-461
      7. Clerics & Communists by Mieczyslaw Maneli, pp. 462-464
      8. The 'sequel rule' & 'Lolita rights' by David R. Carlin, Jr., pp. 465-466
      9. Recordings by Deborah Elizabeth Finn, p. 467
      10. [+]
        Screen: The Invisible Man by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 468 - 1 Review
        Zelig (1983 Film) by Woody Allen
      11. From HAL to WOPR by Tom O'Brien, pp. 469-470
      12. [+]
        Focusing on the 'Focus of Evil' by Harvey Fireside, p. 471 - 5 Reviews
        The Soviet Viewpoint by Georgi A. Arbatov and Willem Oltmans
        The Liberators by Viktor Suvorov
        Confiscated Power by Helene Carrere d'Encausse
        U.S.S.R. in Crisis by Marshall I. Goldman
        Final Judgment by Dina Kaminskaya
      13. [+]
        Triumph of the dimestore novel by Sean de Hora, p. 472 - 1 Review
        Ironweed by William J. Kennedy
      14. [+]
        Straighten our crooked paths by James Finn Cotter, p. 473 - 1 Review
        The Supreme Koan by Frederick Franck
      15. [+]
        A primitive argument by Eugene C. Bianchi, pp. 474-480 - 1 Review
        The Human Cycle by Colin M. Turnbull
    4. [+]
      September 23, 1983 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 482
      2. Editorials, pp. 483-484
      3. States' rites by Jeremiah Baruch, pp. 485-486
      4. A work of peace by Abigail McCarthy, pp. 487-488
      5. Motherhood & the women's movement by Janet Scott Barlow, pp. 489-490
      6. The Bulgarian connection by Janice A. Broun, pp. 491-493
      7. Tent City by Michael Higgins, pp. 494-495
      8. Art by John Deedy, pp. 496-497
      9. 'Ain't nothin' dirty goin' one' by Dan Dickinson, p. 498
      10. [+]
        The Return of Chesterton by Michael F. McCauley, pp. 499-500 - 1 Review
        The Outline of Sanity by Alzina Stone Dale
      11. [+]
        An outbreak of cheerfulness by Henry F. May, p. 501 - 1 Review
        America's Quest for the Ideal Self by Peter Clecak
      12. [+]
        Confrontation with the masters by Jack Riemer, p. 502 - 1 Review
        Somewhere---A Master by Elie Wiesel
      13. [+]
        Emptying the desk drawers by Bruce Cook, pp. 503-504 - 1 Review
        The End of the World News by Anthony Burgess
      14. [+]
        Hearing the cosmic engine's roar by David Toolan, pp. 505-506 - 1 Review
        Hermes by Michel Serres, Josue V. Harari, and David F. Bell, ...
      15. [+]
        In brief by Mark Taylor, p. 507 - 1 Review
        Milton and the Martial Muse by James A. Freeman
      16. [+]
        Review The French, by Theodore Zeldin by Edward S. Skillin, pp. 508-512 - 1 Review
        The French by Theodore Zeldin
  4. [+]
    Issues of Oct.-Dec. 1983 = 6 Issues, 98 Articles
    1. [+]
      October 7, 1983 Issue = 15 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 514
      2. Editorials, pp. 515-516
      3. A pyrric victory by Peadar Kirby, pp. 517-518
      4. Christian socialists by John C. Cort, pp. 519-520
      5. Endowing democracy by Clifford P. Hackett, pp. 521-522
      6. The uses of tragedy by John Garvey, pp. 523-524
      7. Religious faith in Communist China by James T. Myers, pp. 525-530
      8. II. The Curiosity of Christianity by James Kenneson, pp. 531-533
      9. Stage by Gerald Weales, p. 534
      10. [+]
        Screen: Misbegotten Moon by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 535 - 2 Reviews
        Diva (1981 Film) by Jean-Jacques Beineix
        The Moon in the Gutter (1983 Film) by Jean-Jacques Beineix
      11. [+]
        Blacks on the Diamond by Patrick Jordan, p. 536 - 3 Reviews
        Baseball's Great Experiment by Jules Tygiel
        Branch Rickey by Murray Polner
        Invisible Men by Donn Rogosin
      12. [+]
        Sexism in the churche by Arlene Swidler, p. 537 - 3 Reviews
        A Map of the New Country by Sara Maitland
        Sexism and God-Talk by Rosemary Radford Ruether
        In Memory of Her by Elisabeth Fiorenza
      13. [+]
        A narrative still-life by Gene H. Bell-Villada, pp. 538-539 - 2 Reviews
        Ararat by D.M. Thomas
        Pilgermann by Russell Hoban
      14. [+]
        Reluctant high priest by Philip Novak, p. 540 - 1 Review
        Inter Views by James Hillman and Laura Pozzo
      15. [+]
        Home-grown, full-bodied philosophy by Michael Kellogg, pp. 541-544 - 1 Review
        A Stroll With William James by Jacques Barzun
    2. [+]
      October 21, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 546
      2. Editorials, p. 547
      3. Memories of Aquino by John C. Cort, pp. 548-549
      4. Out of commission by Jeremiah Baruch, p. 550
      5. The proper balance by Isidore Silver, p. 551
      6. The neighborhood by Abigail McCarthy, pp. 552-553
      7. Cosmic but not critical by J. Bryan Hehir, p. 554
      8. The violence of everyday living by Paul Connolly, pp. 555-556
      9. 'Nobody wants an abortion' by Mary Beth Gordon, pp. 557-558
      10. Bess Magruder's baby by Linda Benson, p. 559
      11. End of the merchant era? by Chikau Yamatani, pp. 560-564
      12. [+]
        Screen: From 'K' to 'Z' by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 565 - 1 Review
        Hanna K. (1983 Film) by Constantin Costa-Gavras
      13. [+]
        Buber & the Crisis of Zionism by Arthur A. Cohen, p. 566 - 1 Review
        A Land of Two Peoples by Paul R. Mendes-Flohr and Martin Buber
      14. [+]
        For richer for poorer by Sheldon Gellar, p. 567 - 1 Review
        Banking on the Poor by Robert L. Ayres
      15. [+]
        Oral surgery by Raymond E. Brown, p. 568 - 1 Review
        The Oral and the Written Gospel by Werner H. Kelber
      16. [+]
        A new kind of woman by Neville Braybrooke, pp. 569-570 - 1 Review
        The Diary of Beatrice Webb, Vol. I: 1873-1892 by Norman Ian MacKenzie, Jeanne MacKenzie, and Beatrice Webb, ...
      17. [+]
        Vicarious suffering & atonement by Huston Smith, pp. 571-572 - 1 Review
        The Passion of Al-Hallaj by Louis Massignon
      18. [+]
        In brief by John Deedy, p. 573 - 1 Review
        Aging as a Spiritual Journey by Eugene C. Bianchi
      19. [+]
        Review Beyond the Nuclear Freeze, by Robert F. Drinan by Patrick Jordan, pp. 573-576 - 1 Review
        Beyond the Nuclear Freeze by Robert F. Drinan
    3. [+]
      November 4, 1983 Issue = 15 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 580
      2. Editorials, pp. 581-582
      3. That old civil religion by John Garvey, pp. 583-584
      4. Paradisre or disintegration by Michael Harrington, pp. 585-588
      5. [+]
        Screen: Too Far Gone by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 589 - 2 Reviews
        L'Argent (1983 Film) by Robert Bresson
        In the White City (1983 Film) by Alain Tanner
      6. [+]
        Fiction, History, Tragedy by Carole Cook, p. 590 - 1 Review
        Disturbances in the Field by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
      7. [+]
        Review Shame, by Salman Rushdie by Una Chaudhuri, p. 590 - 1 Review
        Shame by Salman Rushdie
      8. [+]
        Surpassing depth, in a one-dimensional day by Robert Imbelli, pp. 591-592 - 2 Reviews
        Seeing the Form by Hans Urs von Balthasar
        The Von Balthasar Reader by Medard Mehl, Werner Loser, and Hans Urs von Balthasar, ...
      9. [+]
        Retelling and retrying by Kevin M. Doyle, p. 593 - 1 Review
        Man Slaughter by Steven Englund
      10. [+]
        A fool around the house by Michael Gallagher, pp. 594-595 - 1 Review
        Wonderful Fool by Shusaku Endo
      11. [+]
        Convergence, loneliness, & sex by Michael Zeik, p. 596 - 2 Reviews
        Your Sexual Freedom by Richard F. Hettlinger
        And They Felt No Shame by Joan Ohanneson
      12. [+]
        That which we call a rose by John Ahern, p. 597 - 1 Review
        The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
      13. [+]
        Religious Booknotes by Mary Gerhart, pp. 598-603 - 7 Reviews
        Ministering in the Pauline Churches by Pheme Perkins
        Holy Scripture by James Barr
        The Sacred and the Feminine by Kathryn Rabuzzi
        Is the Bible Sexist? by Donald G. Bloesch
        The Feminist Mystic and Other Essays on Women and Spiritualilty by Mary E. Giles
        Jung and Christianity by Wallace B. Clift
        Trusting: Theory and Practice by Carolyn Gratton
      14. [+]
        Not dark ages but a great bridge by Jamake Highwater, p. 604 - 1 Review
        Dictionary of the Middle Ages by Joseph R. Strayer
      15. [+]
        Confederacy of poets & anthropologists by David Toolan, pp. 605-608 - 1 Review
        Symposium of the Whole by Jerome Rothenberg and Diane Rothenberg
    4. [+]
      November 18, 1983 Issue = 12 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 610
      2. Editorials, pp. 611-612
      3. A class act by Jim Sleeper, p. 613
      4. Out of commission, II by Jeremiah Baruch, pp. 614-615
      5. The nuns (old) story by Abigail McCarthy, pp. 616-617
      6. Going on 60, pp. 618-625
      7. The dilemma of an anti-abortion Democrat by David R. Carlin, Jr., pp. 626-627
      8. Pere Cico & Afc Neg Combite by M. Basil Pennington, pp. 628-630
      9. [+]
        Screen: Cold Comfort by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 631 - 1 Review
        The Big Chill (1983 Film) by Lawrence Kasdan
      10. Verse by Anne Porter, pp. 632-633
      11. [+]
        Pilgrimage to Compassion by George Kilcourse, pp. 634-636 - 3 Reviews
        The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton by Patrick Hart and Thomas Merton
        Thomas Merton's Dark Path by William H. Shannon
        Human Journey by Anthony T. Padovano
      12. [+]
        In brief by Patrick Jordan, pp. 637-640 - 1 Review
        The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O'Connor by Carter W. Martin and Flannery O'Connor
    5. [+]
      December 2, 1983 Issue = 20 Articles
      1. Corresponce, p. 642
      2. Editorials, pp. 643-644
      3. Constant women by Jeremiah Baruch, p. 645
      4. Vietnam never ended by Steven Philip Kramer, p. 646
      5. Mom & Pop forgive them by John Garvey, pp. 647-648
      6. Six decades of religion in middletown by Theodore Caplow, Howard M. Bahr, and Bruce A. Chadwick, ..., pp. 649-654
      7. An irreligious war by James O'Gara, pp. 655-659
      8. [+]
        Screen: Old Glory by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., p. 660 - 1 Review
        The Right Stuff (1983 Film) by Philip Kaufman
      9. Critics' Christmas choices by David Lodge, p. 661
      10. --- by Rosemary Haughton, p. 661
      11. --- by Bob Kuttner, p. 662
      12. --- by Genevieve Stuttaford, p. 663
      13. --- by Steven Tipton, p. 664
      14. --- by Pheme Perkins, p. 664
      15. --- by Carol Bly, p. 665
      16. --- by Dennis O'Brien, p. 666
      17. --- by Edith Turner, p. 666
      18. --- by Eliot Janeway, p. 667
      19. --- by Denise Levertov, pp. 668-669
      20. --- by Jay P. Dolan, pp. 670-672
    6. [+]
      December 16, 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, p. 674
      2. Editorials, pp. 675-676
      3. Tanks at Christmas by Robert H. Prehn, p. 677
      4. Ron 3, Dems 0 by Jeremiah Baruch, pp. 678-679
      5. Peace & laughter by Abigail McCarthy, p. 680
      6. The case of Grenada by J. Bryan Hehir, p. 681
      7. Pawtucket & its Nativity scene by David R. Carlin, Jr., pp. 682-683
      8. Cabinet government, competent government by Keith Burris, pp. 684-685
      9. Making amateur government work by J. Jackson Walter, p. 686
      10. Is there a Nobel Prize for peephole journalism? by Lawrence D. Hogan, pp. 687-688
      11. Media by Frank McConnell, p. 689
      12. Verse by Thomas R. Watson and Zona Teti, pp. 690-691
      13. [+]
        Screen: The Right Subject by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr., pp. 692-693 - 1 Review
        The Right Stuff (1983 Film) by Philip Kaufman
      14. [+]
        Past As Mirror to Present by Paul Misner, pp. 694-695 - 3 Reviews
        George Tyrrell: In Search of Catholicism by David G. Schultenover
        Letters from a Modernist by Mary Jo Weaver and George Tyrrell
        George Tyrrell and the Catholic Tradition by Ellen M. Leonard
      15. [+]
        The latest in genes by Alexander M. Capron, pp. 696-697 - 2 Reviews
        Man-Made Life by Jeremy Cherfas
        Algeny by Jeremy Rifkin
      16. [+]
        In brief by Patrick Jordan, p. 698 - 1 Review
        The Hospice Alternative by Anne Munley
      17. Index to Volume CX, pp. 698-704
5. [+]
  Issues of 1984 = 21 Issues, 362 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 22 Issues, 365 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 22 Issues, 340 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1987 = 22 Issues, 342 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 22 Issues, 359 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 22 Issues, 381 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 220 Issues, 3,977 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1990 = 22 Issues, 378 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1991 = 22 Issues, 379 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 22 Issues, 427 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 22 Issues, 393 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 22 Issues, 401 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1995 = 22 Issues, 397 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 22 Issues, 383 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 22 Issues, 404 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1998 = 22 Issues, 408 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 22 Issues, 407 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2000s = 2 Years, 44 Issues, 778 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 2000 = 22 Issues, 390 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 22 Issues, 388 Articles