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Inheritors

by Barry Spacks

The Hudson Review, Winter 1988, pp. 633-634

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    2. Ruth's Daughter by Kermit Moyer, pp. 19-44
    3. A Reconciliation by Carl Wooton, pp. 45-70
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    5. The Poet's Theme by Louis Simpson, pp. 93-142
    6. Carlotta's Confession by Donald Hall, pp. 143-146
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    10. Music by Robert S. Clark, pp. 167-176
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      The Voice of Poetry by James Finn Cotter, pp. 225-232 - 6 Reviews
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      3. Lower-Class Heresy by T.R. Hummer
      4. The Lotus Flowers by Ellen Bryant Voigt
      5. Sabbaths by Wendell Berry
      6. God Bless Karl Marx! by C.H. Sisson
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      What We Take about When We Talk about Writing by Gary Krist, pp. 233-239 - 1 Review
      1. Alive and Writing by Larry McCaffery and Sinda Gregory
    20. Notes on Contributors, pp. 240-242
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    Summer 1988 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Letter to the Editors, pp. 246-249
    2. Report by Jayanta Mahapatra, pp. 250-256
    3. Contextual Surprises by James McConkey, pp. 257-273
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      Montaigne Our Contemporary by Monroe K. Spears, pp. 301-318 - 1 Review
      1. Montaigne in Motion by Jean Starobinski
    7. Five Last Poems by Richmond Lattimore, pp. 319-322
    8. Verdict by Ava Leavell Haymon, pp. 323-328
    9. The Sailworks Cistern by Laurence Lieberman, pp. 329-332
    10. The Embrace; The Stunning; In the Sunset; Transformation; Aglow by Richard Moore, pp. 333-335
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      4. The Family Idiot: Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1857, Vol. I by Jean-Paul Sartre
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      3. In Other Words by May Swenson
      4. Second-Hand Coat by Ruth Stone
      5. White Shroud by Allen Ginsberg
      6. And the Word by Cid Corman
      7. Legendary Performance by Pattiann Rogers
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    22. Notes on Contributors, pp. 416-418
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    3. Windows: From Rousseau to Baudelaire by Jean Starobinski, pp. 551-560
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    15. Inheritors by Barry Spacks, pp. 633-634
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