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August 13, 1981 Issue - 15 Articles-
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The Gambler's Throw (Review) Stuart Hampshire
, p. 3 Early Auden, by Edward Mendelson
- Early Auden by Edward Mendelson
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The Disappointments of Jefferson (Review) Gordon S. Wood
, pp. 4-7 The Sage of Monticello, by Dumas Malone
- The Sage of Monticello by Dumas Malone
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Lincoln Shelter (Review) Lincoln Kirstein
, pp. 8-13 Lincoln Center: The Building of an Institution, by Edgar B. Young
- Lincoln Center: The Building of an Institution by Edgar B. Young
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Fall of a House (Review) X
, pp. 14-18 July's People, by Nadine Gordimer
- July's People by Nadine Gordimer
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An American Sissy (Review) Gore Vidal
, pp. 19-23 Mornings on Horseback, by David McCullough
- Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough
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In the Southern Camp (Review) William Styron
, pp. 24-26 Mary Chesnut's Civil War, by C. Vann Woodward and Mary Chesnut
- Mary Chesnut's Civil War by C. Vann Woodward and Mary Chesnut
- Up from Monetarism and Other Wishful Thinking
John Kenneth Galbraith
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China (4 Reviews) Jonathan D. Spence
, pp. 32-36 How Much Dissent?
- A Madman of Ch'u by Laurence A. Schneider
- Dissent in Early Modern China by Paul S. Ropp
- China's Intellectuals: Advise and Dissent by Merle Goldman
- Beijing Street Voices by David S.G. Goodman
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Is Mathematics for Real? (Review) Martin Gardner
, pp. 37-39 The Mathematical Experience, by Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh
- The Mathematical Experience by Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh
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The Glow of Irreality (Review) Stephen Spender
, pp. 40-43 Sounds, by Wassily Kandinsky
- Sounds by Wassily Kandinsky
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Life With Father (Review) Roger Sale
, p. 44 Dad, by William Wharton
- Dad by William Wharton
- The Victory of the New Israel
Bernard Avishai
, pp. 45-50 - Striking Out
James Wolcott
, p. 51 - An Exchange on the New Grove
Roger Scruton, Ben Friedland, and Charles Rosen
, p. 52 - Letters
Walter Abish, Tom Hayden, David Vogel, and Steven Kovacs, ...
, pp. 53-56