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February 1983 Issue - 15 Articles- Pop goes the critic
Frederick Crews
, pp. 1-9 - Mark Rothko & the Rothko case
John Bernard Myers
, pp. 10-30 The writer's role
- The small, battered desk
Stanislaw Baranczak
, pp. 31-32 - Alone with the page
William Barrett
, p. 33 - Against prophets with honor
Cynthia Ozick
, pp. 33-36 - At a certain remove
Richard Wilbur
, pp. 37-38 - Reply
Hortense Calisher
, pp. 39-40 Music
- Wagner: writing the wrongs
Philip Winters
, pp. 41-50 Art
- Looking at Braque
William C. Agee
, pp. 51-56 Books
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Music in Naziland (Review) Dana Mack
, pp. 57-64 Musik im NS-Staat, by Fred K. Prieberg
- Musik im NS-Staat by Fred K. Prieberg
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Mann revealed (Review) Arthur A. Cohen
, pp. 65-72 Thomas Mann Diaries, 1918-1939, by Hermann Kesten and Thomas Mann
- Thomas Mann Diaries, 1918-1939 by Hermann Kesten and Thomas Mann
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Photographs and history (Review) Gail Buckland
, pp. 73-77 The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present, by Beaumont Newhall
- The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present by Beaumont Newhall
Fiction chronicle
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Less is less (3 Reviews) Joshua Gilder
, pp. 78-81 The Best American Short Stories, 1982, by John Gardner
- The Best American Short Stories, 1982 by John Gardner
- Matters of Life and Death by Tobias Wolff
- Prize Stories, 1982 by William Abrahams
Notebook
- What was Vanity Fair?
Deborah Trustman
, pp. 82-83 - Among the philosophers
Mark Lilla
, pp. 84-102