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August 16, 1939 Issue - 22 Articles- The Week, pp. 29-31
Editorials
- What Congress Really Did, p. 32
- Federal Workers in Politics, p. 33
- The Vote Against Housing, p. 34
- Queer Doctrine, p. 35
General Articles
- Small Town Rackets
Charles E. Hewitt Jr.
, pp. 36-37 - Valse Triste
Rolfe Humphries
, p. 38 - Europe: Three Capitals
Mary Heaton Vorse
, pp. 39-40 - Mexico's 1940
Ralph Bates
, pp. 41-43 - I'm About to Become a Crank
B.B.
, p. 44 - Air, Oil and Barges
Joe Horrell
, p. 45 - Washington Notes
"T.R.B."
, p. 46 - Other People's Money
J.T. Flynn
, p. 47 -
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Speaking of Jazz: II (2 Reviews) Otis Ferguson
, p. 48 Jazz: Hot and Hybrid, by Winthrop Sargeant
- Jazz: Hot and Hybrid by Winthrop Sargeant
- American Jazz Music by Wilder Hobson
- The Bandwagon, p. 49
- Correspondence, pp. 49-50
Books in Review
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The Airplane in War (Review) John Chamberlain
, p. 51 Bombs Bursting in Air, by George Fielding Eliot
- Bombs Bursting in Air by George Fielding Eliot
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Poetry of the Will (3 Reviews) Allen Tate
, p. 52 Poetry and Anarchism, by Herbert Read
- Poetry and Anarchism by Herbert Read
- Modern Poetry by Louis MacNeice
- The Poet's Defence by Jacob Bronowski
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The WPA Guide to New York (Review) Robert M. Coates
, p. 53 The WPA Guide to New York City (#62),
- The WPA Guide to New York City (#62)
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Hearts of Oak (Review) Leo Huberman
, p. 54 The British Common People, 1746-1938, by G.D.H. Cole and Raymond Postgate
- The British Common People, 1746-1938 by G.D.H. Cole and Raymond Postgate
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Negro History (Review) Melville J. Herskovits
, p. 55 Black Folk: Then and Now, by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois
- Black Folk: Then and Now by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois
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New Books: A Reader's List (5 Reviews) , p. 56 I Went to the Soviet Arctic, by Ruth Gruber
- I Went to the Soviet Arctic by Ruth Gruber
- Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden
- O. Henry Encore by Mary Sunlocks Harrell
- I Knock at the Door by Sean O'Casey
- Frost and Fire by Elliott Merrick
