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August 31, 1963 Issue - 40 Articles- Phoenix Nest
Martin Levin
, p. 5 - Trade Winds;On wizards, wits, and writers
Jerome Beatty, Jr.
, pp. 6-7 - The Magic and Mystery of Words
J. Donald Adams
, pp. 8-12 - Manner of Speaking
John Ciardi
, p. 13 Paying tribute to Theodore Roethke
- Getting Close to Home
Elmo Roper
, p. 14 A Guest Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 15
- Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
, p. 16 Reporting from San Francisco on West Coast theatre
- TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, p. 17 Discussing the current trend toward television research
- Movies: The Big Novel Syndrome
Arthur Knight
, p. 18 - Literary I.Q., p. 18
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Literary Horizons (Review) Granville Hicks
, p. 19 What to Be After Poughkeepsie
- The Group by Mary McCarthy
- On Crying for the Moon
Emile Capouya
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Ambush on the Styx (Review) David Cort
, p. 21 The American Way of Death, by Jessica Mitford
- The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford
- Literary Crypt, p. 22
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Ill-Fed, Clad, Housed, and Ill (Review) Henry David
, p. 23 Night Comes to the Cumberlands, by Harry M. Caudill
- Night Comes to the Cumberlands by Harry M. Caudill
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Capital and the Capitol (Review) Arthur E. Burns
, p. 24 The American Economic Republic, by Adolf A. Berle
- The American Economic Republic by Adolf A. Berle
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A President Who "Presidented" (Review) Dexter Perkins
, p. 24 Franklin D. Roosevelt and The New Deal, 1932-1940, by William E. Leuchtenburg
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and The New Deal, 1932-1940 by William E. Leuchtenburg
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Charting a Literary Log (Review) John Cruickshank
, p. 25 Notebooks, 1935-1942, by Albert Camus
- Notebooks, 1935-1942 by Albert Camus
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In the Days of the Knights (2 Reviews) William S. Lynch
, p. 26 Sword at Sunset, by Rosemary Sutcliff
- Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff
- Kinsmen of the Grail by Dorothy J. Roberts
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For Whom Mountains Won't Move (Review) Frederick R. Karl
, p. 26 The Stories of William Sansom, by William Sansom
- The Stories of William Sansom by William Sansom
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Criminal Record (17 Reviews) Sergeant Cuff
, p. 27 The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann, by Moshe Pearlman
- The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann by Moshe Pearlman
- Escape from Alcatraz by J. Campbell Bruce
- Alcatraz: 1868-1963 by John Godwin
- Trial at Bannock by Jesse Bier
- No Dust in the Attic by Anthony Gilbert
- How Awful About Allan by Henry Farrell
- Alice by E.V. Cunningham
- The Dead Can't Love by Judson Philips
- Tiger in the North by Simon Harvester
- No. 9 Belmont Square by Margaret Erskine
- Cry Havoc by Richard Martin Stern
- The Weird World of Wes Beattie by John Norman Harris
- The Month of the Falling Leaves by Bruce Marshall
- All Night at Mr. Stanyhurst's by Hugh Edwards
- Flush as May by P.M. Hubbard
- The Late Clara Beame by Taylor Caldwell
- Dead Hero by William Campbell Gault
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The War They Won't Forget (3 Reviews) Mark S. Watson
, p. 28 Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945, by James J. Fahey
- Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945 by James J. Fahey
- The Pitcher and the Well by J.D. McDonald
- Yanks Don't Cry by Martin Boyle
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Admirals Weren't All Admirable (Review) Edward Peary Stafford
, p. 29 The Two-Ocean War, by Samuel Eliot Morison
- The Two-Ocean War by Samuel Eliot Morison
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Technicalities of Battle (Review) Art Pearlroth
, pp. 29-30 The Alexander Memoirs, 1940-1945, by Harold R.L.G. Alexander and John North
- The Alexander Memoirs, 1940-1945 by Harold R.L.G. Alexander and John North
SR/Recordings
- A First Recording of Siegfried
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 31-32 - Hanus Eisler on Schoenberg
Walter Lowenfels
, p. 33 A Conservation
- Karajan and the "Nine"
Robert Lawrence
, pp. 34-35 - Recordings in Review, p. 36
- The Real Ariadne?
Martin Bernheimer
, p. 37 - Recordings Reports, p. 38
- The Mis-Tuned Violin
Boris Schwarz
, pp. 39-40 - Cospel at the Box Office
Martin Williams
, p. 41 - Recordings Reports: Folk & Blues
Lawrence Cohn
, p. 42 - Amen Corner
Wilder Hobson
, p. 43 - The Other Side, pp. 44-45
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The Passing Time of His Life (Review) Chester E. Eisinger
, p. 46 Not Dying, by William Saroyan
- Not Dying by William Saroyan
- SR's Check List of Current Books, p. 47
- Letters to the Recordings Editor, pp. 48-50
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1534, pp. 51-52
- Cover photo
Philippe Halsman