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May 2, 1964 Issue - 39 Articles- First of the Month
Cleveland Amory
, p. 8 - Top of My Head
Goodman Ace
, p. 9 - Manner of Speaking
John Ciardi
, p. 10 - Trade Winds
John G. Fuller
, p. 11 - The Vanishing Novel
Herbert Kubly
, pp. 12-15 - Parallel Proverbs
Mario Pei
, pp. 16-17 - Douglas MacArthur, p. 18
An Editorial
- As It Happens
Fred Sparks
, p. 19 - Letters to the Editor, p. 20
- Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
, p. 21 Reviewing Baby Want a Kiss
- TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, p. 22 - Literary I.Q., p. 22
- Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
, p. 23 In Bora Bora
- Literary Crypt, p. 24
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 25-26 On a memorial to Marc Blitzstein
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Literary Horizons (Review) Granville Hicks
, p. 27 A Gun in the Hand of a Hater
- Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin
- On the Fringe
Haskel Frankel
, p. 28 Life with The Great Profile
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A Heritage of Blood and Dust (Review) Marvin Harris
, p. 29 Pedro Martinez: A Mexican Peasant and His Family, by Oscar Lewis
- Pedro Martinez: A Mexican Peasant and His Family by Oscar Lewis
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Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Review) George Oppenheimer
, p. 30 My Aunt Maxine, by Diana Forbes-Robertson
- My Aunt Maxine by Diana Forbes-Robertson
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When Policy Resorts to Power (Review) John M. Allison
, p. 31 Korea: The Limited War, by David Rees
- Korea: The Limited War by David Rees
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Rise and Fall of the Kuomintang (2 Reviews) Allan B. Cole
, p. 32 Twentieth Century China, by O. Edmund Clubb
- Twentieth Century China by O. Edmund Clubb
- China and the Helping Hand, 1937-1945 by Arthur N. Young
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Across the River, Into the Steppe (Review) Harrison E. Salisbury
, p. 33 A View of All the Russias, by Laurens van der Post
- A View of All the Russias by Laurens van der Post
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P's and Q's in Aix (Review) Dorrie Pagones
, p. 33 Map of Another Town, by M.F.K. Fisher
- Map of Another Town by M.F.K. Fisher
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Poetry Quarterly (9 Reviews) Dudley Fitts
, pp. 34-35 Between Sirens and the Muse
- Seventy-Three Poems by E.E. Cummings
- The Burning Perch by Louis MacNeice
- Natural Numbers by Kenneth Rexroth
- Collected Poems by Elder Olson
- Collected Poems, 1919-1962 by Babette Deutsch
- Poems 2 by Alan Dugan
- The Poems of Propertius by Constance Carrier
- A Sky of Late Summer by Henry Rago
- My Bones Being Wiser by Vassar Miller
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The Saving Remnants of Grace (Review) David Boroff
, p. 36 Extreme Magic, by Hortense Calisher
- Extreme Magic by Hortense Calisher
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Alumni of Anti-Life (Review) Julian Gloag
, p. 37 The Old Boys, by William Trevor
- The Old Boys by William Trevor
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Frankenstein in the Highlands (Review) Burling Lowrey
, p. 37 Winter of Madness, by David Harry Walker
- Winter of Madness by David Harry Walker
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Corsair in Commerce (Review) Stanley Weintraub
, p. 38 The Barbary Light, by P.H. Newby
- The Barbary Light by P.H. Newby
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Touch Typist with Switchblade (Review) Victor Chapin
, p. 38 Many Slippery Errors, by Alfred Grossman
- Many Slippery Errors by Alfred Grossman
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Tar in the Bayous (Review) Haskel Frankel
, p. 38 Love You Good, See You Later, by Eugene Walter
- Love You Good, See You Later by Eugene Walter
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A World That Won't Stand Still (Review) Carroll Quigley
, p. 39 Living in a World Revolution, by Hans Kohn
- Living in a World Revolution by Hans Kohn
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Tight Little Island of Our Times (Review) Malcolm Moos
, p. 39 The Age of Triumph and Frustration, by Charles W. Yost
- The Age of Triumph and Frustration by Charles W. Yost
- SR's Check List of the Week's New Books, p. 40
SR/Research
- Our Trembling Earth
John Lear
, pp. 41-43 - How Earthquakes Were Naturalized
William C. Putnam
, pp. 44-46 - Letters to the Science Editor, pp. 47-49
- On the History of Science
J. Tuzo Wilson
, p. 50 - He Keeps the Bacteria Jumping
A.K. Kingender
, pp. 51-58 - Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1569, pp. 59-60