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Notes on an Italian Hill Town

by Linda Arking

The Atlantic Monthly, September 1972, pp. 72-81

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      1. O Jerusalem! by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
      2. The Late John Marquand by Stephen Birmingham
      3. The Dawn's Early Light by Walter Lord
    21. [+]
      Short Reviews: Books by Phoebe Adams, pp. 96-102 - 12 Reviews
      1. The Nixons by Edwin P. Hoyt
      2. The Levanter by Eric Ambler
      3. Meditations on Hunting by Jose Ortega y Gasset
      4. Enemies: A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
      5. Of Mosquitoes, Moths, and Mice by C. Brooke Worth
      6. Police in Trouble by James F. Ahern
      7. Coco Chanel by Marcel Haedrich
      8. The Fifth World of Forster Bennett by Vincent Crapanzano
      9. Lillian Hellman, Playwright by Richard Moody
      10. Gustav Klimt by Werner Hofmann
      11. Shaft Among the Jews by Ernest Tidyman
      12. Private Faces/Public Places by Abigail McCarthy
  8. [+]
    August 1972 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. The Editor's Page, pp. 4-5
    2. Reports & Comment by Anthony Lewis, pp. 6-9
    3. Black Africa by Stanley Meisler, pp. 10-15
    4. Innocent Bystander by L.E. Sissman, pp. 16-19
    5. The Mail, pp. 20-23
    6. Contributors, pp. 24-26
    7. Talking Horse by Bernard Malamud, pp. 27-34
    8. Looking for Wilderness by Edward Hoagland, pp. 35-41
    9. Toward the New Chastity by Midge Decter, pp. 42-54
    10. Short One to the Cuckoo by W.H. Auden, p. 55
    11. The Last Laugh by Fernando Krahn, pp. 56-57
    12. Green Days and Photojournalism, and The Old Man in the Room by Michael J. Arlen, pp. 58-66
    13. Burns by Ward Just, pp. 67-72
    14. Broken Wing Theory by Richard Eberhart, p. 73
    15. Offshore by Leo Janos, pp. 74-79
    16. [+]
      More on Drugs by Robert Coles, M.D., pp. 80-82 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Natural Mind by Andrew Weil
      2. Drugs and the Public by Norman E. Zinberg and John A. Robertson
    17. [+]
      The Voice of South America by Jose Yglesias, pp. 83-85 - 4 Reviews
      1. Doctor Brodie's Report by Jorge Luis Borges
      2. Three Trapped Tigers by G. Cabrera Infante
      3. Betrayed by Rita Hayworth by Manuel Puig
      4. Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    18. Getting Whitey by David Denby, pp. 86-88
    19. [+]
      The Peripatetic Reviewer by Edward Weeks, pp. 89-91 - 3 Reviews
      1. Only One Earth by Barbara Ward and Rene Dubos
      2. My Dear Wister--- by Ben Merchant Vorpahl
      3. Stay Hungry by Charles Gaines
    20. [+]
      Short Reviews: Books by Phoebe Adams, pp. 92-98 - 11 Reviews
      1. Under the Guns: New York: 1775-1776 by Bruce Bliven, Jr.
      2. Tropical Detective Story by Raymond Mungo
      3. How the Government Breaks the Law by Jethro K. Lieberman
      4. In Hiding by Ronald Fraser
      5. Magog by Andrew Sinclair
      6. Report to the Commissioner by James Mills
      7. The Night of Long Knives by Max Gallo
      8. Victoria's Heyday by J.B. Priestley
      9. The Restless Earth by Nigel Calder
      10. A Sense of Place by Alan Gussow
      11. The Politics of Literature by Louis Kampf and Paul Lauter
  9. [+]
    September 1972 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. The Editor's Page, pp. 4-5
    2. Reports & Comments by Robert Sam Anson, pp. 6-9
    3. Miami Beach: The Democrats by Michael Janeway, pp. 10-12
    4. Washington by Elizabeth Drew, pp. 13-21
    5. Moscow by Hedrick Smith, pp. 22-29
    6. Innocent Bystander by L.E. Sissman, pp. 30-33
    7. The Mail, pp. 34-39
    8. Contributors, pp. 40-42
    9. The Last Days of Cowboy Capitalism by "Adam Smith", pp. 43-55
    10. How the Economy Went Haywire by David Halberstam, pp. 56-59
    11. St. Antony of Padua by Robert Graves, p. 60
    12. The Last Laugh by Fernando Krahn, p. 61
    13. The Sandman by Donald Barthelme, pp. 62-64
    14. Poem for Jean Tinguely by Jarold Ramsey, pp. 65-69
    15. Two Men by R.D. Skillings, pp. 70-71
    16. Notes on an Italian Hill Town by Linda Arking, pp. 72-81
    17. Simpson's Wife by Ward Just, pp. 82-86
    18. The Pale Ones by Barry Spacks, p. 87
    19. Three Poems by W.H. Auden, pp. 88-89
    20. "Is This Like Your War, Sir" by Arthur T. Hadley, pp. 90-95
    21. [+]
      A Seagull Named Irving by William Abrahams, pp. 96-97 - 1 Review
      1. The Word by Irving Wallace
    22. Steak Media, Please by Edwin Newman, pp. 98-99
    23. Blanchine/Stavinsky by Richard Poirier, pp. 100-103
    24. [+]
      The Peripatetic Reviewer by Edward Weeks, pp. 104-109 - 3 Reviews
      1. Eleanor: The Years Alone by Joseph P. Lash
      2. I Come as a Thief by Louis Auchincloss
      3. The Hudson River and Its Painters by John K. Howat
    25. [+]
      Short Reviews: Books by Phoebe Adams, pp. 110-116 - 9 Reviews
      1. Aswan! by Michael Heim
      2. Bela Lugosi's White Christmas by Paul West
      3. Splendor and Death of Joaquin Murieta by Pablo Neruda
      4. The Roots of Coincidence by Arthur Koestler
      5. The Santa Claus Bank Robbery by A.C. Greene
      6. A Window on Russia by Edmund Wilson
      7. Treasury of Great Humor by Louis Untermeyer
      8. Black English by J.L. Dillard
      9. Counsel for the Deceived by Philip G. Schrag
  10. [+]
    October 1972 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. The Editor's Page, pp. 4-5
    2. Reports & Comments by Ross Terrill, pp. 6-21
    3. Japan by Elizabeth Pond, pp. 22-27
    4. Vienna by Alan Levy, pp. 28-31
    5. Innocent Bystander by L.E. Sissman, pp. 32-37
    6. The Mail, pp. 38-47
    7. Contributors, pp. 48-50
    8. The Government Is Watching by Thomas Powers, pp. 51-64
    9. A Few Speak for Freedom by Alfred Kazin, pp. 65-71
    10. The Last Traffic Jam by Stewart Udall, pp. 72-76
    11. The Last Laugh by Fernando Krahn, p. 77
    12. Norman Mailer: A Self-Creation by Richard Poirier, pp. 78-84
    13. Watch the Wind by L. WoiWode, p. 85
    14. Behind the Meat Counter: The Fight over DES by Harrison Wellford, pp. 86-92
    15. I Never Hollered Cheezit the Cops by Nelson Algren, pp. 93-98
    16. Encounters with Artists by Alexander Eliot, pp. 99-104
    17. Portfolio by Diane Arbus, pp. 105-108
    18. The Congressman Who Loved Flaubert by Ward Just, pp. 109-118
    19. The Prepared Statement by Robert Graves, p. 119
    20. [+]
      Toward a New Society by Ross Terrill, pp. 120-125 - 2 Reviews
      1. Socialism by Michael Harrington
      2. Reflections on the Causes of Human Misery and Upon Certain Proposals to Eliminate Them by Barrington Moore, Jr.
    21. [+]
      The Floating World by Melvin Maddocks, pp. 126-128 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata
      2. Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
    22. News from the Castle by John Ormond, pp. 129-131
    23. [+]
      The Peripatetic Reviewer by Edward Weeks, pp. 132-134 - 5 Reviews
      1. Herself by Hortense Calisher
      2. Standard Dreaming by Hortense Calisher
      3. Forecast for Overlord by James Martin Stagg
      4. Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939 by Janet Flanner and Irving Drutman
      5. Travels in Nihilon by Alan Sillitoe
    24. [+]
      Short Reviews: Books by Phoebe Adams, pp. 135-142 - 12 Reviews
      1. Chimera by John Barth
      2. Father Figure by Beverley Nichols
      3. The Players and the Game by Julian Symons
      4. The Darkening Land by William F. Longgood
      5. The Tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter
      6. The Breast by Philip Roth
      7. Kings, Beasts and Heroes by Gwyn Jones
      8. The Green Flag by Robert Kee
      9. Triple Cross: Novellas by Carlos Fuentes, Jose Donoso, and Severo Sarduy
      10. Herblock's State of the Union by Herbert Block
      11. Who Is Angela Davis? by Regina Nadelson
      12. Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage by Margaret Webster
  11. [+]
    November 1972 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. The Editor's Page, pp. 4-5
    2. Reports & Comment by Elizabeth Drew, pp. 6-16
    3. School Busing by Frank Barrows, pp. 17-21
    4. The Pentagon Papers Trial by Sanford J. Ungar, pp. 22-33
    5. Paris by Justine Delacy, pp. 34-39
    6. Innocent Bystander by L.E. Sissman, pp. 40-41
    7. The Mail, pp. 42-46
    8. Contributors, pp. 47-48
    9. Walt Disney Presents: Adventures in Collegeland! by Herbert Gold, pp. 49-55
    10. Home from the War: The Psychology of Survival by Robert Jay Lifton, pp. 56-72
    11. His Last Autumn by Leslie Norris, p. 73
    12. Ghosts by Frank O'Connor, pp. 74-78
    13. The Re-Selling of the President by Martin F. Nolan, pp. 79-81
    14. The Last Laugh by Fernando Krahn, p. 82
    15. A Way of Caring: Notes from a Journal by Stephen Spender, pp. 83-89
    16. The 400-Year-Old Commune by Jon Swan, pp. 90-100
    17. The Way We Went by Wallace E. Knight, pp. 101-110
    18. Veteran's Dream by Anne Hussey, p. 111
    19. [+]
      Heroin and the CIA by Flora Lewis, pp. 112-121 - 1 Review
      1. The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia by Alfred W. McCoy, Cathleen B. Read, and Leonard P. Adams II, ...
    20. [+]
      Such, Such Was George Orwell by Melvin Maddocks, pp. 122-124 - 1 Review
      1. The Unknown Orwell by Peter Stansky and William Abrahams
    21. [+]
      The Peripatetic Reviewer by Edward Weeks, pp. 125-129 - 4 Reviews
      1. The Tree Where Man Was Born by Peter Matthiessen and Eliot Porter
      2. Nelson the Commander by Geoffrey Bennett
      3. The Clocks of Columbus by Charles S. Holmes
      4. Like the Lion's Tooth by Marjorie Kellogg
    22. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe Adams, pp. 130-138 - 11 Reviews
      1. The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
      2. The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives by Diane Johnson
      3. The Original Sin by Anthony Quinn
      4. The Mountain People by Colin M. Turnbull
      5. Dictionary for the Disenchanted by Bernard Rosenberg
      6. Portraits from North American Indian Life by Edward S. Curtis
      7. The Clang Birds by John L'Heureux
      8. In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu and Raymond T. McNally
      9. The Natural History of the Vampire by Anthony Masters
      10. The High Priests of Waste by A. Ernest Fitzgerald
      11. The Visconti Hours by Millard Meiss, Edith W. Kirsch, and Giovannino De' Grassi, ...
  12. [+]
    December 1972 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. The Editor's Page, pp. 4-5
    2. Reports & Comment by George C. Wilson, pp. 6-26
    3. Uganda by Stanley Meisler, pp. 27-39
    4. Innocent Bystander by L.E. Sissman, pp. 40-45
    5. The Mail, pp. 46-51
    6. Contributors, pp. 52-54
    7. The Lucky Generation by Malcolm Cowley, pp. 55-61
    8. A Brief Life is best in the End, I Suppose by Richard Elman, pp. 62-67
    9. The Inside Story of the Mellon Art Collection by John Walker, pp. 68-86
    10. The Trapper by Peter Klappert, p. 87
    11. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck, pp. 88-90
    12. Ornette Coleman and the Circle with a Hole in the Middle by Robert Palmer, pp. 91-93
    13. Sailing by April Smith, pp. 94-100
    14. "Yes, Sir, This Has Certainly Been Considered a Safe Mine" by Rachel Scott, pp. 101-114
    15. Praying on a 707 by Anne Sexton, p. 115
    16. The Morning After the War Before by Denis Warner, pp. 116-125
    17. [+]
      Updike and Barthelme: Disengagement by Richard Todd, pp. 126-131 - 2 Reviews
      1. Museums and Women, and Other Stories by John Updike
      2. Sadness by Donald Barthelme
    18. [+]
      Reich at the Orgone Box by Paul A. Robinson, pp. 132-137 - 3 Reviews
      1. Character-Analysis by Wilhelm Reich
      2. The Function of the Orgasm by Wilhelm Reich
      3. Ether, God and Devil, and Cosmic Superimposition by Wilhelm Reich
    19. [+]
      Rohmer's Men and Women by David Denby, pp. 138-140 - 1 Review
      1. Chloe in the Afternoon (1972 Film) by Eric Rohmer
    20. [+]
      The Peripatetic Reviewer by Edward Weeks, pp. 141-143 - 4 Reviews
      1. Queen Victoria by Cecil Woodham-Smith
      2. Transparent Things by Vladimir Nabokov
      3. The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
      4. The Great American Shooting Prints by Robert Elman
    21. [+]
      Short Reviews: Books by Phoebe Adams, pp. 144-154 - 12 Reviews
      1. The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
      2. Waiting for the Morning Train by Bruce Catton
      3. A Universal History of Infamy by Jorge Luis Borges
      4. The Temptation of Jack Orkney, and Other Stories by Doris Lessing
      5. The Age of Kipling by John Gross
      6. The Hidden Injuries of Class by Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb
      7. Somewhere Else by Robert Kotlowitz
      8. The Making of a Psychiatrist by David S. Viscott
      9. Amphigorey by Edward Gorey
      10. Treasures of the Armada by Robert Stenuit
      11. Erotic Art Today by Volker Kahmen
      12. The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
4. [+]
  Issues of 1973 = 12 Issues, 235 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1974 = 6 Issues, 135 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1975 = 6 Issues, 122 Articles
[+]
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1. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 250 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1982 = 12 Issues, 231 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 227 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 258 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 253 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 270 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 290 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 277 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 276 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 113 Issues, 2,420 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1990 = 12 Issues, 261 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1991 = 11 Issues, 217 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 11 Issues, 232 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 12 Issues, 247 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1995 = 9 Issues, 199 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 11 Issues, 232 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 11 Issues, 243 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1998 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2000s = 10 Years, 102 Issues, 3,204 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 2000 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 11 Issues, 406 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 11 Issues, 404 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 2003 = 10 Issues, 336 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 341 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 2005 = 9 Issues, 318 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 2006 = 10 Issues, 382 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 2007 = 9 Issues, 264 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 2008 = 10 Issues, 257 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 2009 = 10 Issues, 223 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2010s = 1 Year, 1 Issue, 22 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 2010 = 1 Issue, 22 Articles