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The Editor's Easy Chair

A small buried treasure

by John Fischer

The Harpers Monthly, July 1960, pp. 12-21

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    3. After Hours by Russell Lynes and Roger Maren, pp. 23-28
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    13. Thrombosis by Donald Hall, p. 81
    14. How Good Is TV at Its Best? by Martin Mayer, pp. 82-90
    15. Public & Personal by William S. White, pp. 91-95
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 96-100 - 6 Reviews
      1. Ceremony in Lone Tree by Wright Morris
      2. A House Full of Women by Philip James McFarland
      3. The Paratrooper of Mechanic Avenue by Lester Goran
      4. A Silence of Desire by Kamala Markandaya
      5. The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel Spark
      6. The Firmament of Time by Loren Eiseley
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 101-102 - 9 Reviews
      1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
      2. Gideon's Risk by J.J. Marric
      3. Watcher in the Shadows by Geoffrey Household
      4. The Challenges We Face by Richard M. Nixon
      5. Mr. Citizen by Harry S. Truman
      6. This Demi-Paradise by Margaret Halsey
      7. Enjoy, Enjoy! by Harry Golden
      8. A Primer of Ezra Pound by M.L. Rosenthal
      9. A Casebook on Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw" by Gerald Willen
    18. Music in the Round by "Discus", p. 103
    19. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 104-106
    20. Cover by Janet Halverson
  9. [+]
    September 1960 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-19
    3. After Hours by Eleanor Perenyi and William North Jayme, pp. 20-28
    4. Heroic Israel Today: The Legend and the Facts by Sidney Hyman, pp. 29-34
    5. Do I Not Rage? by John Holmes, pp. 35-36
    6. Afternoon with the Space People by Hal Draper, pp. 37-40
    7. A Proposition for Women by Marion K. Sanders, pp. 41-48
    8. Steinberg U.S.A., pp. 49-54
    9. Epilepsy and the Law by Howard D. Fabing, M.D., pp. 55-58
    10. September: The Final Word by Hollis Summers, p. 59
    11. The Drunken Baboon by Bill McFall, p. 60
    12. House Wife by Kate Barnes, pp. 61-64
    13. The Soft Life in Italy by Robert Neville, pp. 65-68
    14. It's Been a Long Snow by John Medelman, pp. 69-78
    15. America's Most Powerful Private Club by Hobart Rowen, pp. 79-84
    16. How Good Is TV at Its Best? by Martin Mayer, pp. 85-91
    17. Public & Personal by William S. White, pp. 92-95
    18. [+]
      The New Books by Stanley Kunitz, pp. 96-103 - 15 Reviews
      1. Thrones: 96-109 de Los Cantares by Ezra Pound
      2. O to Be a Dragon by Marianne Moore
      3. Collected Poems by Yvor Winters
      4. Homage to Clio by W.H. Auden
      5. Life Studies by Robert Lowell
      6. Heart's Needle by W.D. Snodgrass
      7. Summer Knowledge, 1938-1958 by Delmore Schwartz
      8. A Winter Come, a Summer Gone by Howard Moss
      9. The Exclusions of a Rhyme by J.V. Cunningham
      10. A Water Walk by Villa D'Este by Jean Garrigue
      11. Light and Dark by Barbara Howes
      12. With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads by Denise Levertov
      13. Thirty-Nine Poems by John Ciardi
      14. The New American Poetry, 1945-1960 by Donald M. Allen
      15. Lupercal by Ted Hughes
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 104-105 - 6 Reviews
      1. Walk Egypt by Vinnie Williams
      2. The Lovely Ambition by Mary Ellen Chase
      3. Has Anybody Seen My Father? by Harrison Kinney
      4. Some Other Time by Hollis Alpert
      5. A Nation Reborn by R.H.S. Crossman
      6. The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
    20. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 106-109
    21. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 110-112
    22. cover by Dick Schiffer and Mervin Gilbert
  10. [+]
    October 1960 Issue = 30 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-13
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 14-21
    3. After Hours by Russell Lynes and Pyke Johnson, Jr., pp. 22-32
    4. How an Election Was Bought and Sold by A Kentucky Legislator, pp. 33-38
    5. Command Performance by Kenneth Tynan, pp. 39-44
    6. Hierosulem by Hilary Corke, p. 45
    7. The Mathematics of Polygamy by Herbert Passin, pp. 46-48
    8. Nadia Boulanger: An Affectionate Portrait by Aaron Copland, pp. 49-51
    9. Our Exiled Airmen in England by Clancy Sigal, pp. 52-59
    10. The Mask by Mira Michal, pp. 60-68
    11. The Cults of "Research" and "Creativity" by Jacques Barzun, pp. 69-74
    12. Shelterbelts: A "Failure" That Didn't Happen by Arthur H. Carhart, pp. 75-78
    13. What the Press Has Done to Boston and Vice Versa by Peter Braestrup, pp. 79-93
    14. To Some Uncertain Birds by James Wright, pp. 94-95
    15. Public & Personal by William S. White, pp. 96-101
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 102-109 - 8 Reviews
      1. The House of Five Talents by Louis Auchincloss
      2. Timothy Dexter Revisited by John P. Marquand
      3. The Trial Begins by Abram Tertz
      4. The Householder by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
      5. The Luck of Ginger Coffey by Brian Moore
      6. A Sketch of My Life by Thomas Mann
      7. Past and Present by Monika Mann
      8. Letters to Paul Amann, 1915-1952 by Thomas Mann and Herbert Wegener
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 110-115 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Peacock Eye by Lewis Lusardi
      2. It Had Been a Mild, Delicate Night by Tom Kaye
      3. A Number of Things by Honor Tracy
      4. Taps at Reveille by F. Scott Fitzgerald
      5. The Faces of Blood Kindred by William Goyen
      6. My Royal Past by Cecil Beaton
      7. The Neutral Spirit: A Portrait of Alcohol by Berton Roueche
      8. Viva Vamp! by Paul Flora
      9. A Minority by Gordon Westwood
    18. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 116-119
    19. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, p. 120
    20. Introduction, pp. 121-124
    21. The Politics of Medicine by Edward T. Chase, pp. 125-131
    22. The Decline of the Healing Art by Selig Greenberg, pp. 132-138
    23. The Patient's Right to Die by Joseph Fletcher, pp. 139-141
    24. Finally by W.S. Merwin, pp. 142-143
    25. Do You Really Want a Family Doctor? by David D. Rutstein, M.D., pp. 144-150
    26. A Doctor Prescribes for His Profession by Lindsay E. Beaton, M.D., pp. 151-152
    27. Medical Research: Choked by Dollars by John M. Russell, pp. 153-157
    28. Tomorrow's Hospitals by Martin Cherkasky, M.D. and Maya Pines, pp. 158-165
    29. Beyond Traditional Medicine by Rene J. Dubos, pp. 166-170
    30. Cover by Janet Halverson
  11. [+]
    November 1960 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-13
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 14-21
    3. After Hours by Frederick Taylor and Robert Weeks, pp. 22-32
    4. Why the Crime Syndicate Can't Be Touched by Gerard L. Goettel, pp. 33-38
    5. The Poem by W.S. Merwin, p. 39
    6. Texas Puts Its Brand on Washington by Karl E. Meyer, pp. 40-44
    7. The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank by Bruno Bettelheim, pp. 45-47
    8. The Lost Self by Peter Viereck, pp. 48-52
    9. Potawatomi's Daughter by Johannes V. Jensen, pp. 53-58
    10. Two Appraisals of the Arts in America by Virgil Thomson, pp. 59-62
    11. II: The State of the Theatre by Arthur Miller and Henry Brandon, pp. 63-66
    12. The Losers by Philip Levine, pp. 67-69
    13. Those Irresistible Hungarians by Simon Bourgin, pp. 70-74
    14. The Untold Story of the UN's Congo Army by Joseph Kraft, pp. 75-86
    15. Pornography Is Not Enough by Eric Larrabee, pp. 87-97
    16. Public & Personal by William S. White, pp. 98-108
    17. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 109-122 - 8 Reviews
      1. Growing Up Absurd by Paul Goodman
      2. The Process of Education by Jerome S. Bruner
      3. Life: Its Dimensions and Its Bounds by Robert M. MacIver
      4. Goodbye to a River by John Graves
      5. The Necklace of Kali by Robert Towers
      6. The Lilacs Overgrow by Tai-yi Lin
      7. The Nephew by James Purdy
      8. Know Nothing by Mary Lee Settle
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 123-129 - 12 Reviews
      1. Moderato Cantabile by Marguerite Duras
      2. Prosper by Patricia Hill
      3. Where the High Winds Blow by David Harry Walker
      4. The Temptation of Don Volpi by Alfred Hayes
      5. New England Gothic by Addison J. Allen
      6. The Saving Remnant by Herbert Agar
      7. Good-By, My Son by Arthur Woolson
      8. Total Recoil by Kyle Crichton
      9. Two Plays by William Gibson
      10. Journey Into Crime by Don Whitehead
      11. It Isn't All Mink by Ginette Spanier
      12. Figleaf: The Business of Being in Fashion by Eve Merriam
    19. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 130-135
    20. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 136-140
    21. Cover by Charles Goslin
  12. [+]
    December 1960 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-18
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 19-23
    3. After Hours by Hans Bendix and Anonymous, pp. 24-30
    4. "Listen, Yankee" by C. Wright Mills, pp. 31-37
    5. The Reluctant Giver by Gertrude Friedberg, pp. 38-42
    6. Wood Odors by Walt Whitman, p. 43
    7. Repertory Fever by Robert Brustein, pp. 44-47
    8. Directions for Christmas by Richard Frost, pp. 48-51
    9. Beachcombing in the Virgin Islands by Paul Brooks, pp. 52-57
    10. An Open Letter to the Corner Grocer by Elaine Kendall, pp. 58-59
    11. The Next Summit Meeting by Henry A. Kissinger, pp. 60-70
    12. A Christian View of the Future by Reinhold Niebuhr and Henry Brandon, pp. 71-76
    13. To Mary by Robert Mezey, p. 77
    14. The Cracked Lense by Sumner Locke Elliott, pp. 78-88
    15. "Friendship U" in Moscow by Priscilla Johnson, pp. 89-99
    16. Public & Personal by William S. White, pp. 100-105
    17. The New Books by Leo Steinberg, pp. 106-119
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 120-123 - 15 Reviews
      1. In the Cool of the Day by Susan Ertz
      2. A Noble Profession by Pierre Boulle
      3. Good Bye, Ava by Richard Pike Bissell
      4. The Far Sands by Andrew Garve
      5. The Memoirs of General Lord Ismay by Hastings Lionel Ismay
      6. Vanity Fair by Cleveland Amory and Frederic Bradlee
      7. The Twenty Miracles of Saint Nicolas by Bernarda Bryson
      8. The Vulgarians by Robert Chesley Osborn
      9. Wine, Women, and Woad by Edwin Fisher
      10. American Natives by Erich Sokol
      11. Gone Away: An Indian Journey by Dom F. Moraes
      12. Copland on Music by Aaron Copland
      13. A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell
      14. Summoned by Bells by John Betjeman
      15. Times Three by Phyllis McGinley
    19. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 124-129
    20. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 130-132
    21. Cover by Burt Goldblatt
2. [+]
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3. [+]
  Issues of 1962 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1963 = 12 Issues, 241 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1964 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1965 = 12 Issues, 325 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1966 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1967 = 12 Issues, 269 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1968 = 12 Issues, 228 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1969 = 12 Issues, 248 Articles
[+]
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  Issues of 1970 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1971 = 12 Issues, 238 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1972 = 12 Issues, 222 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1973 = 12 Issues, 318 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1974 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1975 = 12 Issues, 256 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1976 = 6 Issues, 123 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1977 = 12 Issues, 226 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1978 = 12 Issues, 234 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1979 = 12 Issues, 243 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1980s = 10 Years, 119 Issues, 2,472 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1980 = 11 Issues, 219 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 231 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1982 = 12 Issues, 190 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 211 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 298 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 294 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 263 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 251 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 109 Issues, 2,094 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1990 = 11 Issues, 220 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1991 = 8 Issues, 151 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 9 Issues, 183 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 11 Issues, 224 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1995 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 12 Issues, 227 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 12 Issues, 213 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1998 = 10 Issues, 182 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2000s = 9 Years, 87 Issues, 1,520 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 2000 = 11 Issues, 178 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 12 Issues, 215 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 12 Issues, 199 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 2003 = 11 Issues, 201 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 180 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 2005 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 2006 = 11 Issues, 174 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 2007 = 2 Issues, 25 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 2009 = 6 Issues, 130 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2010s = 1 Year, 2 Issues, 39 Articles
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  Issues of 2010 = 2 Issues, 39 Articles