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1929 and 1969

Financial Genius is a Short Memory and a Rising Market

by John Kenneth Galbraith

The Harpers Monthly, November 1969, pp. 55-62

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    January 1969 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-9
    2. The Easy Chair---Letter from Leete's Island by John Fischer, pp. 10-21
    3. President Nixon and Vietnam by David Halberstam, pp. 22-25
    4. Harper's Puzzle No. 6---Acrostickler by Henry Allen, pp. 26-30
    5. The White House and the Intellectuals by Eric F. Goldman, pp. 31-45
    6. The Golden Dream of Zelda Fitzgerald by Nancy Milford, pp. 46-53
    7. The New York Times: Inside a Great Newspaper---Part I by Gay Talese, pp. 54-64
    8. Memorial Hall, Cambridge, July 3 by L.E. Sissman, pp. 65-78
    9. The Offal Kind by Ayi Kwei Armah, pp. 79-83
    10. Gates to the City---Bowery Hotel by Don McCaig, p. 84
    11. Prague: The Grand Illusion by Claire Sterling, pp. 85-97
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      1. The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell by Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus, and George Orwell
    13. Introduced in Harper's, p. 103
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      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 104-106 - 9 Reviews
      1. A World of Profit by Louis Auchincloss
      2. War for an Afternoon by Jens Krouse
      3. The Shadow of Blooming Grove by Francis Russell
      4. Gordon Parks: A Poet and His Camera by Gordon Parks
      5. God's Country and My People by Wright Morris
      6. Where They Go To Die by Richard M. Garvin and Robert E. Burger
      7. The Youth Doctors by Patrick M. McGrady, Jr.
      8. The Strength of Government by McGeorge Bundy
      9. In Our Time by Paul H. Douglas
    15. [+]
      Performing Arts---Victims by Robert Kotlowitz, p. 107 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Fixer (1968 Film) by John Frankenheimer
      2. The Great White Hope (1970 Film) by Martin Ritt
      3. The Lion in Winter (1968 Film) by Anthony Harvey
    16. Solution to Acrostickler No. 5, pp. 108-109
    17. Music in the Round---Miss Sutherland and a Crazy Plot by "Discus", p. 110
    18. Coming in Harper's, pp. 111-114
    19. Cover by Lawrence Ratzkin
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    February 1969 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-13
    2. The Easy Chair by Nicholas Johnson, pp. 14-22
    3. After Hours by Russell Lynes, pp. 23-25
    4. Cemetery: Litchfield County by Rose Styron, pp. 26-32
    5. God, Country, and Billy Graham by John Corry, pp. 33-39
    6. The New York Times, Part II by Gay Talese, pp. 40-58
    7. Stonewall Jackson's Waterloo by Albert Murray, pp. 59-64
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      Trash, Art, and the Movies by Pauline Kael, pp. 65-83 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Scalphunters (1968 Film) by Sydney Pollack
      2. Wild in the Streets (1968 Film) by Barry Shear
      3. In the Heat of the Night (1967 Film) by Norman Jewison
      4. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 Film) by Norman Jewison
      5. 2001 - A Space Odyssey~~Two Thousand and One - A Space Odyssey (1965 Film) by Stanley Kubrick
    9. Theft of the Nation by Donald R. Cressey, pp. 84-90
    10. America: Three Foreign Comments by Anthony Howard, p. 91
    11. The Guilty Optimists by Sabina Lietzmann, pp. 92-93
    12. A Time for Choice by Adelbert de Segonzac, pp. 94-97
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      1. An Ethic for Survival by Adlai Stevenson and Michael H. Prosser
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      1. The Sleep of Reason by C.P. Snow
      2. Bruno's Dream by Iris Murdoch
      3. The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir
      4. The Other Side of the Mountain by Michel Bernanos
      5. Biography: The Craft and the Calling by Catherine Drinker Bowen
      6. The Frick Collection by Joseph Focarino
      7. Business Adventures by John Brooks
      8. A Matter of Choice by Henry A. Schroeder
    15. Solution to Acrostickler No. 6, pp. 103-104
    16. Performing Arts---Ballet by Robert Kotlowitz, p. 105
    17. Coming in Harper's, pp. 106-107
    18. Music in the Round---Pianists: Standard and Offbeat by "Discus", pp. 108-109
    19. Harper's Puzzle No. 7---Acrostickler by Henry Allen, pp. 110-114
    20. Cover by Lawrence Ratzkin
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    1. Sixties by Lawrence Durrell, p. 4
    2. Letters, pp. 4-5
    3. Solution to Acrostickler No. 7, pp. 6-11
    4. The Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-17
    5. Coming in Harper's, pp. 18-27
    6. Washington Report by Arthur Blaustein, pp. 28-40
    7. Vietnam and the End of the Age of Superpowers by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 41-49
    8. Two From the Midwest by Larry L. King, pp. 50-56
    9. The Place Where I've Not Been by Yehuda Amichai, p. 57
    10. Jesse Jackson: Heir to Dr. King? by Richard Levine, pp. 58-70
    11. E.E. Cummings: Twenty-Three Letters by F.W. Dupee, George Stade, and E.E. Cummings, pp. 71-80
    12. Nights at O'Rear's by Patricia Browning Griffith, pp. 81-89
    13. Statues by John Ratti, p. 90
    14. The New Geography by Peter R. Gould, pp. 91-101
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      1. Steps by Jerzy Kosinski
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      A Rose for Emily by Justin Kaplan, pp. 106-108 - 2 Reviews
      1. Etiquette by Emily Post
      2. Emily Post's Etiquette by Elizabeth L. Post and Emily Post
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, p. 109 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Collected Short Prose of James Agee by Robert Fitzgerald and James Agee
      2. The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford
      3. The Duke of Palermo and Other Plays by Edmund Wilson
      4. Cain X 3 by James M. Cain
      5. Bankers, Bones and Beetles by Geoffrey Hellman
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      Performing Arts by Robert Kotlowitz, pp. 110-111 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968 Film) by William Friedkin
      2. The Magus (1968 Film) by Guy Green
      3. Candy (1968 Film) by Christian Marquand
      4. The Brotherhood (1968 Film) by Martin Ritt
      5. Ice Station Zebra (1968 Film) by John Sturges
    19. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 112-113
    20. Harper's Puzzle No. 8---Acrostickler by Henry Allen, pp. 114-116
    21. Cover by Lawrence Ratzkin
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    April 1969 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. About This Issue, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-11
    3. The Easy Chair---The Minnesota Experiment by John Fischer, pp. 12-36
    4. Drums, Guns, and the New Man by John Corry, pp. 37-45
    5. England's Cruel Earth by Ronald Blythe, pp. 46-57
    6. Rubbings by Julia Whedon, pp. 58-61
    7. Nobody Knows... by Jeremy Larner, pp. 62-69
    8. A Friend of the Family by Louis Simpson, pp. 70-78
    9. Have You Seen Thomas? by John Nagenda, pp. 79-80
    10. Temptations of a Boston Atheist by Nat Hentoff, pp. 81-84
    11. First Snow by Harvey Shapiro, pp. 85-86
    12. From Beyond the Cigarette by John Hollander, pp. 87-91
    13. Arms Dealer Sam by George Thayer, pp. 92-103
    14. [+]
      Books---Waxing Wroth by Kingsley Amis, pp. 104-107 - 1 Review
      1. Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
    15. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 108-109 - 7 Reviews
      1. A Compass Error by Sybille Bedford
      2. Supper with the Borgias by Richard Jones
      3. Foxes on the Hill by Serena Sue Hilsinger
      4. The Valentine Victim by Dougal McLeish
      5. Maigret in Vichy by Georges Simenon
      6. Torregreca by Ann Cornelisen
      7. The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon
    16. Solution to Aerostickler No. 8, pp. 110-111
    17. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 112-114
    18. [+]
      Performing Arts---Films by Robert Kotlowitz, p. 115 - 3 Reviews
      1. Stolen Kisses (1968 Film) by Francois Truffaut
      2. If... (1968 Film) by Lindsay Anderson
      3. The Guru (1969 Film) by James Ivory
    19. Coming in Harper's, pp. 116-117
    20. Harper's Puzzle No. 9---Acrostickler by Henry Allen, p. 118
    21. Cover by Lawrence Ratzkin
  5. [+]
    May 1969 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. About This Issue, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-13
    3. The Easy Chair---Seattle's Modern-Day Vigilantes by John Fischer, pp. 14-17
    4. Solution to Acrostickler No. 9, pp. 18-27
    5. After Hours---The Academy That Overlooks Rome by Russell Lynes, pp. 28-36
    6. The New Black Myths by Peter Schrag, pp. 37-42
    7. Yesterdays in Grand Rapids by John Thompson, pp. 43-51
    8. Living There by James Dickey, pp. 52-53
    9. One Can Suffer Anywhere by Oscar Lewis, pp. 54-64
    10. Since When Do They Charge Admission by Wright Morris, pp. 65-70
    11. Nobody Knows... by Jeremy Larner, pp. 71-84
    12. The Vealers by Maxine Kumin, pp. 85-95
    13. [+]
      Books---The Wounds of All Generations by Irving Howe, p. 96 - 1 Review
      1. Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story by Carlos Baker
    14. Lines From California by Arthur Miller, pp. 97-101
    15. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 102-105 - 8 Reviews
      1. Naked in Garden Hills by Harry Crews
      2. Bullet Park by John Cheever
      3. This Very Tree by Josephine Young Case
      4. A Dog's Life by Michael Holroyd
      5. Orlando King by Isabel Colegate
      6. Between Two Seas by Patrick B. Kinross
      7. The Poet and Her Book by Jean Gould
      8. Years of Hope by Konstantin Paustovsky
    16. Performing Arts---Into the Fillmore East by Robert Kotlowitz, pp. 106-109
    17. Music in the Round by "Discus", p. 110
    18. Coming in Harper's, p. 111
    19. Harper's Puzzle No. 10---Acrostickler by Henry Allen, pp. 112-114
    20. Cover by Sheila Berger
  6. [+]
    June 1969 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. About This Issue, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-11
    3. The Easy Chair---The Artist and the University by Eric Larrabee, pp. 12-27
    4. Solution to Acrostickler No. 10, pp. 28-30
    5. How to Control the Military by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 31-43
    6. A Word in Your Ear on Behalf of Indifference by Peter Davison, pp. 44-48
    7. My Wife, the Naked Film Star by Leslie H. Farber, pp. 49-55
    8. St. Paul and the American Condition by Midge Decter, pp. 56-57
    9. Epitaph for a Ladies' Man by David Wagoner, pp. 58-61
    10. Cal Coolidge & the Co by John Ciardi, pp. 62-64
    11. Cooling Off With LBJ by Marshall Frady, pp. 65-72
    12. The Return of Ted Williams by John Corry, pp. 73-76
    13. A Deathplace by L.E. Sissman, pp. 77-78
    14. Letter to Jorge Luis Borges: Apropos of the Golem by John Hollander, pp. 79-80
    15. Farce Kept Breaking In by Frank O'Connor, pp. 81-86
    16. [+]
      Books---The Rebel as Writer by Robert Kotlowitz, pp. 87-91 - 1 Review
      1. An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir by Lillian Hellman
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 92-95 - 8 Reviews
      1. Pictures of Fidelman by Bernard Malamud
      2. Colonel Blessington by Pamela Frankau
      3. Henry James, Vol. IV by Leon Edel
      4. My Son's Father by Dom F. Moraes
      5. Mystery and Manners by Flannery O'Connor, Sally Fitzgerald, and Robert Fitzgerald, ...
      6. The Sound of Mountain Water by Wallace Stegner
      7. Open Horizons by Sigurd F. Olson
      8. The Prairie World by David F. Costello
    18. Performing Arts---Conversations with Pierre Boulez by Roland Gelatt, pp. 96-100
    19. Music in the Round---Wild Romantics by "Discus", p. 101
    20. Coming in Harper's, pp. 102-103
    21. Harper's Puzzle No. 11---Acrostickler by Henry Allen, pp. 104-106
    22. Cover by Sheila Berger
  7. [+]
    July 1969 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. About This Issue, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-11
    3. The Easy Chair---A Different Kind of Campus by John Fischer, pp. 12-20
    4. The Very Expensive Education of McGeorge Bundy by David Halberstam, pp. 21-40
    5. Black Boy in the Dark by Anthony Hecht, p. 41
    6. Tiem: After Luce by Richard Pollak, pp. 42-50
    7. The Floating Lady by David Wagoner, pp. 51-52
    8. Rock Style: Defying the American Dream by Sara Davidson, pp. 53-62
    9. In the Reign of peace by Hugh Nissenson, pp. 63-65
    10. Warren Burnette: Texas Lawyer by Larry L. King, pp. 66-77
    11. Going Home in America: Lexington, Kentucky by Elizabeth Hardwick, pp. 78-83
    12. [+]
      Books---Herbert Marcuse or Milovan Djilas? by Irving Howe, pp. 84-92 - 2 Reviews
      1. An Essay on Liberation by Herbert Marcuse
      2. The Unperfect Society by Milovan Djilas
    13. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 93-95 - 8 Reviews
      1. Except for Me and Thee by Jessamyn West
      2. Cowboys Don't Cry by Lawrence James Davis
      3. Love, Roger by Charles Webb
      4. The Throwaway Children by Lisa Aversa Richette
      5. In My Own Time by John Lehmann
      6. The Publishing Experience by Cass Canfield
      7. Freedom from the Known by Jiddu Krishnamurti
      8. Vermont: A Special World by Ralph Nading Hill, Murray Hoyt, and Walter Hard, Jr., ...
    14. Winners of the Harper's Magazine Criticism Contest for College Students, pp. 96-97
    15. [+]
      Performing Arts by Robert Kotlowitz, p. 98 - 1 Review
      1. The Angel Levine (1970 Film) by Jan Kadar
    16. Solution to Acrostickler No. 11, pp. 99-100
    17. Music in the Round---Lieder Masters by "Discus", p. 101
    18. Coming in Harper's, p. 102
    19. Harper's Puzzle No. 12---Acrostickler by Henry Allen, pp. 103-106
    20. Cover by Sheila Berger
  8. [+]
    August 1969 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. About This Issue, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-13
    3. The Easy Chair---Where It's At by John Fischer, pp. 14-20
    4. After Hours by Russell Lynes, pp. 21-26
    5. The Forgotten American by Peter Schrag, pp. 27-34
    6. Gary, Indiana by Marshall Frady, pp. 35-45
    7. The Selling of the President 1968 by Joe McGinniss, pp. 46-58
    8. Burnt Out by Daryl Hine, pp. 59-60
    9. Troop Withdrawal--The Initial Step by Thomas Parker, pp. 61-68
    10. Harvard on My Mind by Michael Holroyd, pp. 69-72
    11. The Dream He Never Knew the End of by Robert Penn Warren, pp. 73-75
    12. Back to Madrid by Barbara Probst Solomon, pp. 76-89
    13. [+]
      Books---The Uncomplaining Homosexuals by Diana Trilling, pp. 90-92 - 1 Review
      1. My Father and Myself by J.R. Ackerley
    14. Solution to Acrostickler No. 12, pp. 93-94
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      Books in Brief, p. 95 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Immortalist by Alan Harrington
      2. Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles by Harrison E. Salisbury and Georgi K. Zhukov
      3. America at Random by Herbert Mitgang
      4. Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges by Richard Burgin and Jorge Luis Borges
      5. The Big Little Man from Brooklyn by St. Clair McKelway
    16. [+]
      Fiction The Olympian, by Brian Glanville, pp. 96-97 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Olympian by Brian Glanville
      2. The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
      3. You Must Know Everything by Isaac Babel and Nathalie Babel
    17. Performing Arts---Television Reviewing by Richard Burgheim, pp. 98-101
    18. Music in the Round---Singing Beautifully by "Discus", p. 102
    19. Coming in Harper's, p. 103
    20. Harper's Puzzle No. 13---Acrostickler by Henry Allen, pp. 104-106
    21. Cover photograph by Leonard Soned
  9. [+]
    September 1969 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. About This Issue, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-11
    3. The Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-23
    4. Performing Arts by Robert Christgau, pp. 24-31
    5. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 32-33
    6. Solution to Acrostickler No. 13, pp. 34-36
    7. In Russia by Arthur Miller and Inge Morath, pp. 37-79
    8. What Kind of Army? by Blair Clark, pp. 80-82
    9. Sours of the Hills by Gary Snyder, p. 83
    10. Alcohol Tripping by Don Mitchell, pp. 84-88
    11. Willowware Cup by James Merrill, pp. 89-91
    12. Goodbye, Dolly by Jack Newfield, pp. 92-98
    13. San Francisco State by Jack Langguth, pp. 99-117
    14. Harper's Puzzle---Acrostickler No. 14 by Henry Allen, pp. 118-119
    15. Afterwards by Rose Styron, pp. 120-121
    16. [+]
      Books by John Thompson, pp. 122-127 - 2 Reviews
      1. Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
      2. The Four-Gated City by Doris Lessing
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief, p. 128 - 5 Reviews
      1. Once in Golconda by John Brooks
      2. Black and White by Brigid Brophy
      3. God Bless You Real Good by Alan Levy
      4. Birds, Beasts, and Relatives by Gerald Durrell
      5. Supergrow by Benjamin DeMott
    18. [+]
      Fiction Pairing Off, by Julian Moynahan, pp. 129-132 - 2 Reviews
      1. Pairing Off by Julian Moynahan
      2. Seventeen Lost Stories by W. Somerset Maugham and Craig V. Showalter
  10. [+]
    October 1969 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. About This Issue, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-11
    3. The Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-23
    4. Performing Arts by Walter Kerr, pp. 24-43
    5. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 44-48
    6. In the Country of the Young by John W. Aldridge, pp. 49-64
    7. Jacqueline Susann: The Writing Machine by Sara Davidson, pp. 65-67
    8. To Certain English Poets by Donald Davie, pp. 68-71
    9. Greece: The Death of Liberty by John Corry, pp. 72-78
    10. Third Psalm: The September Vision by W.S. Merwin, pp. 79-81
    11. Missileland by Richard Pollak, pp. 82-85
    12. Natural Linguistics by W.H. Auden, pp. 86-91
    13. The Presidency Under Scrutiny by Tom Wicker, pp. 92-93
    14. In Our Day by Harvey Shapiro, p. 94
    15. Memphis by Marianne Leonard, pp. 95-103
    16. Taps at Utah Beach by Robert Kotlowitz, pp. 104-112
    17. Memories of Joe McCarthy by Dean Acheson, pp. 113-125
    18. [+]
      Books: Dostoevsky---The struggle to create by Irving Howe, pp. 126-132 - 1 Review
      1. Dostoevsky: The Notebooks for the Possessed by Edward Wasiolek and Fyodor Dostoevsky
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief, p. 133 - 2 Reviews
      1. How to Raise a Human Being by Lee Salk and Rita Kramer
      2. The Trial of Dr. Spock by Jessica Mitford
    20. [+]
      Fiction The Bamboo Bed, by William Eastlake, p. 134 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Bamboo Bed by William Eastlake
      2. Fat City by Leonard Gardner
    21. [+]
      Verse Untitled Subjects, by Richard Howard, pp. 135-136 - 2 Reviews
      1. Untitled Subjects by Richard Howard
      2. The Fire Screen by James Merrill
    22. Coming in Harper's, p. 137
    23. Acrostickler No. 15, pp. 138-140
    24. Cover: The Death of Socrates
  11. [+]
    November 1969 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. About This Issue, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-20
    3. The Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 21-27
    4. Performing Arts by Margot Hentoff, pp. 28-35
    5. Coming in Harper's, pp. 36-39
    6. Letters from Hamburger Hill by Neil Sheehan, pp. 40-54
    7. 1929 and 1969 by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 55-62
    8. My Summer Vacation in Biafra by Herbert Gold, pp. 63-68
    9. The Flight from City Hall by Fred Powledge, pp. 69-86
    10. The Third Son by Andrei Platonov, pp. 87-89
    11. Ask Not What Ted Sorensen Can Do For You... by David Halberstam, pp. 90-91
    12. In the Badlands by David Wagoner, p. 92
    13. In the Country of the Young, Part II by John W. Aldridge, pp. 93-107
    14. The Undeclared Witch-Hunt by Tom Wicker, pp. 108-110
    15. Igor Stavinsky: On Illness and Death by Robert Craft, pp. 111-126
    16. [+]
      The Clever, the Trut, and the Marvelous by John Thompson, pp. 127-135 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Waterfall by Margaret Drabble
      2. A Special Providence by Richard Yates
      3. The Collected Stories by Peter Taylor
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief, p. 136 - 2 Reviews
      1. Sanctuary V by Budd Schulberg
      2. Listen to the Silence by David W. Elliott
    18. [+]
      Nonfiction Notes on a Cowardly Lion, by John Lahr, pp. 136-137 - 2 Reviews
      1. Notes on a Cowardly Lion by John Lahr
      2. Ben Jonson: The Complete Masques by Stephen Orgel and Ben Jonson
    19. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 138-139
    20. Acrostickler No. 16, pp. 140-142
    21. Cover photograph by Leonard Soned
  12. [+]
    December 1969 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. About This Issue, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-25
    3. The Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 26-39
    4. Performing Arts by Bernard Taper, pp. 40-43
    5. Clouds by John Ashbery, pp. 44-45
    6. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 46-56
    7. California: The Rending of the Veil by Marshall Frady, pp. 57-63
    8. The Presence by Maxine Kumin, pp. 64-73
    9. The Los Angeles Times by John Corry, pp. 74-80
    10. The Beginning of the Plains by W.S. Merwin, pp. 81-82
    11. The Young People of North Long Beach by James Q. Wilson, pp. 83-89
    12. The Hen Flower by Galway Kinnell, pp. 90-91
    13. "I Am Marty Ackerman. I Am Thirty-Six Years Old and I Am Very Rich. I Hope to Make the ... by Otto Friedrich, pp. 92-121
    14. France: A Struggle Against the Second-Rate by Friedel Ungeheuer, pp. 122-129
    15. [+]
      Books by Irving Howe, pp. 130-143 - 9 Reviews
      1. A Different Drummer by William M. Kelley
      2. This Child's Gonna Live by Sarah E. Wright
      3. Sons of Darkness, Sons of Light by John Alfred Williams
      4. A Wilderness of Vines by Hal Bennett
      5. The Black Wine by Hal Bennett
      6. The Flagellants by Carlene Hatcher Polite
      7. Hue and Cry by James Alan McPherson
      8. The Free-Lance Pallbearers by Ishmael Reed
      9. Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down by Ishmael Reed
    16. Coming in Harper's, pp. 144-145
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief, pp. 146-148 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Fifth Column, and Four Unpublished Stories of the Spanish Civil War by Ernest Hemingway
      2. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
      3. Selected Writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann by Leonard J. Kent, Elizabeth C. Knight, and E.T.A. Hoffmann, ...
    18. [+]
      Nonfiction The Book of Imaginary Beings, by Jorge Luis Bo..., pp. 149-150 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero
      2. The Jewish Wife by Gwen Gibson Schwartz and Barbara Wyden
      3. Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen
    19. [+]
      Verse Scattered Returns, by L.E. Sissman, pp. 151-153 - 2 Reviews
      1. Scattered Returns by L.E. Sissman
      2. Parlour Poetry: A Casquet of Gems by Michael R. Turner
    20. Acrostickler No. 17, pp. 154-156
    21. Cover painting by Daniel Schwartz
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1. [+]
  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
[+]
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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
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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
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Issues of the 2010s = 1 Year, 2 Issues, 39 Articles
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  Issues of 2010 = 2 Issues, 39 Articles