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The Day the Fire Came

by Virginia Bell Dabney

The Harpers Monthly, April 1990, pp. 34-36

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    8. The Thrill of Poverty by Thomas Monaghan, pp. 22-24
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    11. Belushi and the Albanian Dream by Abaz Hoxha, pp. 28-29
    12. Fear of Music II , pp. 30-31
    13. Road Warrior: Mel Gibson on Hamlet by Mel Gibson, pp. 32-33
    14. Observations and Experiments by Annie Dillard, p. 34
    15. In Search of the Indispensable by Giorgio Manganelli, p. 35
    16. The Wonder Years by Hugh Gallagher, p. 36
    17. Fawn Hall's Laptop , pp. 36-38
    18. Edward's Anecdote by Donald Hall, p. 39
    19. On Getting One's Footing by Edward Hoagland, pp. 39-40
    20. Essay by John Lukacs, pp. 41-48
    21. Story by Margaret Atwood, pp. 49-57
    22. Annotation by Sharon Danann, pp. 58-65
    23. Miscellany by Ursula K. Le Guin, pp. 66-67
    24. Texas Letter by Earl Shorris, pp. 68-78
    25. Acrostic by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 79
    26. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby Jr., pp. 80-82
    27. Cover: Photograph by Barry Marcus
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    1. Letters by Kenneth S. Tollett and Adam Parker, pp. 4-6
    2. Notebook by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 7-14
    3. Harper's Index, pp. 15-16
    4. Readings by Christopher Lasch, pp. 17-21
    5. Bailout Etiquette: A Primer , pp. 22-27
    6. Beijing's China Card , pp. 28-30
    7. Germany After NATO by Josef Joffe, pp. 31-33
    8. Bullish On War , pp. 34-37
    9. A Very Rainbow Coalition by John E. Brandenburg, pp. 38-41
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    12. Juno of the Veil by Guy Davenport, pp. 47-49
    13. Report by L.J. Davis, pp. 50-67
    14. Miscellany by Garrison Keillor, pp. 68-70
    15. Panama City Letter by Francisco Goldman, pp. 71-78
    16. Acrostic by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 79
    17. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby Jr., pp. 80-82
    18. Cover: Illustration by Ronald Searle
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    2. Notebook by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 12-16
    3. Harper's Index, p. 17
    4. Readings by Vaclav Havel, pp. 18-20
    5. Saddam Hussein: The Old Tack , p. 21
    6. S&Ls: The Final Frontier by Stanley E. Adams, pp. 22-23
    7. No More Seventh-Inning Sex , pp. 24-25
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    12. Going by August Kleinzahler, pp. 40-43
    13. Annotation by Marshall Blonsky, pp. 44-46
    14. Forum: Sacred for Sale? by Lori Andrews, Jack Kevorkian, and Andrew Kimbrell, ..., pp. 47-56
    15. Memoir by Richard Rodriguez, pp. 57-67
    16. Story by Lee K. Abbott, pp. 68-73
    17. Capital Letter by Christopher Hitchens, pp. 74-82
    18. Acrostic by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 83
    19. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby Jr., pp. 84-86
    20. Cover: Photograph by Larry Lee
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    2. Harper's Index, pp. 13-14
    3. Readings by David Rieff, pp. 15-16
    4. Accentuate the Negative , p. 17
    5. Touchy Topics in the Gulf , pp. 18-19
    6. On the Run With Manuel Noriega , pp. 20-23
    7. Insider Baseball: How Sununu Sold Souter by Patrick B. McGuigan, pp. 24-26
    8. Censorship and Its Aftermath by Nadine Gordimer, pp. 27-29
    9. We Did What Was Expected of Us by Yehuda Amichai, pp. 30-31
    10. The General Theory of Not-Gardening by Leszek Kolakowski, p. 32
    11. The Machine in the Kitchen by John Thorne, pp. 32-39
    12. Waiting for a Glass Eye by Natalie Kusz, pp. 40-46
    13. Essay by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 47-57
    14. Report by David Guterson, pp. 58-71
    15. Big Chills by Andrei Codrescu, pp. 72-82
    16. Acrostic by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 83
    17. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby Jr., pp. 84-86
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