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Things to Do

An Interview

by John Cage

The North American Review (New), Winter 1969, pp. 12-16

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    Spring 1969 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. Smalltalk by the Editors, p. 2
    2. Latin American Report by Hugh Fox, pp. 3-5
    3. American Eye by Lawrence Swaim, pp. 6-7
    4. Houston by William Beeson, pp. 8-10
    5. Chicago by T.B. Gilmore, p. 11
    6. New York by Robert Emmet Long, pp. 12-14
    7. The Liberal-Radical Marriage by Stephen Minot, pp. 15-16
    8. World War III by Marvin Bell, pp. 17-20
    9. The Colossus of Rhodes by Stephen Gray, pp. 21-28
    10. Karl Barth, 1886-1968 by David Crownfield, pp. 29-31
    11. The Hostage by William R. Slaughter, pp. 32-35
    12. Goodbye, Aristotle by E. Lagomarsino, pp. 36-37
    13. In Transit by Peter Cooley, pp. 38-39
    14. Teak by Norma Klein, pp. 40-41
    15. The Fabulist by Victor Contoski, pp. 42-44
    16. Nigeria: The War within the War by Glen E. Haydon, p. 45
    17. Passing the Masonic Home for the Aged by Herbert Scott, pp. 46-48
    18. The Tinkle-Bell by Alyce Ingram, pp. 49-50
    19. Pantomime by Richard Jackson, p. 51
    20. The Charley by Cynthia Buchanan, pp. 52-53
    21. Myself by Jane Passman, pp. 54-55
    22. NAR Heritage by Young Joseph, pp. 56-58
    23. Checking the Traps by Denis Johnson, pp. 59-64
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    Summer 1969 Issue = 38 Articles
    1. Smalltalk by James Hearst, pp. 2-3
    2. Latin American REport by Hugh Fox, p. 4
    3. The Divorcee Looks at Her Son by Herbert Scott, p. 5
    4. American Eye by Stephen Minot, pp. 6-7
    5. Dallas by Carl Childress, p. 8
    6. A Fragile Holding by Bernice Ames, p. 9
    7. Boston by Diana Gerrity, pp. 10-11
    8. Kaul: "Credibility Gap" by Donald Kaul, pp. 12-13
    9. The Fabulist by Victor Contoski, p. 14
    10. Introduction, p. 15
    11. UW: The Unrevolutionary Present by Julie Preis, pp. 16-19
    12. Postscript: The Mifflin St. Riots by Julie Preis, p. 20
    13. The Tips of Her Fingers Were Dark with Print by Ronald Moran, p. 21
    14. A Chancellor's Press Conference by H. Edwin Young, pp. 22-24
    15. Black and White at Brandeis by D.W. Light, Jr. and David Feldman, pp. 25-28
    16. Letter from Greenwood County by Helen Sorrells, p. 29
    17. The Duke Crisis: "It Ain't Over" by Thomas B. Rainey and Bunny Small, pp. 30-31
    18. Between by Frances Colvin, pp. 32-33
    19. Two Poems by Frederick Plotkin, p. 34
    20. Neighbor, Rise by Philip Fried, p. 35
    21. Three Mexican Poets by Donald Justice, pp. 36-42
    22. The Bridge by Greg Kuzma, p. 43
    23. Two Poems by Denis Johnson, p. 44
    24. Father by David Widener, p. 45
    25. Privacy by Marvin Bell, p. 45
    26. Confrontation: One Year Later by William Unger, pp. 46-47
    27. Protest and Reaction: Students and Society in Conflict by A.L. Greason, Jr., pp. 48-52
    28. Two Poems by Alan Soldofsky, p. 53
    29. The Struggle at Harvard by John Reid, pp. 54-57
    30. Madrid: La Cuestion Estudiantil by Cynthia Buchanan, pp. 58-61
    31. The Man Who Read Graham Greene by Paul Theroux, pp. 62-65
    32. Bias by Edward Thorne, pp. 66-67
    33. The Family: A Tale of Long Ago by Joseph Sander, pp. 68-72
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    38. Theatre Journal by Robert Emmet Long, pp. 79-80
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    Fall 1969 Issue = 34 Articles
    1. Smalltalk by Stephen Minot, pp. 2-5
    2. American Eye by W.K. Woods, pp. 6-7
    3. Kaul: Toward the First Empty Beer Can in Outer Space by Donald Kaul, p. 8
    4. Choosing Abundance by John Cage, pp. 9-17
    5. If They Knew Yvonne by Andre Dubus, pp. 18-26
    6. 1963 by Rosellen Brown, p. 27
    7. The Dilemma of Public Television by Stephen Glauber, pp. 28-30
    8. Distances by Richard Jackson, p. 31
    9. "Three from Illinois" by Scott Craig, p. 32
    10. The Writer by Joseph Sander, pp. 33-37
    11. Snap by Ronald De Feo, pp. 38-40
    12. Liza's Leaf Tower by Gail Godwin, pp. 41-43
    13. The Lost by Philip Dacey, p. 44
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      1. Writers in Arms by Fredrick Benson
    15. The Conspiracy to Undermine the Freaks by Bruce Niceswanger, pp. 48-50
    16. Discovering Black Literature by John Lindberg, pp. 51-55
    17. Do Not Puncture or Incinerate by Philip Dow, p. 56
    18. The Living Underground: Charles Bukowski by Hugh Fox, p. 57
    19. At 4:47 in the Afternoon by William Ford, p. 58
    20. Reading the News by Roger Mitchell, pp. 59-60
    21. Moved by Peter Owens, pp. 61-63
    22. Death Is Always with Us by Lawrence Swaim, p. 64
    23. Madame Butterfly by Alyce Ingram, pp. 65-66
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      2. Notebook 1967-68 by Robert Lowell
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    1. Smalltalk by Joseph Sander, pp. 2-5
    2. Two Poems by Donald Justice, pp. 6-7
    3. American Eye by Paul Henrickson, pp. 8-10
    4. Kaul: A Look Back Into the Present by Donald Kaul, p. 11
    5. Things to Do by John Cage, pp. 12-16
    6. $4000 by Vance Bourjaily, pp. 17-25
    7. The Attic by Greg Kuzma, p. 26
    8. Promise of Peace by Jack Hodgins, pp. 27-31
    9. What Animal by Elizabeth Bartlett, p. 32
    10. Covery by Erling Larsen, pp. 33-40
    11. We Are Not Taken by Your Impeccable Manners, Corot by John Taggart, p. 41
    12. Bias: Myths and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Basheer K. Nijim, pp. 42-43
    13. Ruminations by Louis Ginsberg, pp. 44-45
    14. In Advent by A. Poulin, Jr., pp. 46-47
    15. Pax in Bello by Edwin Nierenberg, pp. 48-59
    16. Poem by Howard Weinberg, p. 60
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    23. Cover: "The Burden of Memory" by Shirley Haupt
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