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Bussiness '78

by James Traub

The Saturday Review, November 11, 1978, pp. 18-21

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    Issues of Jan.-Mar. 1978 = 6 Issues, 169 Articles
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      January 7, 1978 Issue = 30 Articles
      1. Editor's Page by N.C., pp. 4-5
      2. Letters from Readers, pp. 6-7
      3. Front Runners, pp. 8-9
      4. The Great Health Care Rip-off by Robert Claiborne, pp. 10-16
      5. Introduction, pp. 17-18
      6. Daft with Island Love by Neil Morgan, p. 19
      7. Of Man and Islands by Caskie Stinnett, pp. 20-21
      8. The Compleat Island Collector's Private Gazetteer of Places Offbeat, If Not Outlandish by Judith Morgan, pp. 22-23
      9. Easter on Atlantis by Laurence Halley, pp. 24-25
      10. Key West, the Living Edge by Horace Sutton, pp. 26-29
      11. Islands of Contention by Stanley Karnow, pp. 30-32
      12. Why Writers Need Islands by C. Northcote Parkinson, pp. 33-34
      13. [+]
        Electronic Pollution by Robert Claiborne, p. 35 - 1 Review
        The Zapping of America by Paul Brodeur
      14. [+]
        Ecstasy and Death by William Plummer, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review
        Dispatches by Michael Herr
      15. [+]
        Our Vulnerable Generals by Walter Goodman, p. 38 - 1 Review
        The War Managers by Douglas Kinnard
      16. [+]
        Of Prophecy and Puppetry by Paul Bailey, p. 39 - 1 Review
        The Ice Age by Margaret Drabble
      17. [+]
        Books in Brief by Robert Stephen Spitz, p. 40 - 1 Review
        Flesh and Blood by Pete Hamill
      18. [+]
        Review Johnny, I Hardly Knew You, by Edna O'Brien by Rhoda Koenig, p. 40 - 1 Review
        Johnny, I Hardly Knew You by Edna O'Brien
      19. Literary Crypt No. 98, p. 40
      20. Wit Twister No. 109, p. 40
      21. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 41 - 1 Review
        Lorenzino by Arvin Upton
      22. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 42
      23. Journalist of the Plague Years by Owen Edwards, pp. 43-45
      24. [+]
        Close Encounters of a Benign Kind by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 46 - 1 Review
        Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 Film) by Steven Spielberg
      25. Communism's More Human Face by Karl E. Meyer, p. 47
      26. Remembering the Mighty Wurlitzer by Walter Terry, p. 48
      27. Light Reflections by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 49-54
      28. Double-Crostic No. 138, p. 55
      29. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 56-58
      30. Cover by Charles Anatole
    2. [+]
      January 21, 1978 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. Editor's Page by N.C., p. 4
      2. Letters from Readers, p. 5
      3. Front Runners, pp. 6-10
      4. Introduction, p. 11
      5. The Corporation as Public Enemy No. 1 by David W. Ewing, pp. 12-19
      6. Industry Fights Back by S. Prakash Sethi and Herbert Schmertz, pp. 20-25
      7. Truth or Consequences by David Finn, pp. 26-29
      8. A Cure for Corporate Neurosis by Robert Lekachman, pp. 30-35
      9. Corporate Architecture by Paul Goldberger, pp. 36-38
      10. Tippett, Wilson, and the Musical Quote by Irving Kolodin, pp. 39-40
      11. [+]
        My All-time Favorites by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 41-43 - 1 Review
        Gone With the Wind (1939 Film) by Victor Fleming, George Cukor, and Sam Wood
      12. [+]
        Not for Men Only by Peter Andrews, p. 44 - 2 Reviews
        Beyond the Male Myth by Anthony Pietropinto and Jacqueline Simenauer
        Male Sexuality by Bernie Zilbergeld
      13. [+]
        Caged Misery by Robert F. Moss, pp. 45-46 - 2 Reviews
        Richard Wright Reader by Ellen Wright, Michel Fabre, and Richard Wright
        American Hunger by Richard Wright
      14. [+]
        Light, Motion, Life by Robert Pinsky, pp. 47-48 - 1 Review
        To a Blossoming Pear Tree by James Wright
      15. [+]
        Books in Brief by Lincoln Caplan, p. 49 - 1 Review
        Natural Shocks by Richard Stern
      16. [+]
        Review Elizabeth Bowen: A Biography, by Victoria Glen... by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, p. 49 - 1 Review
        Elizabeth Bowen: A Biography by Victoria Glendinning
      17. [+]
        Review Big Bad Wolves, by Joan Mellen by John Fludas, p. 49 - 1 Review
        Big Bad Wolves by Joan Mellen
      18. [+]
        Review Adultery and Other Choices, by Andre Dubus by Jack Sullivan, p. 50 - 1 Review
        Adultery and Other Choices by Andre Dubus
      19. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 51 - 1 Review
        Inklings by Geoffrey Wolff
      20. Trade Winds by William Cole, pp. 52-53
      21. Sporting Life by Jonathan Evan Maslow, p. 54
      22. Double-Crostic No. 139, p. 55
      23. Education Now by Roger M. Williams, p. 56
      24. Literary Crypt No. 99, p. 57
      25. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 58
      26. Wit Twister No. 110, pp. 59-63
      27. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 64-66
      28. Cover by Overton Lloyd
    3. [+]
      February 4, 1978 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. Editor's Page by N.C., p. 4
      2. Letters from Readers, p. 5
      3. Front Runners, pp. 6-11
      4. How to Kill a College by Theodore L. Gross, pp. 12-20
      5. Hearts and Florishes, pp. 21-24
      6. Wit Twister No. 111, p. 25
      7. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 25-29
      8. [+]
        Up from Aristocracy by Jane Larkin Crain, pp. 30-31 - 1 Review
        On Becoming American by Ted Morgan
      9. [+]
        Servicing the Army by Emile Capouya, p. 32 - 1 Review
        Captain Pantoja and the Special Service by Mario Vargas Llosa
      10. A Crazing for Reality by William Jay Smith, p. 33
      11. Two Poems by Andrei Voznesensky, pp. 34-36
      12. [+]
        Books in Brief by Robert Stephen Spitz, p. 37 - 1 Review
        The Ringmaster by Darryl Ponicsan
      13. [+]
        Review Commissioner, by Patrick V. Murphy and Thomas ... by Peter Gardner, p. 37 - 1 Review
        Commissioner by Patrick V. Murphy and Thomas Plate
      14. [+]
        Review The Second Ring of Power, by Carlos Castaneda by Thomas Leclair, p. 38 - 1 Review
        The Second Ring of Power by Carlos Castaneda
      15. [+]
        Review Letters from the Field, 1925-1975, by Margaret... by James Sloan Allen, pp. 38-39 - 1 Review
        Letters from the Field, 1925-1975 by Margaret Mead
      16. Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 40
      17. Literary Crypt No. 100, p. 40
      18. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 41
      19. Neo-disco-Hindi and Other Permutations by Dean Havron, pp. 42-43
      20. A Two-Handkerchief Smash by Walter Terry, p. 44
      21. Neil Simon's First Good Play by Martin Gottfried, p. 45
      22. Cover-up at ABC by Karl E. Meyer, p. 46
      23. [+]
        Two Beached Whales by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 47 - 2 Reviews
        The Serpent's Egg (1978 Film) by Ingmar Bergman
        Another Man, Another Chance (1977 Film) by Claude Lelouch
      24. Scienceletter by Albert Rosenfeld, pp. 48-49
      25. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 50-54
      26. Double-Crostic No. 140, p. 55
      27. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 56-58
      28. Cover by Ralph Bogertman
    4. [+]
      February 18, 1978 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. Letters from Readers, pp. 4-7
      2. Front Runners, pp. 8-11
      3. What I Learned from 3,000 Doctors by Norman Cousins, pp. 12-16
      4. The Assault on Fortress Suburbia by Roger M. Williams, pp. 17-22
      5. Fair Housing by William G. Conway, pp. 23-24
      6. [+]
        Why I Rewrote "The Magus" by John Fowles, pp. 25-30 - 1 Review
        The Magus by John Fowles
      7. [+]
        From Here to Immortality by Bruce Cook, p. 31 - 1 Review
        Paradise I by Alan Harrington
      8. [+]
        Books in Brief by Laurie Stone, p. 32 - 1 Review
        Splendid Lives by Penelope Gilliatt
      9. [+]
        Review Ferber, by Julie Goldsmith Gilbert by Rhoda Koenig, p. 32 - 1 Review
        Ferber by Julie Goldsmith Gilbert
      10. [+]
        Review Organizing for Peace, by Clark M. Eichelberger by James Sloan Allen, p. 33 - 1 Review
        Organizing for Peace by Clark M. Eichelberger
      11. [+]
        Review A Vein of Riches, by John Knowles by Jack Sullivan, p. 33 - 1 Review
        A Vein of Riches by John Knowles
      12. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 34 - 1 Review
        The Last Cowboy by Jane Kramer
      13. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 35
      14. You Call That Art? by Warren Sylvester Smith, pp. 36-38
      15. A Phantasmagoric J. Edgar Hoover by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 39
      16. Wit Twister No. 112, p. 39
      17. Flights in Microspace by Owen Edwards, pp. 40-41
      18. Playmaking Is Not Enough by Martin Gottfried, p. 42
      19. Literary Crypt No. 101, p. 42
      20. Do Prize Competitions Mean Anything? by Irving Kolodin, p. 43
      21. How to Fracture an Art Film by Karl E. Meyer, p. 44
      22. Education Now by Dr. Jean Mayer, p. 45
      23. Sporting Life by Jonathan Evan Maslow, pp. 46-47
      24. Top of My Head by Goodman Ace, pp. 48-49
      25. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 50-54
      26. Double-Crostic No. 141, p. 55
      27. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 56-58
      28. Cover by Geoffrey Moss
    5. [+]
      March 4, 1978 Issue = 26 Articles
      1. Letters from Readers, pp. 4-7
      2. Front Runners, pp. 8-9
      3. Journeys with Humphrey by Norman Cousins, pp. 10-21
      4. Our All-Too-Timid Press by Tom Wicker, pp. 22-23
      5. [+]
        Just So by Peter Andrews, p. 24 - 1 Review
        The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling by Angus Wilson
      6. [+]
        The Psychiatric Zapping of America by Robert Claiborne, pp. 25-27 - 1 Review
        Mind Control by Peter Schrag
      7. [+]
        Parody of Forms by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., pp. 28-29 - 1 Review
        Shrovetide in Old New Orleans by Ishmael Reed
      8. [+]
        Books in Brief by Joyce Milton, p. 30 - 1 Review
        Reflections Without Mirrors by Louis Nizer
      9. [+]
        Review Listening to Billie, by Alice Adams by Katha Pollitt, p. 30 - 1 Review
        Listening to Billie by Alice Adams
      10. [+]
        Review The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams by Charles Nicol, p. 31 - 1 Review
        The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
      11. [+]
        Review Momo, by Emile Ajar by Robert Stephen Spitz, p. 31 - 1 Review
        Momo by Emile Ajar
      12. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 32 - 2 Reviews
        In Such Dark Places by Joseph Caldwell
        Final Payments by Mary Gordon
      13. Literary Crypt No. 102, p. 32
      14. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 33
      15. The Mystery of the Ghent Altarpiece by Jon Swan, pp. 34-39
      16. The New Neil Young by Stephen Demorest, p. 40
      17. Cult of the Second-rates by Martin Gottfried, p. 41
      18. Murder Most Foul by Karl E. Meyer, p. 42
      19. [+]
        Chaplin's Flawed Successors by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 43 - 1 Review
        High Anxiety (1977 Film) by Mel Brooks
      20. Wit Twister No. 113, p. 43
      21. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 44-45
      22. Scienceletter by Albert Rosenfeld, pp. 46-48
      23. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 49-54
      24. Double-Crostic No. 142, p. 55
      25. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 56-58
      26. Cover photo by Burt Berinsky
    6. [+]
      March 18, 1978 Issue = 29 Articles
      1. Editor's Page by N.C., p. 4
      2. Letters from Readers, p. 5
      3. Front Runners, pp. 6-9
      4. The Murderous Mind by Richard Gambino, pp. 10-13
      5. After Cook, the Deluge by Horace Sutton, pp. 14-15
      6. Tales of the New Pacific by Frank Riley, pp. 16-24
      7. Taking Nippon by Surprise by Rafael Steinberg, pp. 25-27
      8. Down and Out in Dharamsala by James Traub, pp. 28-29
      9. Nuggets of India by Barbara Coates, pp. 30-33
      10. China Passage by Susan Ochshorn, pp. 34-41
      11. The Writer's Conscience by Robertson Davies, pp. 42-45
      12. [+]
        Seeing Red by Alden Whitman, pp. 46-47 - 2 Reviews
        The Great Fear by David Caute
        The Romance of American Communism by Vivian Gornick
      13. [+]
        Books in Brief by Robert Stephen Spitz, pp. 48-52 - 1 Review
        Himself! by Eugene C. Kennedy
      14. [+]
        Review Heathcliff, by Jeffrey Caine by Katha Pollitt, p. 53 - 1 Review
        Heathcliff by Jeffrey Caine
      15. Literary Crypt No. 103, p. 54
      16. Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 54
      17. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 55
      18. A Super Season for Jon Vickers by Irving Kolodin, pp. 56-57
      19. The Golden Giveaway by Karl E. Meyer, p. 58
      20. Wit Twister No. 114, p. 59
      21. [+]
        Swordplay, and Satire by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 59 - 2 Reviews
        The Duellists (1977 Film) by Ridley Scott
        An Unmarried Woman (1978 Film) by Paul Mazursky
      22. Love Among the Middle-Aged, p. 60
      23. Bouquets for the Cleveland Ballet by Walter Terry, p. 61
      24. Sporting Life by Jonathan Evan Maslow, pp. 62-63
      25. Education Now by Jack Fincher, pp. 64-65
      26. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 66-70
      27. Double-Crostic No. 143, p. 71
      28. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 72-74
      29. Cover: "Two Tahitian Women" by Paul Gauguin
  2. [+]
    Issues of Apr.-Jun. 1978 = 7 Issues, 202 Articles
    1. [+]
      April 1, 1978 Issue = 27 Articles
      1. Editor's Page by N.C., p. 4
      2. Letters from Readers, pp. 5-6
      3. Front Runners, pp. 7-11
      4. Confusion at Harvard by Susan Schiefelbein, pp. 12-17
      5. Retreat from Anarchy by Fred M. Hechinger, pp. 18-21
      6. Jim Crow Is Alive and Well in the Old "New South" by Laughlin McDonald, pp. 22-25
      7. Scienceletter by Albert Rosenfeld, pp. 26-28
      8. Moral Fiction by John Gardner, pp. 29-32
      9. [+]
        Spies Together by Michael Wood, p. 33 - 1 Review
        The Human Factor by Graham Greene
      10. [+]
        More Passages by Anthony Astrachan, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review
        The Seasons of a Man's Life by Daniel J. Levinson
      11. Wit Twister No. 115, p. 36
      12. [+]
        Books in Brief by Jack Sullivan, p. 36 - 1 Review
        The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller by Robert A. Martin and Arthur Miller
      13. [+]
        Review Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case, by Allen Wein... by George H. Reeves, p. 36 - 1 Review
        Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case by Allen Weinstein
      14. [+]
        Review Montgomery Clift, by Patricia Bosworth by Doug Fetherling, p. 37 - 1 Review
        Montgomery Clift by Patricia Bosworth
      15. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 38 - 1 Review
        An Army of Children by Evan H. Rhodes
      16. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 39
      17. [+]
        A Night Full of Rain and Boredom by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 40-41 - 1 Review
        The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain (1978 Film) by Lina Wertmuller
      18. [+]
        The Beast in the Box by Karl E. Meyer, p. 42 - 1 Review
        Remote Control by Frank Mankiewicz and Joel Swerdlow
      19. Bone-dry in the '70s by Barry Gewen, p. 43
      20. Literary Crypt No. 104, p. 44
      21. When Theaters Collide by Martin Gottfried, p. 44
      22. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, p. 45
      23. Business '78, pp. 46-47
      24. Light Refractins by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 48-54
      25. Double-Crostic No. 144, p. 55
      26. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 56-58
      27. Cover: photo by Neil Selkirk
    2. [+]
      April 15, 1978 Issue = 34 Articles
      1. Editor's Page by Carll Tucker, p. 4
      2. Editorial by N.C., pp. 5-10
      3. Editor's Odyssey by N.C., pp. 11-23
      4. Letters, pp. 24-25
      5. Front Runners, pp. 26-27
      6. Sunbest vs. Frostbelt by Horace Sutton, pp. 28-37
      7. An Ounce of Prevention... by Ann Kliman, pp. 38-45
      8. Photography by Owen Edwards, pp. 46-49
      9. Theater by Martin Gottfried, pp. 50-53
      10. Televsion by Karl E. Meyer, pp. 54-55
      11. Fine Arts by Barbara Rose, pp. 56-60
      12. Music to My Ears by Irving Kolodin, pp. 61-63
      13. Dance by Walter Terry, p. 64
      14. [+]
        The Movies: Villainy Among the Proletariat by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 65 - 1 Review
        Blue Collar (1978 Film) by Paul Schrader
      15. Writers and Money by J.P. Donleavy, pp. 66-75
      16. [+]
        Every Soldier, Coming Home by Tim O'Brien, pp. 76-79 - 1 Review
        Whistle by James Jones
      17. [+]
        Books in Brief by Katha Pollitt, p. 80 - 1 Review
        Riders on the Earth by Archibald MacLeish
      18. [+]
        Review Perdido, by Jill Robinson by Robert Stephen Spitz, p. 81 - 1 Review
        Perdido by Jill Robinson
      19. [+]
        Review The Legacy of Mark Rothko, by Lee Seldes by Bonnie Burnham, p. 81 - 1 Review
        The Legacy of Mark Rothko by Lee Seldes
      20. [+]
        Review Metropolitan Life, by Fran Lebowitz by Anne Fadiman, pp. 82-85 - 1 Review
        Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz
      21. [+]
        Review The Runaways: Children, Husbands, Wives and Pa... by Nancy Naglin, p. 86 - 1 Review
        The Runaways: Children, Husbands, Wives and Parents by Myron Brenton
      22. Wit Twister No. 116, p. 87
      23. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, pp. 87-88 - 1 Review
        A Family Trust by Ward Just
      24. Literary Crypt No. 105, p. 89
      25. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 89
      26. Sporting Life by Jonathan Evan Maslow, pp. 90-91
      27. Oh, Cuisine! by Mordecai Richler, p. 92
      28. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 93-95
      29. Notes from the Blue Coast by Anthony Burgess, p. 96
      30. Education Now by Fred M. Hechinger, p. 97
      31. Top of My Head by Goodman Ace, p. 98
      32. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 99-103
      33. Double-Crostic No. 145, pp. 104-106
      34. Cover by John Thompson
    3. [+]
      April 29, 1978 Issue = 26 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 4-5
      2. Front Runners, pp. 6-9
      3. Our Most Ineffectual Postwar President by Tad Szulc, pp. 10-15
      4. A Consumer's Guide to Pseudoscience by James S. Trefil, pp. 16-21
      5. Literary Crypt No. 106, p. 22
      6. Music to My Ears by Irving Kolodin, pp. 22-23
      7. [+]
        The Movies: The Worst Years of Our Lives by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 24 - 1 Review
        Coming Home (1978 Film) by Hal Ashby
      8. Popular Music by Stephen Demorest, p. 25
      9. Theater by Martin Gottfried, pp. 26-30
      10. [+]
        Vishnu as a Double Agent by John Simon, pp. 31-32 - 1 Review
        Kalki by Gore Vidal
      11. [+]
        Beyond Romance by Joe David Bellamy, pp. 33-34 - 1 Review
        An American Romance by John Casey
      12. [+]
        The Good Life According to Kristol by Webster Schott, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review
        Two Cheers for Capitalism by Irving Kristol
      13. [+]
        Critic, Friend, and Teacher by Carole Cook, pp. 37-38 - 1 Review
        The Eye of the Story by Eudora Welty
      14. Wit Twister No. 117, p. 39
      15. [+]
        Books in Brief by James Sloan Allen, p. 39 - 1 Review
        Dulles by Leonard Mosley
      16. [+]
        Review Fifth Avenue, by Kate Simon by Robert F. Moss, p. 39 - 1 Review
        Fifth Avenue by Kate Simon
      17. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 40 - 1 Review
        Billy Phelan's Greatest Game by William Kennedy
      18. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 41
      19. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 42-44
      20. Oh, Cuisine! by Anthony Burgess, p. 45
      21. Editorial by N.C., pp. 46-47
      22. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 48
      23. Top of My Head by Goodman Ace, pp. 49-54
      24. Double-Crostic No. 146, p. 55
      25. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 56-58
      26. Cover by Seymour Chwast
    4. [+]
      May 13, 1978 Issue = 31 Articles
      1. Letters, p. 5
      2. Front Runners, pp. 6-7
      3. Making America Look Foolish by Don Cook, pp. 8-11
      4. Why We Can't Afford National Health Insurance by Robert Claiborne, pp. 12-17
      5. Private vs. Public Colleges by Gene I. Maeroff, pp. 18-19
      6. Nights of the Living Dead by Barney Cohen, pp. 20-23
      7. Theater by Martin Gottfried, pp. 24-25
      8. [+]
        The Movies: "The Fury"---Fourth-Class Balderdash by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 26 - 1 Review
        The Fury (1978 Film) by Brian De Palma
      9. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 27
      10. Photography by Owen Edwards, pp. 28-29
      11. Dance by Walter Terry, pp. 30-31
      12. [+]
        Growing Up Jewish and Literary by Benjamin DeMott, pp. 32-34 - 1 Review
        New York Jew by Alfred Kazin
      13. [+]
        Crimes by Computer by Alan F. Westin, p. 35 - 1 Review
        Computer Capers by Thomas Whiteside
      14. [+]
        All About Mothers by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, p. 36 - 1 Review
        The Mother Book by Liz Smith
      15. [+]
        Books in Brief by Ross Feld, p. 37 - 1 Review
        The Eighth Sin by Stefan Kanfer
      16. [+]
        Review Tolstoy Remembered, by Tatyana Tolstoy by Katha Pollitt, p. 38 - 1 Review
        Tolstoy Remembered by Tatyana Tolstoy
      17. [+]
        Review The Hill of Evil Counsel, by Amos Oz by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, p. 39 - 1 Review
        The Hill of Evil Counsel by Amos Oz
      18. [+]
        Review Stained Glass, by William F. Buckley, Jr. by Jane Larkin Crain, p. 39 - 1 Review
        Stained Glass by William F. Buckley, Jr.
      19. [+]
        Review The Ambivalence of Abortion, by Linda Bird Fra... by Laurie Stone, p. 40 - 1 Review
        The Ambivalence of Abortion by Linda Bird Francke
      20. Wit Twister No. 118, p. 40
      21. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 41
      22. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 42 - 1 Review
        The World According to Garp by John Irving
      23. Sporting Life by Jonathan Evan Maslow, pp. 43-44
      24. Literary Crypt No. 107, p. 45
      25. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 46-47
      26. Notes from the Blue Coast by Anthony Burgess, p. 48
      27. Editorial by N.C., p. 49
      28. Top of My Head by Goodman Ace, pp. 50-54
      29. Double-Crostic No. 147, p. 55
      30. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 56-58
      31. Cover by Marvin Mattelson
    5. [+]
      May 27, 1978 Issue = 29 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 6-7
      2. Front Runners, pp. 8-9
      3. Are We Afraid of Living Longer?, pp. 10-15
      4. The City That Danced to Destruction by Herbert Siegel, pp. 16-17
      5. Stalking the Wild Aristocracy by James Traub, pp. 18-19
      6. To the Manor Borne by Susan Ochshorn, pp. 20-21
      7. A Hotel Worth the Trip by Neil Morgan, pp. 22-24
      8. The Most Moneyed Resort in the World by Caskie Stinnett, pp. 25-29
      9. Zut, Alors! A Crisis Among the Escargots by Eunice Fried, pp. 30-31
      10. Life in Venice...and Thereabouts by Horace Sutton, pp. 32-38
      11. A Sybaritic Sampler by Judith Morgan, p. 39
      12. [+]
        The Movies: A Waif in Storyville by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 40-41 - 1 Review
        Pretty Baby (1978 Film) by Louis Malle
      13. Theater by Martin Gottfried, p. 42
      14. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 43
      15. Literary Crypt No. 108, p. 44
      16. Fine Arts by Barbara Rose, pp. 44-47
      17. [+]
        Twilight of the Nazi Gods by W. Warren Wagar, pp. 48-49 - 1 Review
        Final Entries, 1945 by Joseph Goebbels and Hugh Trevor-Roper
      18. Wit Twister No. 119, p. 50
      19. [+]
        Letters of a Writer's Writer by Harry Levin, pp. 51-53 - 1 Review
        Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken by Joseph Killorin and Conrad Aiken
      20. [+]
        Revelations and Prophecies by Margaret Drabble, pp. 54-56 - 1 Review
        Stories by Doris Lessing
      21. [+]
        Books in Brief by James Sloan Allen, p. 57 - 1 Review
        An Ethnic at Large by Jerre Mangione
      22. [+]
        Review Undying Grass, by Yashar Kemal by Phyllis Birnbaum, p. 57 - 1 Review
        Undying Grass by Yashar Kemal
      23. Trade Winds by William Cole, pp. 58-61
      24. Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 62
      25. Editorial by N.C., p. 63
      26. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 64-70
      27. Double-Crostic No. 148, p. 71
      28. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 72-74
      29. Cover: photograph of Veronique de Couelle, Costa Smeralda, Italy by Slim Aarons
    6. [+]
      June 10, 1978 Issue = 27 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 4-7
      2. Front Runners, pp. 8-9
      3. Getting Away with Murder by Nicholas Scoppetta, pp. 10-13
      4. Making Things Happen by Loudon Wainwright, pp. 14-17
      5. West Germany's Embattled Democracy by John Dornberg, pp. 18-21
      6. Kurt Herbert Adler by Barry Hyams, pp. 22-25
      7. Literary Crypt No. 109, p. 26
      8. Theater by Martin Gottfried, pp. 26-29
      9. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 30
      10. Wit Twister No. 120, p. 31
      11. Dance by Walter Terry, p. 31
      12. [+]
        Kissinger at State, Nixon at Bay by William Bundy, pp. 32-34 - 1 Review
        The Illusion of Peace by Tad Szulc
      13. [+]
        The Letters of Tolstoy by John Bayley, pp. 35-36 - 2 Reviews
        Tolstoy's Letters: Volume I, 1828-1879 by R.F. Christian and Leo Tolstoy
        Tolstoy's Letters: Volume II, 1880-1910 by R.F. Christian and Leo Tolstoy
      14. [+]
        Flying High by Tim O'Brien, pp. 37-38 - 1 Review
        Airships by Barry Hannah
      15. [+]
        Books in Brief by John Fludas, p. 39 - 1 Review
        Violet Clay by Gail Godwin
      16. [+]
        Review Hello, I Must be Going, by Charlotte Chandler by John Sedgwick, p. 39 - 1 Review
        Hello, I Must be Going by Charlotte Chandler
      17. [+]
        Review Fighter, by Len Deighton by George H. Reeves, p. 39 - 1 Review
        Fighter by Len Deighton
      18. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 40
      19. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 41 - 1 Review
        Two Tales by Charlotte Bronte by William Holtz and Charlotte Bronte
      20. The Weird and Wonderful Future of Home Entertainment by Ivan Berger, pp. 42-45
      21. Sporting Life by Jonathan Evan Maslow, p. 46
      22. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 47-48
      23. Editoril by N.C., p. 49
      24. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 50-54
      25. Double-Crostic No. 149, p. 55
      26. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 56-58
      27. Cover photo by Matthew Klein
    7. [+]
      June 24, 1978 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 4-5
      2. Front Runners, pp. 6-7
      3. Living with the Bomb by Peter J. Ognibene, pp. 8-9
      4. Is Nuclear Power a License to Kill? by Susan Schiefelbein, pp. 10-12
      5. Trench Coats for Sale by Don Cook, pp. 13-19
      6. Fine Arts by Betty S. Cornfeld, pp. 20-21
      7. Art Events by Vicki Goldberg, p. 22
      8. [+]
        The Movies: A Slack and Sentimental "F.I.S.T." by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 23 - 2 Reviews
        F.I.S.T. (1978 Film) by Norman Jewison
        Cat and Mouse (1978 Film) by Claude Lelouch
      9. Theater by Martin Gottfried, p. 24
      10. Television, pp. 25-27
      11. Plagiarism and Our Rubbery Copyright Laws by Harry Zehner, pp. 28-30
      12. [+]
        Defiance in the Gulag by Adam B. Ulam, pp. 31-33 - 1 Review
        The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
      13. [+]
        Muddying the Waters of Faith by Robert Claiborne, p. 34 - 1 Review
        Janus: A Summing up by Arthur Koestler
      14. [+]
        Books in Brief by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, p. 35 - 1 Review
        Time in Its Flight by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
      15. [+]
        Review Undesirable Alien, by Regis Debray by Robert Maurer, p. 35 - 1 Review
        Undesirable Alien by Regis Debray
      16. [+]
        Review A Considerable Town, by Mary Frances Kennedy F... by Rhoda Koenig, p. 35 - 1 Review
        A Considerable Town by Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher
      17. [+]
        Review Shrinking, by Alan Lelchuk by Robert Stephen Spitz, p. 35 - 1 Review
        Shrinking by Alan Lelchuk
      18. Literary Crypt No. 110, p. 36
      19. Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 36
      20. Trade Winds by William Cole, p. 37
      21. Oh, Cuisine! by William F. Buckley, Jr., pp. 38-39
      22. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 40-41
      23. Editorial by N.C., pp. 42-45
      24. Notes from the Blue Coast by Anthony Burgess, p. 46
      25. Wit Twister No. 121, pp. 46-50
      26. Double-Crostic No. 150, p. 51
      27. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 52-54
      28. Cover photo by Carl Fischer
  3. [+]
    Issues of Jul.-Sep. 1978 = 6 Issues, 164 Articles
    1. [+]
      July 8, 1978 Issue = 29 Articles
      1. Letters, p. 4
      2. Front Runners, pp. 5-7
      3. The Miracle of Regeneration by Susan Schiefelbein, pp. 8-11
      4. Business '78 by David W. Ewing, pp. 12-13
      5. Silent Invasion by Alan Riding, pp. 14-17
      6. Washington by Tad Szulc, pp. 18-19
      7. The Emptiness of Our Empty Rooms by Owen Edwards, pp. 20-21
      8. [+]
        The Movies: The Great Charlie Chaplin by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 22 - 1 Review
        A Woman of Paris (1923 Film) by Charles Chaplin
      9. Literary Crypt No. 111, p. 23
      10. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 23
      11. Theater by Martin Gottfried, p. 24
      12. Wit Twister No. 122, p. 25
      13. Music to My Ears by Irving Kolodin, p. 25
      14. Dance by Walter Terry, pp. 26-27
      15. [+]
        Madness in the Deep by Alan Harrington, pp. 28-29 - 2 Reviews
        Altered States by Paddy Chayefsky
        The Scientist by John C. Lilly
      16. The Poetry of William Bronk by Paul Auster, pp. 30-31
      17. [+]
        Images of a Lifetime by Vicki Goldberg, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        Picture Palace by Paul Theroux
      18. [+]
        Books in Brief by Carole Cook, p. 34 - 1 Review
        Selected Stories by V.S. Pritchett
      19. [+]
        Review Palace Without Chairs, by Brigid Brophy by Josh Rubins, p. 34 - 1 Review
        Palace Without Chairs by Brigid Brophy
      20. [+]
        2 Reviews A Young Man in Search of Love, by Isaac Bashev... by Edward Hirsch, pp. 34-35 - 2 Reviews
        A Young Man in Search of Love by Isaac Bashevis Singer
        Shosha by Isaac Bashevis Singer
      21. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 36 - 2 Reviews
        Condor Journal by Dick Smith
        Gandhi's Health Guide by Mahatma Gandhi
      22. Trade Winds by Walter Arnold, pp. 37-39
      23. Editorial by N.C., p. 40
      24. Top of My Head by Goodman Ace, p. 41
      25. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 42
      26. Education Now by Gene I. Maeroff, pp. 43-46
      27. Double-Crostic No. 151, p. 47
      28. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 48-50
      29. Cover photo by Matthew Klein
    2. [+]
      July 22, 1978 Issue = 30 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 4-7
      2. Front Runners, pp. 8-11
      3. The New Entrepreneur by Gurney Breckenfeld, pp. 12-15
      4. Saturday Review's 24th Annual Advertising Awards, p. 16
      5. Legends from the Gilded Age by David E. Koskoff, pp. 17-19
      6. Ten Better Mousetraps (Eight of Which Made Money) by Ernest V. Heyn, pp. 20-21
      7. Who Owns America's Beaches? by Anthony Wolff, pp. 22-24
      8. Scienceletter by Albert Rosenfeld, p. 25
      9. Fela's Afro-Beat Revolt by Stephen Davis, pp. 26-27
      10. Photography by Owen Edwards, pp. 28-36
      11. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 37
      12. [+]
        The Movies: An Incident of War by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 38 - 1 Review
        Go Tell the Spartans (1978 Film) by Ted Post
      13. Theater by Martin Gottfried, p. 39
      14. [+]
        Thomas Hardy Revisited by Derwent May, pp. 40-43 - 1 Review
        Thomas Hardy's Later Years by Robert Gittings
      15. [+]
        Out-of-Sight Seeing by John Mariani, pp. 44-45 - 2 Reviews
        Weird America by Jim Brandon
        Amazing America by Jane Stern and Michael Stern
      16. [+]
        Whitewashing the CIA by John Phillips, p. 46 - 1 Review
        Honorable Men by William E. Colby and Peter Forbath
      17. [+]
        The Panovs Dance into Politics by Susan Jacoby, pp. 47-48 - 1 Review
        To Dance by Valery Panov and George Feifer
      18. [+]
        Books in Brief by Robert Maurer, p. 49 - 3 Reviews
        Zip by Max Apple
        Better Times Than These by Winston Groom
        Sakuran by Edward Tolosko
      19. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 50 - 2 Reviews
        Lella Secor by Lella Secor Florence
        The Maimie Papers by Maimie Pinzer Benjamin
      20. Literary Crypt No. 112, p. 51
      21. Oh, Cuisine! by Gordon Lish, p. 51
      22. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 52-53
      23. Sporting Life by Jonathan Evan Maslow, pp. 54-55
      24. Editorial by N.C., p. 56
      25. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 57
      26. Notes from the Blue Coast by Anthony Burgess, pp. 58-62
      27. Double-Crostic No. 152, p. 63
      28. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, p. 64
      29. Wit Twister No. 123, pp. 64-66
      30. Cover by Richard Mantel
    3. [+]
      August 1978 Issue = 29 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 4-5
      2. Front Runners, pp. 6-9
      3. Harvard's Sugar-Pushing Nutritionist by John Hess, pp. 10-14
      4. Washington by Tad Szulc, p. 15
      5. America Falls in Love with Its Cities---Again by Horace Sutton, pp. 16-24
      6. Sporting Life by Jonathan Evan Maslow, pp. 25-29
      7. Critics Preview the Best of the Fall, pp. 30-35
      8. The Stieglitz Collection by Vicki Goldberg, pp. 36-37
      9. Theater by Martin Gottfried, p. 38
      10. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 39
      11. Music to My Ears by Irving Kolodin, p. 40
      12. Dance by Walter Terry, p. 41
      13. [+]
        After the Revolution by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 42-43 - 2 Reviews
        Inventing America by Garry Wills
        America Revisited by Eugene J. McCarthy
      14. [+]
        Eastern Mountain Time by Paul Zweig, pp. 44-45 - 1 Review
        The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
      15. [+]
        A Callithumpian Life by Hugh Kenner, pp. 46-47 - 1 Review
        Samuel Beckett: A Biography by Deirdre Bair
      16. Literary Crypt No. 113, pp. 48-49
      17. Wit Twister No. 124, p. 50
      18. [+]
        Doomed to Success by Bruce Cook, p. 50 - 1 Review
        Jack's Book by Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee
      19. [+]
        Of Spies and Spy Catchers by Michael Wood, pp. 51-55 - 1 Review
        Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
      20. [+]
        Books in Brief by James Sloan Allen, p. 56 - 3 Reviews
        The Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley
        Wheeling and Dealing by Bobby Baker and Larry L. King
        The Challenge of the Mahatmas by Martin B. Green
      21. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 57 - 2 Reviews
        Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg
        What Is an Editor? by Dorothy B. Commins
      22. Trade Winds by Walter Arnold, p. 58
      23. Editorial by N.C., p. 59
      24. Top of My Head by Goodman Ace, p. 60
      25. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 61
      26. Notes from the Blue Coast by Anthony Burgess, pp. 62-66
      27. Double-Crostic No. 153, p. 67
      28. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 68-70
      29. Cover by Mark Hess
    4. [+]
      September 2, 1978 Issue = 25 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 4-7
      2. Front Runners, pp. 8-10
      3. Pension Power by Jeremy Rifkin and Randy Barber, pp. 11-15
      4. Scienceletter by Albert Rosenfeld, pp. 16-18
      5. Growing up Dogmatic by Jonathan Kozol, pp. 19-23
      6. Digging Cities by Norman Schreiber, pp. 24-25
      7. Directrice Glorieuse by Walter Terry, pp. 26-27
      8. [+]
        The Movies: One Feminist Film That Works by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 28-29 - 1 Review
        Girlfriends (1978 Film) by Claudia Weill
      9. Theater by Martin Gottfried, pp. 30-31
      10. Melancholy King of the Cats by Stephen Koch, pp. 32-37
      11. [+]
        The Making of a Memoir by Eric F. Goldman, pp. 38-39 - 1 Review
        In Search of History by Theodore H. White
      12. [+]
        Sorcerer No More by W. Warren Wagar, pp. 40-41 - 2 Reviews
        Leon Trotsky by Irving Howe
        With Trotsky in Exile by Jean van Heijenoort
      13. Literary Crypt No. 114, p. 42
      14. [+]
        Books in Brief by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, p. 42 - 3 Reviews
        Adjacent Lives by Ellen Schwamm
        The Further Adventures of Brunhild, and Other Stories by Rebecca Kavaler
        The Family by David Plante
      15. Wit-Twister No. 125, p. 43
      16. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 43 - 1 Review
        Uncle by Julia Markus
      17. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 44-45
      18. The Flying Baker by Horace Sutton, p. 46
      19. Oh, Cuisine! by Madhur Jaffrey, p. 47
      20. Editorial by N.C., p. 48
      21. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 49
      22. Notes from the Blue Coast by Anthony Burgess, pp. 50-54
      23. Double-Crostic No. 154, p. 55
      24. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 56-58
      25. Cover photo by Neal Slavin
    5. [+]
      September 16, 1978 Issue = 32 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 6-11
      2. Front Runners, pp. 12-13
      3. The Corporation in the Classroom by Fred M. Hechinger, pp. 14-15
      4. Washington by Tad Szulc, pp. 16-18
      5. Television's Trying Times by Karl E. Meyer, pp. 19-22
      6. If I Were Fred Silverman..., p. 23
      7. Television vs. Progress by Les Brown, pp. 24-25
      8. Guardians of the Airwaves by Susan Schiefelbein, pp. 26-29
      9. Muddle and Wonders in "Mirrors and Windows" by Owen Edwards, pp. 30-34
      10. Theater by Martin Gottfried, p. 35
      11. Literary Crypt No. 115, p. 36
      12. [+]
        Movies: Heaven Knows Why Beatty Turned Nostalgic by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 36 - 3 Reviews
        Heaven Can Wait (1978 Film) by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry
        Foul Play (1978 Film) by Colin Higgins
        Replay (1978 Film) by Michel Drach
      13. Wit Twister No. 126, p. 37
      14. Music to My Ears by Irving Kolodin, p. 37
      15. [+]
        No Health Anywhere by Anthony Burgess, p. 38 - 1 Review
        Running Dog by Don DeLillo
      16. What I Know About Don DeLillo and Certain Other Unnamed Persons by Gordon Lish, pp. 39-41
      17. [+]
        The Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize by Alastair Reid, pp. 42-43 - 1 Review
        Collected Poems, 1919-1976 by Allen Tate
      18. [+]
        Selling Our Own Backyard by Robert Lekachman, pp. 44-46 - 1 Review
        America for Sale by Kenneth C. Crowe
      19. [+]
        Books in Brief by George H. Reeves, p. 47 - 1 Review
        On to Berlin by James M. Gavin
      20. [+]
        Review Visions of Glory, by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison by Lincoln Caplan, p. 47 - 1 Review
        Visions of Glory by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
      21. [+]
        Review The Thirties and After, by Stephen Spender by Carole Cook, p. 47 - 1 Review
        The Thirties and After by Stephen Spender
      22. Lookout, p. 48
      23. Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 49
      24. Trade Winds by Walter Arnold, p. 50
      25. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 51-53
      26. The Sporting Life by Jonathan Evan Maslow, pp. 54-55
      27. Editorial by N.C., p. 56
      28. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 57
      29. Top of My Head by Goodman Ace, pp. 58-62
      30. Double-Crostic No. 155, p. 63
      31. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 64-66
      32. Cover photo by Dan Wynn
    6. [+]
      September 30, 1978 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 6-9
      2. Front Runners, pp. 10-13
      3. American Business Should Stay in South Africa by Roger M. Williams, pp. 14-22
      4. Growing Your Own Fuel... by Norman Cousins, pp. 23-36
      5. Commerical Comedy as Art by Martin Gottfried, p. 37
      6. Dance by Walter Terry, pp. 38-39
      7. [+]
        Movies: Beauty and the Beasts by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 40 - 1 Review
        A Slave of Love (1978 Film) by Nikita Mikhalkov
      8. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 41
      9. What Are They Reading in China? by Miriam London and Mu Yang-jen, pp. 42-43
      10. [+]
        Facts of Living by John Irving, pp. 44-51 - 1 Review
        The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
      11. [+]
        Books in Brief by John Fludas, p. 52 - 3 Reviews
        Six of One by Rita Mae Brown
        Ladies' Man by Richard Price
        Person/Planet by Theodore Roszak
      12. Wit Twister No. 127, p. 53
      13. Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, p. 53
      14. Literary Crypt No. 116, p. 53
      15. A Matter of Dollars and Scents by James Brady, pp. 54-56
      16. Booked for Travel, pp. 57-62
      17. Double-Crostic No. 156, p. 63
      18. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 64-66
      19. Cover by Haruo Miyauchi
  4. [+]
    Issues of Oct.-Dec. 1978 = 5 Issues, 136 Articles
    1. [+]
      October 14, 1978 Issue = 31 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 6-7
      2. Front Runners, pp. 8-10
      3. Washington by Tad Szulc, p. 11
      4. Scienceletter by Albert Rosenfeld, pp. 12-15
      5. Toward a Mellow Migration by Horace Sutton, pp. 16-17
      6. In the Land of the Fringed-Toed Lizard by Barbara Coats, pp. 18-20
      7. Tongue-Tied in Tegucigalpa by David Butwin, pp. 21-24
      8. God and Man in Guatemala by James Traub, pp. 25-28
      9. Panama: A Treat Instead of a Treaty by Eva Hoffman, pp. 29-31
      10. Rivieras South of Capricorn by Juan de Onis, pp. 32-37
      11. Picking a Peck of Peppy Peppers by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, pp. 38-41
      12. A Political Primer by Horace Sutton, pp. 42-45
      13. The Latin American Pen Makes Its Mark by Robert Maurer, pp. 46-47
      14. Literary Crypt No. 117, p. 48
      15. Wit Twister No. 128, pp. 48-49
      16. The Torrid Tango---It Still Takes Two by Richard O'Mara, pp. 50-53
      17. Lookouts, pp. 54-55
      18. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 56
      19. Theater by Martin Gottfried, p. 57
      20. Avedon---Laborer in Fashion's Garden by Owen Edwards, pp. 58-59
      21. [+]
        Good Old-Fashioned Titan by Orville Schell, pp. 60-61 - 1 Review
        American Caesar by William Manchester
      22. [+]
        Our Place in the Sun by Terrence Des Pres, p. 62 - 1 Review
        On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson
      23. [+]
        Sixties Survivors by Ross Feld, pp. 63-65 - 3 Reviews
        Downriver by Peter Collier
        Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin
        Like Father by David Black
      24. [+]
        Books in Brief by Max M. Mintz, pp. 66-67 - 2 Reviews
        The Young Hamilton: A Biography by James Thomas Flexner
        Liberty and Union by David Herbert Donald
      25. Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, pp. 68-71
      26. Editorial by N.C., p. 72
      27. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 73
      28. Top of My Head by Goodman Ace, pp. 74-78
      29. Double-Crostic no. 157, p. 79
      30. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 80-82
      31. Cover painting by Brian Zick
    2. [+]
      October 28, 1978 Issue = 25 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 4-5
      2. Front Runners, pp. 6-9
      3. Scienceletter by Albert Rosenfeld, pp. 10-14
      4. Cornering the Goodness Market by Ron Chernow, pp. 15-18
      5. The Indisputable Soviet Press by Yuri Luryi and George Feifer, pp. 19-23
      6. Let's Cut the Poortalk by David Myers and Thomas Ludwig, pp. 24-27
      7. Nubia's African-Egyptian-Western Art by Vicki Goldberg, pp. 28-33
      8. Theater by Martin Gottfried, pp. 34-35
      9. [+]
        Movies: Pink Panther Pandemonium by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 36 - 3 Reviews
        The Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978 Film) by Blake Edwards
        Capricorn One (1978 Film) by Peter Hyams
        The Silent Partner (1978 Film) by Daryl Duke
      10. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 37
      11. Music to My Ears by Irving Kolodin, pp. 38-39
      12. [+]
        Caught in the Thickets of Medieval History by Ted Morgan, pp. 40-42 - 1 Review
        A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
      13. [+]
        Midlife Writing by Katha Pollitt, pp. 43-45 - 3 Reviews
        Facts of Life by Maureen Howard
        Lying Low by Diane Johnson
        Tender Mercies by Rosellen Brown
      14. [+]
        Sontag's Surrender by Maureen Howard, p. 46 - 1 Review
        I, Etcetera by Susan Sontag
      15. [+]
        Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, pp. 47-48 - 2 Reviews
        Souls in Stone by Anne de Brunhoff
        Kept in the Dark by Anthony Trollope
      16. Can the U.S. Play Soccer With The Big Boys? by Jonathan Evan Maslow, pp. 49-50
      17. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 51-53
      18. Editorial by N.C., pp. 54-55
      19. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 56-57
      20. Notes from the Blue Coast by Anthony Burgess, pp. 58-61
      21. Literary Crypt No. 118, p. 62
      22. Wit Twister No. 129, p. 62
      23. Double-Crostic no. 158, p. 63
      24. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 64-66
      25. Cover photo by Matthew Klein
    3. [+]
      November 11, 1978 Issue = 24 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 4-7
      2. Front Runners, pp. 8-13
      3. Editorial by N.C., pp. 14-15
      4. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 16-17
      5. Bussiness '78 by James Traub, pp. 18-21
      6. Is Civil Service Strangling the Government? by Peter J. Ognibene, pp. 22-32
      7. Anticipating America by Roger M. Williams, pp. 33-37
      8. Gauls, Grapes, and Gourmandy by Horace Sutton, pp. 38-39
      9. Sweet, Sour & Transcendental---Writers That Is by Benjamin Demott, pp. 40-43
      10. When East Doesn't Meet West by Rhoda Koenig and Eve Babitz, pp. 44-46
      11. California Wines Come of Age by Frank Prial, pp. 47-49
      12. A Mouse for All Seasons by John Culhane, pp. 50-51
      13. Lookouts, pp. 52-53
      14. Dance by Walter Terry, pp. 54-55
      15. Television by Karl Meyer, p. 56
      16. [+]
        What's Cooking? by John Simon, pp. 57-59 - 1 Review
        The Flounder by Gunter Grass
      17. [+]
        West Coast Literary Lions by Maya Angelou, p. 60 - 1 Review
        Yardbird Lives! by Ishmael Reed and Al Young
      18. Fine Print by Doris Grumbach, pp. 60-61
      19. Trade Winds by Walter Arnold, pp. 62-65
      20. Wit Twister No. 130, p. 66
      21. Literary Crypt No. 119, p. 66
      22. Double-Crostic No. 159, p. 67
      23. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 68-70
      24. Cover photo by Raul Vega
    4. [+]
      November 25, 1978 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. Letters, p. 6
      2. Front Runners, pp. 7-8
      3. Editorial by N.C., pp. 9-11
      4. Notes from the Blue Coast by Anthony Burgess, p. 12
      5. Light Refractions by Thomas H. Middleton, p. 13
      6. Washington by Tad Szulc, pp. 14-15
      7. Is Educating Your Own Child a Crime? by Stephen Arons, pp. 16-20
      8. Scienceletter by Albert Rosenfeld, pp. 21-23
      9. Indian Rights by Mark Kellogg, pp. 24-27
      10. Indian Givings by Charles R. Larson, pp. 28-29
      11. Indian Placement: Canvas of a Culture by Jamake Highwater, pp. 30-31
      12. Indian Food: A Rich Harvest by Evan Jones, pp. 32-36
      13. Adventuresome Reads by Peter Andrews, pp. 37-39
      14. [+]
        From Egyptian Digs to Expressionist Dribbles by James R. Mellow, pp. 40-41 - 6 Reviews
        Jackson Pollock by Francis V. O'Connor and Eugene Victor Thaw
        Modern Art, 1890-1918 by Jean Clay
        James McNeill Whistler by Hilary Taylor
        Cezanne by Lionello Venturi
        The Gold of Tutankhamen by Arnold C. Brackman
        Arcimboldo the Marvelous by Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues
      15. Lime-Lighted Photography Books by Owen Edwards, pp. 42-43
      16. Spirited Story Books by William Cole, pp. 44-45
      17. For Friends and Family by Doris Grumbach, pp. 46-49
      18. Love and Desolation by Vicki Goldberg, pp. 50-51
      19. [+]
        Movies: Altman, le Misanthrope by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 52-53 - 2 Reviews
        A Wedding (1978 Film) by Robert Altman
        Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978 Film) by Ted Kotcheff
      20. Theater by Martin Gottfried, p. 54
      21. Television by Karl E. Meyer, p. 55
      22. Music to My Ears by Irving Kolodin, p. 56
      23. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 57-61
      24. Literary Crypt No. 120, p. 62
      25. Wit Twister No. 131, p. 62
      26. Double-Crostic No. 160, p. 63
      27. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 64-66
      28. Cover by Barbara Sandler
    5. [+]
      December 1978 Issue = 28 Articles
      1. Letters, pp. 4-7
      2. Front Runners, pp. 8-9
      3. Light Refractions, pp. 10-11
      4. Notes from the Blue Coast by Anthony Burgess, pp. 12-13
      5. Top of My Head by Goodman Ace, p. 14
      6. Editorial by N.C., p. 15
      7. The Heroes of Our Times by Reynolds Price, pp. 16-17
      8. A Portfolio of Portraits by Hiro, pp. 18-29
      9. The Hero in Literature by Paul Zweig, pp. 30-35
      10. Stalking the Black Bear, pp. 36-39
      11. Lookouts, pp. 40-42
      12. Nothing Like a Dane by Walter Terry, pp. 43-44
      13. Theater by Martin Gottfried, p. 45
      14. Television by Karl E. Meyer, pp. 46-47
      15. Wit Twister No. 132, p. 48
      16. Literary Crypt No. 121, p. 48
      17. Music to My Ears by Irving Kolodin, p. 49
      18. [+]
        Days in the Life of Cosima Wagner by Eleanor Perenyi, pp. 50-51 - 1 Review
        Cosima Wagner's Diaries: Vol. I, 1869-1877 by Martin Gregor-Dellin, Dietrich Mack Helen, and Kurt Wolff, ...
      19. [+]
        Against the Law by Alan Barth, p. 52 - 1 Review
        The Million Dollar Lawyers by Joseph C. Goulden
      20. [+]
        Fairy Tale Truths by Clara Claiborne Park, p. 53 - 1 Review
        Fairy Tales and After by Roger Sale
      21. [+]
        Books in Brief by James Sloan Allen, p. 54 - 1 Review
        The Human Province by Elias Canetti
      22. [+]
        Review Where I Live, by Tennessee Williams by Jack Sullivan, p. 54 - 1 Review
        Where I Live by Tennessee Williams
      23. Trade Winds by Walter Arnold, p. 55
      24. How to Drink Wine Without Going Broke by Sam Aaron and Clifton Fadiman, pp. 56-57
      25. Booked for Travel by Horace Sutton, pp. 58-62
      26. Double-Crostic No. 161, p. 63
      27. The Back Door by Carll Tucker, pp. 64-66
      28. Cover photo by Anita Butensky and Brian Kosoff
10. [+]
  Issues of 1979 = 24 Issues, 578 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1980s = 6 Years, 45 Issues, 1,412 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1980 = 16 Issues, 493 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 403 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1982 = 6 Issues, 197 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1983 = 5 Issues, 131 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 4 Issues, 131 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 2 Issues, 57 Articles