March 1973 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

- The Editor's Page, pp. 4-5
- Washington
  Henry Owen
  , pp. 6-13
- Liberia
  Stanley Meisler
  , pp. 14-23
- Innocent Bystander
  L.E. Sissman
  , pp. 24-27
- The Mail, pp. 28-31
- Contributors, pp. 32-34
- Do Schools Make a Difference?
  Godfrey Hodgson
  , pp. 35-46
- The Last Laugh
  Fernando Krahn
  , p. 47
- In Retirement
  Bernard Malamud
  , pp. 48-52
  A Story
- Mehitabel and the Lazy Layabout Cats
  Stuart Hemsley
  , p. 53
- Chhildren in the Field
  David Rogers
  , pp. 54-55
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  The Making of Gone With the Wind, Part II (Review)
  Gavin Lambert
  , pp. 56-73
  Gone With the Wind (1939 Film), by Victor Fleming, George Cukor, and Sam Wood
  1. Gone With the Wind (1939 Film) by Victor Fleming, George Cukor, and Sam Wood
- Socialism in China
  Wassily Leontief
  , pp. 74-81
- Lucy and Minnie
  Shirley Faessler
  , pp. 82-89
  A Story
- If It Is Not True, It Is Well Imagined
  Richard W. Murphy
  , pp. 90-97
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  Paleface Takover (2 Reviews)
  Melvin Maddocks
  , pp. 98-100
  Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
  1. Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
  2. The Sunlight Dialogues by John Gardner
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  Translations from the American (2 Reviews)
  X.J. Kennedy
  , pp. 101-103
  Braving the Elements, by James Merrill
  1. Braving the Elements by James Merrill
  2. Collected Poems, 1951-1971 by A.R. Ammons
- Manos Karastefanis
  James Merrill
  , p. 104
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  The Peripatetic Reviewer (4 Reviews)
  Edward Weeks
  , pp. 105-106
  The Gasp, by Romain Gary
  1. The Gasp by Romain Gary
  2. A Woman Named Solitude by Andre Schwarz-Bart
  3. Memoir of a Revolutionary by Milovan Djilas
  4. Wild Pitch by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
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  Short Reviews: Books (15 Reviews)
  Phoebe Adams
  , pp. 107-114
  Do You Hear Them?, by Nathalie Sarraute
  1. Do You Hear Them? by Nathalie Sarraute
  2. The Wild Hunt by Harry Brown
  3. A Computer Perspective by Charles Eames and Ray Eames
  4. The Devil Tree by Jerzy Kosinski
  5. A Closer Look at Ariel by Nancy Hunter Steiner
  6. A Childhood in Prison by Pyotr Yakir
  7. N.C. Wyeth by Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr.
  8. American Mischief by Alan Lelchuk
  9. The Dark Fields of Venus by Basile S. Yanovsky
  10. Managers and Magic by Graham Cleverley
  11. Smokescreen by Dick Francis
  12. The Amnesty of John David Herndon by James Reston, Jr.
  13. The Family Cookbook: French by Alvin Kerr
  14. Crossing Over, and Other Tales by Richard M. Elman
  15. The Retreat of American Power by Henry Brandon