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May 3, 1979 Issue - 14 Articles-
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Flannery O'Connor's Gifts (Review) Robert Towers
, pp. 3-5 The Habit of Being, by Flannery O'Connor and Sally Fitzgerald
- The Habit of Being by Flannery O'Connor and Sally Fitzgerald
- Ceremony
Robert Mazzocco
, pp. 6-7 -
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Timely Griefs (Review) Jane Kramer
, pp. 8-11 A Dangerous Place, by Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Suzanne Weaver
- A Dangerous Place by Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Suzanne Weaver
- James Merrill's Myth
Helen Vendler and James Merrill
, p. 12 An Interview
- A Sample Seance
James Merrill
, p. 13 The Excusion to Ephesus
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Where the New Pope Stands (7 Reviews) J.M. Cameron
, pp. 14-19 The Year of Three Popes, by Peter Hebblethwaite
- The Year of Three Popes by Peter Hebblethwaite
- Voices of Authority by Nicholas Lash
- Illustrissimi: Letters of Pope John Paul I by Albino Luciani
- Dilemmas of Contemporary Religion by David A. Martin
- The Christian Tradition, Vol. III by Jaroslav Pelikan
- Sign of Contradiction by Karol Wojtyla
- Easter Vigil and Other Poems by Karol Wojtyla
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Gissing and the Cruelty of Life (Review) Julian Symons
, pp. 20-22 London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England, by George Gissing and Pier...
- London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England by George Gissing and Pierre Coustillas
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Divorce a la Mode (2 Reviews) Andrew Hacker
, pp. 23-27 Husbands and Wives, by Anthony Pietropinto and Jacqueline Simenauer
- Husbands and Wives by Anthony Pietropinto and Jacqueline Simenauer
- The Extra-Sex Factor by Lewis Yablonsky
- The Flight from the Fire
V.S. Naipaul
, pp. 28-29 (from a novel)
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Marlboro Country (Review) David Brion Davis
, pp. 30-32 History of the Westward Movement, by Frederick Merk
- History of the Westward Movement by Frederick Merk
- Liverpool
Caroline Blackwood
, pp. 33-36 Notes from Underground
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The Broken Spine (3 Reviews) John Bayley
, pp. 37-38 Collected Works, by Andrei P. Platonov
- Collected Works by Andrei P. Platonov
- Chevengur by Andrei P. Platonov
- The Forgotten Prose by Isaac Babel
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China (3 Reviews) Nick Eberstadt
, pp. 39-43 How Much Success?
- China as a Model of Development by Al Imfeld
- China's Economy and the Maoist Strategy by John G. Gurley
- China's Economic Revolution by Alexander Eckstein
- Letters
James D. Seymour, Peter R. Moody, Jr., and John K. Fairbank, ...
, pp. 44-48