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May 4, 1974 Issue - 28 Articles- Editorial
N.C.
, p. 4 - Letters From Readers, p. 5
- Top of My Head
Goodman Ace
, pp. 6-7 - Curmudgeon-at-Large
Cleveland Amory
, pp. 8-9 - America's Black Mayors
Roger M. Williams
, pp. 10-13 Are They Saving the Cities?
The Great Leisure Chase
- Is There Life After Work?
Rolf Meyersohn
, pp. 14-17 - Netting the Hammock Reader
Edward Kuhn, Jr.
, pp. 18-24 - Let's Hear It for the New Sound
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 25-27 - A Love Match at 100
Neil Amdur
, pp. 28-32 - Rules of Thumb
Jourdan Houston
, p. 33 - Travel
Dena Kaye
, pp. 34-35 The Iranian Emergence
- Literary Crypt No. 9, p. 36
- Wit Twister No. 20, pp. 36-41
Books
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Children's Books (55 Reviews) William Cole
, pp. 42-50 The Best of the Spring Season
- Who Needs Donuts? by Mark Alan Stamaty
- Making Puppets Come Alive by Larry Engler and Carol Fijan
- How to Play Baseball Better Than You Did Last Season by Jonah Kalb
- Shadowplay by George Mendoza and Prasanna Rao
- Save the Earth by Betty Miles
- Thor Heyerdahl and the Reed Boat Ra by Barbara Beasley Murphy and Norman Kent Baker
- Candies, Cookies, Cakes by Aileen Paul and Arthur Hawkins
- Soup by Robert Newton Peck
- Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
- Jenny's Revenge by Anne Norris Baldwin
- Sunset in a Spider Web by Virginia Olsen Baron
- Harry Is a Scaredy-Cat by Byron Barton
- Alfred Goes House Hunting by Bill Binzen
- The Mushroom Center Disaster by N.M. Bodecker
- The Green Isle by Philip Burton
- Take Tarts as Tarts Is Passing by Eleanor L. Clymer
- The Student Who Became King in Spite of Himself by Colos
- Two Good Friends by Judy Delton
- The Seal and the Slick by Don Freeman
- The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvellous Achievements of Her Son Jack by Paul Galdone
- The Little Witch's Black Magic Cookbook by Linda Glovach
- Hugh and Fitzhugh by Peter Goodspeed
- Mr. Tickle by Roger Hargreaves
- Mr. Silly by Roger Hargreaves
- Mr. Topsy-Turvy by Roger Hargreaves
- Mr. Bump by Roger Hargreaves
- The Gorilla Did It by Barbara Shook Hazen
- Pippin and Robber Grumblecroak's Big Baby by Margriet Heymans
- The Cat and the Mouse Who Shared a House by Ruth Hurlimann
- Firerose by Susan Jeschke
- The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten by Steven Kellogg
- Run, Little Monkeys! Run, Run, Run! by Juliet Kepes
- A Book of Sorcerers and Spells by Ruth Manning-Sanders
- Tortoise Tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders
- Bubblebath! by Fran Manushkin
- Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
- The Little Old Woman Who Used Her Head, and Other Stories by Hope H. Newell
- Funny Bags by Betsy Pflug
- See What I Caught! by Ann Thomas Piecewicz
- Circus by Jack Prelutsky
- Clementine by Robert M. Quackenbush
- The Gollywhopper Egg by Anne F. Rockwell
- Kongo and Kumba by Alice Schick
- Questions and Answers About Horses by Millicent E. Selsam
- Let's Catch a Fish! by Jack Stokes
- Free to Be...You and Me by Marlo Thomas
- Crazy Brobobalou by Jan Wahl
- Magic Tales and Magic Tricks by William Wiesner
- Tom Thumb by William Wiesner
- Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House by Judi Barrett
- Michael Bond's Book of Bears by Michael Bond
- A Dog's Book of Bugs by Elizabeth Griffen
- Fish Is Fish by Leo Lionni
- Potato Talk by Ennis Rees
- The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift
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Gasoline Point Blues (Review) Vivian Mercier
, p. 51 Train Whistle Guitar, by Albert Murray
- Train Whistle Guitar by Albert Murray
Books in Brief
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--- by Susan Heath (2 Reviews) , p. 52 - The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. V: 1947-1955 by Gunther Stuhlmann and Anais Nin
- The Wanderers by Richard Price
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Review A Darkening Green, by Peter S. Prescott (Review) Jane Larkin Crain
, p. 52 - A Darkening Green by Peter S. Prescott
- World Environment Newsletter, pp. 53-54
- Manner of Speaking
John Ciardi
, p. 55 - Diversions
Leo Rosten
, p. 56
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Film: The Lost Tycoon (2 Reviews) Hollis Alpert
, pp. 57-61 The Great Gatsby (1974 Film), by Jack Clayton
- The Great Gatsby (1974 Film) by Jack Clayton
- The Conversation (1974 Film) by Francis Ford Coppola
- Dance
Walter Terry
, pp. 62-66 A Stylish Assortment
Education Supplment
- What Rights for Children?
James Cass
, p. 67 - Beyond the SATs
Benjamin DeMott
, pp. 68-70 A Whole-Person Catalog That Works?
- Should Teachers Be Judged by Performance?
Fred M. Hechinger
, pp. 71-72 - Double-Crostic No. 48, p. 73
- Light Refractions
Thomas H. Middleton
, pp. 74-82 - Cover photograph
Allen Green