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1978

January	Selected Articles Mr. Hayakawa goes to Washington: On learning the legislative dance By S.I. (Samuel Ichiyé) Hayakawa The parable of the talents: Liberal anxiety over the Bakke case is based on utopian visions By Benjamin Martin Fiction Rat song: A story By Lewis Nordan Poetry In another country By J. Laughlin
February	Selected Articles The Arabian ethos By Peter A. Iseman The barbarian within: On the presumption of modernity By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction My father, cont. By Frederick Busch Poetry The whodunit shaggy By Reed Whittemore
March	Selected Articles The subterranean world of the bomb By Ron Rosenbaum Wish you were here By Suzanne Mantell Fiction The Village: A story By Stephen Dixon Poetry Gone By Alex B. Marton
April	Selected Articles Hostages to fortune: On the American grudge against children By Lewis H. Lapham Improvisations on a theme by Henry Kissinger: Foreign policy under Carter bears the mark of the impromptu By Michael Arthur Ledeen Fiction Nature & nurture in the early years By Marcel Proust Nature & nurture in the early years By Jean-Jacques Rousseau Poetry Birthmark By ibn Kenyatta Fur nature's baby By ibn Kenyatta
May	Selected Articles The Balkanization of America: As loyalties narrow, society itself dissolves By Kevin P. Phillips The Arabian oil bubble: Exploiting the belief in perfidious Araby By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction I want you I need you I love you By Julie Hecht Poetry The women of New Guinea By Hilda Morley The link By Arthur Gregor
June	Selected Articles The wealth of Washington By Tom Bethell The American bedouin: On the seductions of barbarism By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction The lascivious hedgehog: A short story By Jaroslav Hasek Poetry That bright grey eye By Hilda Morley Evening services every fourth Sunday By David Huddle
July	Selected Articles Politics in the woods: The wilderness as refuge for ideologies and lobbyists By Gene Lyons The melancholy herd: Further thoughts on the American bedouin By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction The Canological Institute: A short story By Jaroslav Hasek
August	Selected Articles Of mites and men: In which scientists and environmentalists argue about the right way to kill insects By William Tucker The liberal Carter: Wooing the recipient class By Tom Bethell Fiction From the history of the party of moderate progress within the limits of the law By Jaroslav Hasek Poetry Bed side By Jean Howard
September	Selected Articles Oil and water: In the wake of the Argo Merchant By Michael Harwood Fiction Welcome to the arrow catchers fair: A short story By Lewis Nordan
October	Selected Articles Trendier than thou: The many temptations of the Episcopal Church By Paul Seabury Fiction Delivering: A short story By Andre Dubus Poetry Death mother By Frederick Morgan
November	Selected Articles Too rich for heroes: Toward the recovery of myth and legend By Henry Fairlie The fat poet: A bent for ambrosia By Jeffrey M. Green Fiction The living: A story By Annie Dillard Poetry If I lay my dreams on the ground By Kristina McGrath Occasional poem By A.E. (Alfred Edward) Housman
December	Selected Articles The urban crisis leaves town: And moves to the suburbs By T.D. Allman Mirror, mirror, on the wall: Final reflections on the American courtier By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction Confrontation: A short story By Arthur Koestler Poetry Francisco, I'll bring you red carnations By Philip Levine Songs By Philip Levine

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