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1981

January	Selected Articles Inside Islam: How the press missed the story in Iran By Edward W. Said Enlightened despotism: South Africa against the world By Adam Hochschild Fiction Of Mahdis, Mullahs, and Imams By John Buchan Arbor day: A short story By T.N.R. Rogers Poetry The disconnections By John Engels Celebrity fare: The namedroppers' ball By Jeffrey Burke
February	Selected Articles Russian disorders: The sick man of Europe By George Feifer Gifts of the Magi: Sophism, napalm and gold By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction Orphans By Marilynne Robinson
March	Selected Articles Rising to rebellion: Inside El Salvador By T.D. Allman The precarious Eden: Sinatra yes, Dylan no By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction On being courteous when compelled to break the law: A short story By Heinrich Böll Poetry For Mozart, from the beginning By John Engels
April	Selected Articles An American fortune: The Hunts of Dallas By L.J. (Lawrence J.) Davis Feet of clay: Celebrities of defeat By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction Runway: A story By Jim Shepard Poetry American complicated with integrity: Homage to Muriel By John Tagliabue
May	Selected Articles Marketing pollution: Buying and selling clean air By William Tucker To break a union: Goons give way to consultants By Steven Lagerfeld Poetry The animals in winter By George Dennison
June	Selected Articles From Bauhaus to our house By Tom Wolfe Shooting stars: The sacred grove of celebrity By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction Shoot the piano player: Tales of an ivory tickler By Don Asher Poetry Tall tale of the tall cowboy By Lawrence Ferlinghetti
July	Selected Articles Gilding the news: The artful press By Lewis H. Lapham The great black hope: Richard II of Tanzania By Kenneth L. Adelman Fiction A fable By David Ignatow Poetry Crab crack By John Updike
August	Selected Articles Panic among the Philistines: The collapse of the literary establishment By Bryan F. Griffin Ending the dacoity menace: India's most frightful crime By Simon Winchester Fiction God's marvelous plan: A story By Larry Heinemann Poetry Warning the deer By Gerry Stork
September	Selected Articles Money and art: The paradox of patronage By Paul Theroux Island of instability: Saudi Arabia, the Gulf's latest protector By Frank Henry Gervasi Fiction The year 1912: A story By Máirtín Ó Cadhain Poetry Ukiyo - e By Siv Cedering
October	Selected Articles What do women want? Feminism and its future By Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Van Gogh's ear: Further notes on the official culture By Lewis H. Lapham Poetry Phylogeny II: Survival traits By Edwin Muir
November	Selected Articles The energy crisis is over! How we beat OPEC By William Tucker The compleat American By Lewis H. Lapham Fiction Interior, the studio, morning light: A story By Jeremy Larner
December	Selected Articles The Americans: Why we baffle the Europeans By Luigi Giorgio Barzini Envoi: Answering the mail By Lewis H. Lapham Poetry Castle rock By Frederick Morgan

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