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1982

January	Selected Articles The informant: Meet the biggest dealer in Miami's biggest industry By John Rothchild Theoretical families: Honor thy children By Sally Helgesen Fiction The new boy: A story By Andre Dubus
February	Selected Articles Clare Boothe Luce: What a woman had to do to make it in the American century By Wilfrid Sheed Searching for the sunbelt: Found, in an office at the University of Texas at Dallas By Nicholas Lemann Fiction The Brahms lullaby: A story By Nicholas Von Hoffman Poetry The moments-of-past-happiness quilt By Kathleen Spivack
March	Selected Articles Is nature too good for us? It's not much of an environment if you can't get in By William Tucker For immediate release: The true story of an innocent journalist trapped inside a public relations firm By P.J. Corkery Fiction The country cook: A story By Anne Tyler Poetry Baby By Joyce Carol Oates
April	Selected Articles China stinks: It may be a nice place to visit, but a billion people have to live there By James Kenneson Fiction The miracle of the birds: A story By Jorge Amado
May	Selected Articles Tales of the Vienna airport: The difference between a refugee from oppression and an illegal alien is . . . well, it's hard to say By Joseph Nocera
June	Selected Articles All this and heaven too: When it come to Cardinals, we know all about the pomp and little about their circumstances By Steve Salerno Lawn order: Call in the high-tech horticulturists, or it's all over for your grass By Timothy F. Bannon Fiction Sugar among the freaks: A story By Lewis Nordan
July	Selected Articles Turn on, tune in, drop dead: You haven't lived until you've died, say the apostles of drop-dead chic By Ron Rosenbaum Ending the American protectorate of Europe: Why we should dissolve NATO and bring home our troops By Ronald Steel Fiction The job application By Robert Walser Nervous By Robert Walser Poetry Joy By Brian Swann Les nymphéas By Margot Miller
August	Selected Articles Art versus collectibles: Why museums should be filled with fakes By Edward C. Banfield Make mine moink: Plate coverage, mouth feel, and other ingredients of modern restaurant management By Jim Quinn Fiction Gertrude Stein: A story By Tova Reich
September	Selected Articles Waiting for interferon: What happens when people's hopes run ahead of the scientific method By Charles Fox Baggage: The $310 million paranoia subsidy By Patrick Brogan Fiction A tomb with a view: A story By Paul Theroux
October	Selected Articles Closets of power: As a high government official and a homosexual, Dan Bradley led a double life that is common among congressmen, White House aides, and others in the political world. Here is his story, and theirs. By Taylor Branch Agenda: Jobs for everyone By Robert M. Kaus Fiction Frank Vermilyea By Thomas Berger Janice Banning By Thomas Berger
November	Selected Articles The yellow peril and the red-haired devils By Murray Sayle Bureaucrats 2, Presidents 0: Now that Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan have reformed it, the government is more of a mess that ever By Leonard Reed Fiction Ed Buzz's new music writers' club magazine By Alex Heard My own earth: A story By Jane Hamilton
December	Selected Articles In a society of equals, garbage is everyone's business By Michael Walzer The board game: Why celebrity has-beens love serving as corporate directors, and why management loves having them By Timothy F. Bannon Fiction Investments: A story By Jonathan Penner