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Archive: 1959

On the teaching of writing

by Archibald MacLeish,

The lost art of writing for television

by Vance Nye Bourjaily,

Novel writing as a career

by Merle Miller,

How and why I write the costume novel

by Frank Yerby,

The writer’s task

by Bernard Malamud,

The Decline of Book Reviewing

by Elizabeth Hardwick,

The fates of authors and publishers — not to mention the reading public — depend on book reviews — but who reviews the reviewers? Miss Hardwich undertakes one of the few thorough critiques…

The writer and Hollywood

by Budd Schulberg,

The alone generation

by Alfred Kazin,

A comment on the fiction of the 'fifties

Untitled

by Robert B. Silvers,

Writing in America

Edited by Robert B. Silvers,

Forecast

by Katherine Gauss Jackson,

Books in brief

by Katherine Gauss Jackson,

Occasionally endotic

by Paul Murphy Pickrel,

Mingus

by Eric Larrabee,

Jazz notes

by Harper’s Staff,

And also . . .

by Harper’s Staff,

Performers and their personalities

by Harper’s Staff,

The Lyon-eater

by Nicholas King,

The last rescue

by Leta Myers Smart,

Advise and consent

by William Smith White,

Good old London

by Martha Gellhorn,

Catkind

by Robert Graves,

Why spoil the Adirondacks?

by Robert Rienow, Leona Train Rienow,

St. Petersburg to New York

by Robert Kotlowitz,

Mr. Balanchine builds a ballet

by Robert Kotlowitz,

Mr. Balanchine builds a ballet

by Robert Kotlowitz,

How Much Poison are You Breathing?

by Charles Schaeffer, Art Cosing,

The carefully documented facts on one of the most sinister—and widely ignored—menaces to the nation’s health . . .

The wolfer

by Wallace Earle Stegner,

The man on the 38th floor

by Joseph P. Lash,

The steaming Stanley twins

by Howard D. (Howard Douglas) Fabing,

Archive: 1959

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On the teaching of writing

The lost art of writing for television

Novel writing as a career

How and why I write the costume novel

The writer’s task

The Decline of Book Reviewing

The writer and Hollywood

The alone generation

Untitled

Writing in America

Forecast

Books in brief

Occasionally endotic

Mingus

Jazz notes

And also . . .

Performers and their personalities

The Lyon-eater

The last rescue

Advise and consent

Good old London

Catkind

Why spoil the Adirondacks?

St. Petersburg to New York

Mr. Balanchine builds a ballet

Mr. Balanchine builds a ballet

How Much Poison are You Breathing?

The wolfer

The man on the 38th floor

The steaming Stanley twins

October 1959

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