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Archive: 1983

Two stories

Translated by William Weaver,

Winter

Translated by William Weaver,

The forest on the superhighway

The life of Kennedy’s death

by Christopher Lasch,

How the mythology of JFK's assassination sustains the mythology of his career

Dunce of the month

by Harper’s Staff,

Dreams

by James S. Kunen,

Remembering the future

Beep, beep, you’re dead

by Schuyler Ingle,

Combat training with lasers and C-rations in the Mojave

The soul of a new dessert

by David Owen,

On the cutting edge of pudding technology

Capitalism observed

by Harper’s Staff,

Take my mentor–please

by Helen Rogan,

Working women would do well to ignore most of the advice they're getting

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

Art by Merle Nacht,

Dots and dashes

by E.R. Galli,

No. 9

by Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton,

Brief reviews

by J. S.,

Brief reviews

by Harper’s Staff,

Fiction

by Frances Taliaferro,

Fiction

by Harper’s Staff,

Stalking Dr. Kissinger

by Garry Wills,

Seymour Hersh collected a mountain of damning evidence, but he let his man escape

Poetize or bust

by Hugh Kenner,

Poetry isn't what it used to be, but then it never was

The prince of finesse

by James Wolcott,

Nine hundred pages of criticism prove that John Updike is no air-dancing dandy

Palpitations

by Harper’s Staff,

The poet as insurance man

by Peter Brazeau,

Wallace Stevens as seen by his colleagues and friends

Pictures through the ages

Drawn by Posy Simmonds,

Designs for living

by Harper’s Staff,

The War and Michael K

by J. M. Coetzee,

Reagan’s manifest destiny

by T.D. Allman,

The president is playing dominoes in Latin America and losing

The paranoids were right

by Andrew Houlding,

Dunce of the month

by Harper’s Staff,

Harper’s journal

by Harper’s Staff,

Stag party

by Mary Battiata,

Archive: 1983

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Two stories

Winter

The life of Kennedy’s death

Dunce of the month

Dreams

Beep, beep, you’re dead

The soul of a new dessert

Capitalism observed

Take my mentor–please

Letters

Untitled

Dots and dashes

No. 9

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Fiction

Fiction

Stalking Dr. Kissinger

Poetize or bust

The prince of finesse

Palpitations

The poet as insurance man

Pictures through the ages

Designs for living

The War and Michael K

Reagan’s manifest destiny

The paranoids were right

Dunce of the month

Harper’s journal

Stag party

October 1983

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