April 1977
In This Issue
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Articles
The Anatomy of Bliss
"The writing is small, in a cursive hand, made by a blue ball-point pen, fine-tipped. The words are of varying length, but they spell nothing"
The Common Market
Dinner With the Big Boys
Inside the Supreme Court
The momentous school desegregation decision
The Editor's Page
Shaving
April
The Terrifying Prospect: Atomic Bombs Everywhere
Washington
As It Was
Money for Art's Sake
President Carter has many demands and challenges before him. Here is another one, a plea that he lead the way to a real nourishment of the arts and humanities in America.
A Poet's Statements of Faith
The Diary of Me: Manhattan, 1976
Stranger in Holy Land
Unlisted Number
Four Faces of Corporate Man
Falconer
A Book of Common Prayer
The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925
How to Save Your Own Life
Closet Bones
One Hell of an Actor
Konrad Lorenz
Death Raft
"The Flesh Is Frail"
A Quiet Life
Two Centuries of Black American Art
The Boston Money Tree
Afternoon of a Good Woman
The Polar Voyagers
Majesty: Elizabeth Ii and the House of Windsor
Carolingian Painting
