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1963

January	Selected Articles A “scientific” formula for disarmament? By John Fischer The inside of the pinball game By Bernard Asbell Fiction The giraffe: A story By Mauro Senesi Poetry To his coy verses By Ormonde De Kay “Asphodel, rose . . . sesame . . .” By Roderick Cook
February	Selected Articles Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or cure? By Arthur H. Cain What British doctors really think about socialized medicine By Richard Morris Titmuss Fiction The deductible yacht: A story By Louis Auchincloss Poetry Song By Theodore Roethke Here I am By Ann Morrissett
March	Selected Articles Martyrs on the moon? By Carl Dreher The next abbot: A view of the world from 1,752 feet By John Fischer Fiction His friend Vanka: A story By Henia Karmel-Wolfe Poetry A dream song By John Berryman Hands in a family photograph By John Ratti
April	Selected Articles The craft of intelligence By Allen Welsh Dulles Fiction The man with only one suit: A story By John Ashmead Poetry Quarry, Pigeon Cove By Maxine Kumin I dreamt I went shooting fish in my bare chest By George Starbuck
May	Selected Articles How three-year-olds teach themselves to read—and love it By Maya Pines Why American political reporting is better than England's By David E. Butler Fiction Gunfight at the Sure Enough: A story By Robin White Poetry Psychiatric discharges By Richard Moore The souvenir (Poland) By Larry Rubin
June	Selected Articles Bertrand Russell on the sinful Americans: A somewhat frustrating exchange of letters By John Fischer and Bertrand Russell A time to study By David Kuester Fiction Birthday party By Slawomir Mrozek Poetry To a successful student By Richard Moore After hours By Robert Mezey
July	Selected Articles The apish origins of human tension: The case of the amiable chimps and the nervous baboons By John E. Pfeiffer Myths about publishing By John Fischer Fiction Call girl By Ved Mehta Poetry The white geese By Valerie Worth Freeway country By Joseph Hansen
August	Selected Articles What's in the package? Lessons in practical detective work for supermarket shoppers By William D. Zabel A fly-by-night trip to Morocco By Russell Lynes Fiction Homecoming; a story By Tom Mayer Poetry If you were here By Richard Tillinghast Mr. Masoch and Count de Sade By Felicia Lamport
September	Selected Articles The case for fast drivers By Robert L. Schwartz The quietmouth American By Donald J. Lloyd Fiction Dearly beloved: A story By Joseph E. Kokjohn Poetry Song of Balaam's donkey By Jack Marshall Next to the godly By Barbara Overmyer
October	Selected Articles The tangled romance of Sinclair Lewis and Dorothy Thompson By Vincent Sheean A small band of practical heroes By John Fischer Fiction In the valley: A story By Hugh Nissenson Poetry Love song By Anne Sexton The flat By Laurence Lieberman
November	Selected Articles The multiversity: Are its several souls worth saving? By Clark Kerr Mrs. Roosevelt does a TV commercial By Thomas Louis Stix Fiction Back East: A story By Julia Whedon Poetry To a poet By Richard Moore The abyss By Theodore Roethke
December	Selected Articles Restraints on American Catholic freedom By Jon Victor Mr. Ambassador By Joseph Kraft Fiction Boola, boola, Babe Ruth, and a jug of whiskey sours: A story By Milton White Poetry The sundial By Valerie Worth Meditation in a booth By Judson Jerome