Harper's Magazine: October 1986

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October 1986

CONTENTS
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	Photo [Cover art] By Manfred Hamm (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Bars (Drinking establishments); Men PDF IMAGES
4-76	Letters/Department Letters On A surfeit of art. And why government need not encourage it, from July 1986: Letter By Michael Peppe Letter By Ian Trowell Letter By Sharon Katz Letter By Peter Babakitis Letter By Edward Sisson Letter By Greg Lachow On In search of the rattlesnake plantain, from August 1986: Letter By John Brinckman PDF IMAGES
7-9	Notebook/Article Uptown By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: The Democratic Party; 1981-1989; Right and left (Political science) PDF IMAGES
11	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
12-14	Readings/Article In praise of illiteracy By Michael Lipson (Trans.) and Hans Magnus Enzensberger SEE ALSO: Cultural policy; Education and state; Literacy; Technological innovations PDF IMAGES
14	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Caricatures and cartoons; Electric apparatus and appliances; Keats, John; Protection; Sensitivity (Personality trait) PDF IMAGES
15-16	Readings/Article Character in '86 By Geoffrey Garin SEE ALSO: Elections, 1986; 1981-1989; Political candidates; United States. Congress PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Driving made complicated SEE ALSO: Chauffeurs; Employee selection; Help-wanted advertising; Selection and appointment; United States. Dept. of Defense; Vocational qualifications PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article Kudos for condos By Gary L. Ackerman SEE ALSO: Condominiums PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Illustration Selling a line to Washington SEE ALSO: Comic books, strips, etc.; Namibia; Nujoma, Sam PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Apartheid: Could things be worse? By William Minter SEE ALSO: Africa; Apartheid; 1960; 1961-; 1978-1989; Political stability; South Africa PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Graphs and Charts Red bait SEE ALSO: Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich; Political and social views—Charts, diagrams, etc.; Reagan, Ronald; O'Neill, Tip PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article In re: Capasso v. Capasso By Nancy Capasso SEE ALSO: Capasso, Carl; Divorce; Divorce settlements; Equitable distribution of marital property; Ethics; Finance, Personal; Gabel, Hortense; Judicial ethics; Capasso, Nancy PDF IMAGES
22-23	Readings/Article Schoolyard law By David Mamet SEE ALSO: Childhood and youth; Mamet, David; Language & Linguistics; Negotiation PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Fetus; Pro-life movement PDF IMAGES Readings/Quotation Mob wisdom By Gennaro Anguilo SEE ALSO: Mafia PDF IMAGES
24-26	Readings/Review Skatezine review SEE ALSO: Periodicals; Punk culture; Skateboarders PDF IMAGES
26-27	Readings/Collection Readings By David Byrne PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Shopping malls By David Byrne SEE ALSO: Shopping malls PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Conspiracies By David Byrne SEE ALSO: Conspiracies PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Assembly lines By David Byrne SEE ALSO: Assembly-line methods PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Metal buildings By David Byrne PDF IMAGES
27-30	Readings/Article Baseball and the American character By A. Bartlett Giamatti SEE ALSO: Baseball; Baseball teams; Individualism PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Food styling By David Byrne SEE ALSO: Food presentation PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Photo Autumn close-up By Thomas Eisner (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Atlantic Coast (U.S.); Fall foliage PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Article Baseball chatter By Spencer Ross and Bobby Murcer SEE ALSO: Baseball players; Radio and baseball; Sportscasters PDF IMAGES Readings/Poem Victims of the latest dance craze By Cornelius Eady PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Collection Readings By Richard Samuel Roberts (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Richard Samuel Roberts (Photog.) SEE ALSO: African American women; Columbia; South Carolina PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Richard Samuel Roberts (Photog.) SEE ALSO: African American women; Columbia; South Carolina PDF IMAGES
33-34	Readings/Fiction Anis del mono By Mary Ann Newman (Trans.) and Quim Monzó PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Article Does a blue jay crash cars? By Henry Rollins SEE ALSO: Blue jay; Rollins, Henry; Interviews PDF IMAGES
35-41	Article Fall ascendant. Reveries of an autumn amorist By Donald Hall SEE ALSO: Autumn; Fall foliage; Landscape PDF IMAGES
42-48	Article A drunkard's progress. AA and the sobering strength of myth By Elpenor SEE ALSO: Alcoholics; Alcoholics Anonymous; Alcoholism; Rehabilitation; Storytelling PDF IMAGES
49-57	Article Lost in another Honduras. Of bordelllos and bad scenes By Francisco Goldman SEE ALSO: Honduras; 1982-; Prostitutes; Reporters and reporting; Tegucigalpa (Honduras) PDF IMAGES
58-61	Fiction The real story By Pamela Painter PDF IMAGES
62-66	Article Body language. Leaves of Grass and the articulation of sexual awareness By Helen Hennessy Vendler SEE ALSO: Criticism and interpretation; Leaves of grass (Book); Sex in literature; Whitman, Walt PDF IMAGES
68-69	Article Great show, no cheap seats. Running for the Senate: A costly proposition By Jeremy Gaunt SEE ALSO: Cranston, Alan MacGregor; Campaign funds; Career as political candidate; Elections, 1986; United States. Congress. Senate PDF IMAGES
70-71	Drama Play. A keepsake from the wedding By Brian McCormick PDF IMAGES
72-73	Article Anxiety and its discontents. The hows and whats of worrying By Mark Randall SEE ALSO: Anxiety; Poverty; Worry PDF IMAGES
77	Double acrostic/Department No. 46 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Title search By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES