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August 1987

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THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Joel Meyerowitz (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Dwellings; Flowers PDF IMAGES
4-76	Letters/Department Letters On Goodness knows nothing of beauty. On the distance between morality and art, from April 1987: Letter By David B. Zoellner Letter By Matt Becker Letter By John Sumser On Harper's index, from May 1987: Letter By David Wilson On The artist and AIDS, from May 1987: Letter By Gore Vidal On The next panic. Fear and trembling on Wall Street, from May 1987: Letter By Michael Browning Letter By Tom Athanasiou Letter By Armand Petrecca On The beat goes off. How technology has gummed up rock's grooves, from May 1987: Letter By Peter T. Glenshaw Letter By Larry Simms Letter By Justin McInerny Letter By Gerald Lindahl On Love or money, from June 1987: Letter By Alfred Veerhoff PDF IMAGES
7-8	Notebook/Article Corporate etiquette By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Etiquette; 1981-1989; Officials and employees PDF IMAGES
11	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
13-14	Readings/Article The news from Seoul SEE ALSO: Censorship; Freedom of the press; Government and the press; Korea (South); Press and politics PDF IMAGES
15-16	Readings/Article Blowing smoke By Roberta Sandler SEE ALSO: Ex-smokers; Sandler, Roberta; Smoking; Views on smoking PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Amusement rides; Caricatures and cartoons; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous); Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article California esteemin' SEE ALSO: Self-esteem; Social problems PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Disowning the surgeon general By Phyllis Schlafly and Paul M. Weyrich SEE ALSO: AIDS (Disease); Koop, C. Everett (Charles Everett); Career as surgeon general; Political and social views; Prevention PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Illustration Bleach aid SEE ALSO: AIDS (Disease); Hypodermic needles; Intravenous drug abuse; Prevention; San Francisco PDF IMAGES Readings/Article I married Alexis By Peter Holm SEE ALSO: Budgets, Personal; Divorce; Finance, Personal; Collins, Joan; Luxuries; Holm, Peter; Rich people PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Joel Sternfeld (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Dwellings; Farmers' markets; Fire and fire prevention; Pumpkin PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Map Mapping the diaspora, 1987 SEE ALSO: Jewish diaspora; Jews; Maps; Migrations; Population PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Poland's “Jewish problem” By Marek Edelman SEE ALSO: Interviews; Edelman, Marek; Poland PDF IMAGES
22-23	Readings/Article The all new, improved contras By Robert W. Owen SEE ALSO: Foreign public opinion, American; Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense; Insignia PDF IMAGES
23-28	Readings/Article Learning to hit back By Padgett Powell SEE ALSO: Biography; Childhood and youth; Powell, Padgett PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Or you can turn the page By Daniel Janzen SEE ALSO: Animal populations; Costa Rica PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Golf; Golfers PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Poem The Kama Sutra according to Fiat By David St. John PDF IMAGES
28-31	Readings/Fiction A little tatter of sky By Peter Heller PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Illustration Designer birdhouses By William J. Reese, R.M. Kliment, Frances Halsband, Johnathan S. Foster, and Cesar Pelli PDF IMAGES
31-34	Readings/Article Responsibilities of the poet By Robert Pinsky SEE ALSO: Authors and readers PDF IMAGES Readings/Poem Dropping acid at Aunt Bea's By Baron Wormser PDF IMAGES
35-41	Article Old roses and birdsong. On the senses of summer By Donald Hall SEE ALSO: Hall, Donald; Ecology; Homes and haunts—New Hampshire; Summer PDF IMAGES
42-43	Article Quietly keeping them out. The dark side of immigration reform By Alfredo Estrada SEE ALSO: Emigration and immigration law; Illegal aliens; Mexicans; Salvadorans; United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service PDF IMAGES
44-57	Article My mother, in memory By Richard Ford SEE ALSO: Biography; Ford, Edna Akin; Family; Ford, Richard PDF IMAGES
58-63	Article The last hired gun. Ed Cantrell gets the job done By James Conaway SEE ALSO: Career as private detective; Detectives; Cantrell, Ed; Outlaws; Portraits; Prevention; Ranch life; Rangelands; Vigilantes PDF IMAGES
64-69	Advertising Supplement Fall 1987 catalogue showcase PDF IMAGES
70-72	Article It dare not speak its name. Fear and self-loathing on the gay right By Christopher Hitchens SEE ALSO: Dolan, Anthony; Conservatism; Death; Gay men; Homophobia; Homosexuality; Political and social views; Dolan, Terry PDF IMAGES
77	Double acrostic/Department No. 56 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Carte blanche By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES