Harper's Magazine: January 1989

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January 1989

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Art/illustration [Cover art] By Victoria Kann SEE ALSO: Flowers; Nineteen sixties; Snakes; Young men PDF IMAGES
4-7	Letters/Department Letters On Skywriting, from May 1988: Letter By Leslie Wilson On Kissinger behind closed doors, from June 1988: Letter By Samuel Hazo Letter By Ben Zona On Just like us?, from August 1988: Letter By Diana Darling On Readings, from October 1988: Letter By Rev. Sherwood Goffin On The new god will fail, from October 1988: Note/correction PDF IMAGES
8-9	Notebook/Article Nouns and pronouns By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Bush, George; 1981-1989; 1989-1993; Political and social views; State, The PDF IMAGES
11	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
14-17	Readings/Article Uncle Sam, stay home By Carlos Fuentes SEE ALSO: Latin America; 1980-; 1989-1993 PDF IMAGES
15	Readings/Cartoon Time waits for Pee Wee Herman SEE ALSO: Clocks and watches; Humor; Reubens, Paul PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Art/illustration [Untitled Art/illustration] SEE ALSO: Chile; Elections; Propaganda PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Article Where the people are nice and the trains run on time By Geoffrey Atheling Wagner SEE ALSO: Chile; Wagner, Geoffrey Atheling; Journeys—Chile PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Are you cut out for the CIA? By John Patrick Quirk SEE ALSO: Examinations; Intelligence officers; United States. Central Intelligence Agency PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Uranium, in moderation SEE ALSO: Environmental aspects; Physiological effect; Radioactivity; Uranium industry PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Photography Bravo 20 bombing range near Fallon, Nevada, 1986 By Richard Misrach (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Nevada PDF IMAGES
23-24	Readings/Article Advice for refuseniks SEE ALSO: Conscientious objectors; Israel; Political prisoners PDF IMAGES Readings/Art/illustration Maggie gets even By Peter Rix SEE ALSO: Thatcher, Margaret; Portraits; Prime ministers; Sexual dominance and submission PDF IMAGES
24-26	Readings/Article Gorby the antichrist By Robert W. Faid SEE ALSO: Bible; Career in politics; Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich; Prophecies PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article In the spirit of Spiro By John M. Snyder SEE ALSO: Catholic Church; Gun control PDF IMAGES
28-31	Readings/Article Experienced, qualified—and stupid By Esther Vilar and Joel Agee (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Stupidity PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Photography Thorns By Eugenia Rendón de Olazabal (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Cactus PDF IMAGES
31-36	Readings/Article Pop culture, auto-canonized By Jonathan Freedman SEE ALSO: Canon (Literature); Popular music; Texts PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Article What it be SEE ALSO: Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Slang PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Article Ultimate nudity By E.J. Kahn SEE ALSO: Waters, John; Nudity; Views on nudity PDF IMAGES
36	Readings/Article Lime-congealed salad By Jimmy Carter SEE ALSO: Food; Carter, Jimmy PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A writer's blocks By John Updike SEE ALSO: Childhood and youth; Updike, John; Popular literature PDF IMAGES
39	Readings/Art/illustration Monogrammed landscapes By Adrienne E. Morgan (Photog.) and Cherie Semans (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Landscape; Maps PDF IMAGES
42	Readings/Poetry Words for my daughter By John Balaban PDF IMAGES
43-47	Article Signing away Canada's soul: Culture, identity, and the free-trade agreement By Robertson Davies SEE ALSO: American influences; Commerce; Free trade PDF IMAGES
49-64	Article A fury of symbols: How the sixties erupted in one man's life By Joel Agee SEE ALSO: Biography; Coincidence; Hallucinogenic drugs; Agee, Joel; Nineteen sixties; Shooting; Young men PDF IMAGES
65-71	Fiction Peace of mind By T. Coraghessan Boyle PDF IMAGES
72-75	Article When you kick a liberal: A post-election parable By Garrison Keillor SEE ALSO: Liberalism; 1981-1989; 1988-; 1989-1993; Parables PDF IMAGES
76	Double acrostic/Department No. 73 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
79	Puzzle/Department One in three By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES