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Harper’s Magazine [v277, #1662, November 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · I Was an Infinitely Hot and Dense Dot · Mark Leyner · ex Mississippi Review #47/48 1988; from the forthcoming novel My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist (Vintage Contemporaries, 1990). 38 · Music Lessons · Lynda Barry · ex (r); from The Good Times Are Killing Me.

Harper’s Magazine [v277, #1663, December 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 37 · In Our State · Tom Drury · ex 53 · Untime of the Imam · Salman Rushdie · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v278, #1664, January 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 65 · Peace of Mind · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v278, #1665, February 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · To Die for One’s Country Is Glorious · Danilo Kis; translated by Michael Henry Heim · ex (r); from The Encyclopedia of the Dead. 56 · Peace · Max Apple · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v278, #1666, March 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 35 · Writing Without Conflict · Ursula K. Le Guin · ex (r); from Dancing at the Edge of the World. 36 · My Brother · Margaret Atwood · ex (r); from Cat’s Eye. 62 · In Love with Ariadne · William Trevor · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v278, #1667, April 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · A Tale · Wang Zenqqi; translated by Howard Goldblatt · ex (r); from Short, Short Stories. 42 · Under This Very Mall · Allan Gurganus · ex (r); from Oldest Confederate Widow Tells All. 64 · Backdaire · Fae Myenne Ng · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v278, #1668, May 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 62 · Americana · Mona Simpson · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v278, #1669, June 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 30 · The Feather in the Toque · Susan Minot · ex (r); from Lust and Other Stories. 33 · Millions · Marianne Wiggins · vi 62 · Scheherazade · Charles Baxter · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v279, #1670, July 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 37 · Subtotals · Gregory Bowham · ss Turnstile Win 1988 38 · Erogenous South Africa · Breyten Breytenbach · ex (r); from Memories of Snow and Dust. 51 · Insulata · Rick DeMarinis · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v279, #1671, August 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 28 · Lucy and Ricky and the Mambo Kings · Oscar Hijuelos · ex (r); from The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. 41 · When I Began to Understand Quantum Mechanics · Jane Hamilton · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v279, #1672, September 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · Everything Is Green · David Foster Wallace · ex (r); from Girl with Curious Hair. 36 · The Dinner Party · Margaret Drabble · ex (r); from A Natural Curiosity. 40 · In Transit · Bharati Mukherjee · ex (r); from Jasmine. 68 · Ship in a Bottle · Annie Dillard · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v279, #1673, October 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 42 · Dr. Ordinary · Padgett Powell · vi 55 · Jump · Nadine Gordimer · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v279, #1674, November 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 57 · Reassurance · Allan Gurganus · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v279, #1675, December 1989] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 34 · ???!!! · Revas Mishveladze; translated by Edythe C. Haber · ex (r); from The New Soviet Fiction: Sixteen Short Stories, ed. Sergei Zalygin.

Harper’s Magazine [v280, #1676, January 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 60 · Witness · Madison Smartt Bell · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v280, #1677, February 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 33 · Promotion Report · Chen Hengchu; translated by Howard Goldblatt · ss Zyzzyva Spr 1989 61 · The Varieties of Romantic Experience · Robert Cohen · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v280, #1678, March 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 30 · Enemies and Friends · Tim O’Brien · ex; from The Things They Carried. 38 · Silent Movie · Charles Baxter · ex; from A Relative Stranger. 65 · The Leap · Louise Erdrich · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v280, #1679, April 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 58 · Kerenyaga · Rand Richards Cooper · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v280, #1680, May 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 35 · Death of a Right Fielder · Stuart Dybek · ss The Coast of Chicago, Knopf 1990 64 · Eleanor in the Underworld · J. S. Marcus · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v280, #1681, June 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 43 · Long Distance · Edna O’Brien · ex; from Lantern Slides. 62 · Rehearsing “The Firebird” · Jane Hamilton · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v281, #1682, July 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 34 · Texas/Kansas · Padgett Powell · ss Grand Street Spr 1990 62 · Never in This World · Mark Richard · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v281, #1683, August 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 35 · In Search of the Indispensible · Giorgio Manganelli; translated by John Satriano · ex; from Centuria: One Hundred Little Tales. 49 · Death by Landscape · Margaret Atwood · ss Saturday Night Jul 1989 66 · Winged · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar

Harper’s Magazine [v281, #1684, September 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 47 · Juno of the Veii · Guy Davenport · ex; from The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers.

Harper’s Magazine [v281, #1685, October 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 34 · One Evening · Samuel Beckett · ex; from As the Story Was Told: Uncollected and Late Prose. 36 · King · John Edgar Wideman · ex; from Philadelphia Fire. 68 · Sweet Cheeks · Lee K. Abbott · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v281, #1686, November 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 66 · Nativity, Caucasian · Allan Gurganus · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v281, #1687, December 1990] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 54 · Ladies, and Gentlemen: · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v282, #1688, January 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 41 · Stage Kiss · Martin Crimp · ss The London Review of Books Jul 15 1990 56 · Full Day · Reynolds Price · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v282, #1689, February 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 62 · Do You Hear Your Mother Talking? · William Kittredge · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v282, #1690, March 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 60 · Hopes Rise · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v282, #1691, April 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 54 · Rudderless Fiction: Lesson One · Rick DeMarinis · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v282, #1692, May 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 44 · Tompkins Square · Don DeLillo · ex (r); from Mao II. 68 · Passion · Charles Baxter · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v282, #1693, June 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 42 · The Ultimate Tattoo · Mark Leyner · ss 68 · Octopus · Charis W. Conn · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v283, #1694, July 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 35 · Book Report · Michael Wilding · ex (r); from Her Most Bizarre Sexual Experience. 62 · I Live in Yonville · Anthony Giardina · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v283, #1695, August 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 35 · Meat in Space · Terry Bisson · vi Omni Apr 1991, as “They’re Made Out of Meat” 48 · A Trip to the Mountains · Annie Dillard · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v283, #1696, September 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 72 · Is Laughter Contagious? · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v283, #1697, October 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 66 · To Find the Edge · Robert Stone · ex (r); from Outerbridge Reach.

Harper’s Magazine [v283, #1698, November 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 44 · One Thousand Words on Why You Should Not Talk During a Fire Drill · Mark Halliday · ss North American Review

Harper’s Magazine [v283, #1699, December 1991] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 42 · The Sixties · David Shields · ex (r); from Handbook for Drowning.

Harper’s Magazine [v284, #1700, January 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · The Widower · Marco Lodoli; translated by John Satriano · ex; from The Ambassador.

Harper’s Magazine [v284, #1701, February 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 34 · Sweet Things · William H. Gass · ss Review of Contemporary Fiction Fll 1991, as “Sweets” 56 · The Professor · Lydia Davis · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v284, #1702, March 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · Shoplifting Casualties · Edgardo Cozarinsky · ex (r); from Urban Voodoo. 48 · Charlotte · Tony Earley · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v284, #1703, April 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 31 · Between Father and Daughter · Reginald Gibbons · ex (r); from Five Pears or Peaches. 55 · Line of Credit · Louise Erdrich · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v284, #1704, May 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 62 · Rose Wept · William Trevor · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v284, #1705, June 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 62 · The Summer of Vintage Clothing · Ron Carlson · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v285, #1706, July 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 56 · The Whole Truth · Stephen McCauley · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v285, #1707, August 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · Harper’s Forum: To Be Continued; asks writers to come up with sequels to classics. _36 · Gregor: My Life as a Bug · Jane Smiley · ss; sequel to Kafka’s Metamorphosis. _37 · The Late Gatsby · Jay Parini · ss; sequel to Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. _39 · Rabbit Resurrected · David Foster Wallace · ss; sequel to Updike’s Rabbit at Rest. _41 · Tadzio’s Farewell · Paul West · ss; sequel to Mann’s Death in Venice. _42 · Franny at Fifty · Wendy Wasserstein · ss; sequel to Salinger’s Franny and Zooey. _44 · Gulliver Goes South · John Vernon · ss; sequel to Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. 48 · I Want to Live! · Thom Jones · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v285, #1708, September 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 38 · Grapes · Sergei Dovlatov · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v285, #1709, October 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 34 · Honeycomb · Natalia Rachel Singer · vi Sun Dog: The Southern Review Fll 1992 35 · Pafko at the Wall · Don DeLillo · na

Harper’s Magazine [v285, #1710, November 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 65 · Created Things · Charles Baxter · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v285, #1711, December 1992] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 75 · Lady’s Dream · Tobias Wolff · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v286, #1712, January 1993] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · Some Other Time · Alan Lightman · ex; from Einstein’s Dreams. 78 · The Prophet from Jupiter · Tony Earley · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v286, #1713, February 1993] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 30 · Lederhosen · Haruki Murakami; translated by Alfred Birnbaum · ss 52 · The 400-Pound CEO · George Saunders · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v286, #1714, March 1993] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 62 · The Dream of the Consortium · Steven Millhauser · nv

Harper’s Magazine [v286, #1715, April 1993] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · Varieties of Disturbance · Lydia Davis · vi The Little Magazine v18 72 · Top of the Food Chain · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v286, #1716, May 1993] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 28 · U and I · I. U. Tarchetti; translated by Lawrence Venuti · ss (r), as “The Letter U: A Madman’s Manuscript”; from Fantastic Tales. 64 · Gilbert’s Mother · William Trevor · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v286, #1717, June 1993] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 62 · Aren’t You Happy for Me? · Richard Bausch · ss