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Harper’s Magazine [v268, #1609, June 1984] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 30 · Totalitarian Kitsch · Milan Kundera; translated by Michael Henry Heim · ex (r); from The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 31 · By an Open Window · Arthur Kopit · ex (r); from End of the World.

Harper’s Magazine [v269, #1610, July 1984] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 69 · The ’New Yorker’ Story · Martha Bayles · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v269, #1611, August 1984] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 30 · Richard Nixon: A Solioquy · Robert Altman · ex (r); from screenplay Secret Honor. 33 · Fear: Four Examples · Gordon Lish · ex (r); from What I Know So Far.

Harper’s Magazine [v269, #1612, September 1984] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 30 · Post-Modernism · Max Apple · ex (r); from Free Agents. 60 · The Chair · Guy Davenport · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v269, #1613, October 1984] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · The Naked Lady · Madison Smartt Bell · ss The Crescent Review #1 1983

Harper’s Magazine [v269, #1614, November 1984] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 28 · The Story of C · Primo Levi; translated by Raymond Rosenthal · ss The Sciences Sep/Oct 1984

Harper’s Magazine [v269, #1615, December 1984] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 28 · Duck-Walking · Joe Ashby Porter · ss Contemporary American Fiction

Harper’s Magazine [v270, #1616, January 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · Description (of a Description) · Susan Sontag · ss Antæus #53 1984

Harper’s Magazine [v270, #1617, February 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 33 · Michelangelo’s Snowman · R. M. Lamming · ex (r); from The Notebook of Gismondo Cavaletti.

Harper’s Magazine [v270, #1618, March 1985] Issue not found. Need Contents

Harper’s Magazine [v270, #1619, April 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 29 · San Francisco · Amy Hempel · ex (r); from Reasons to Live. 32 · The Boys · Jim Heynen · ex (r); from You Know What Is Right.

Harper’s Magazine [v270, #1620, May 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 34 · Neruda and the Mets · Vince Passaro · ss Willow Springs Sum 1985 37 · Precisely · Harold Pinter · pl 39 · The Foot · Michelle Huneven · ss Machines of Loving Grace · Joe W. Haldeman · pm

Harper’s Magazine [v270, #1621, June 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 28 · A Face Laid Waste · Marguerite Duras; translated by Barbara Bray · ex (r); from The Lover. 29 · On the Radio · Ann Beattie · ex (r); from Love, Always. 31 · Boredom · Goffredo Parise; translated by Isabel Quigly · ex (r); from Solitudes.

Harper’s Magazine [v271, #1622, July 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 23 · For Her Love · Elsa Morante; translated by William Weaver · ex (r); from Aracoeli.

Harper’s Magazine [v271, #1623, August 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 25 · How to Look at a Naked Bosom · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ex (r); from Mr. Palomar. 27 · On Parking Lots · Frederick Barthelme · ex (r); from Tracer. 28 · No One’s a Mystery · Elizabeth Tallent · ss (r); story syndicated to newspapers and published by Cincinnati Enquirer and Newsday. 64 · Zero db · Madison Smartt Bell · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v271, #1624, September 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 34 · The Birth of Latin America · Eduardo Galleano; translated by Cedric Belfrage · ex (r); from Memory of Fire; Genesis.

Harper’s Magazine [v271, #1625, October 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 66 · The Temple of Boredom · Luc Sante · ar

Harper’s Magazine [v271, #1626, November 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 31 · A Professional Exercise · Howard Brenton & David Hare · ex (r); from Pravda; A Fleet Street Comedy.

Harper’s Magazine [v271, #1627, December 1985] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · Eighteen Minutes · Axel Schulze; translated by Roger C. Norton · ss; from Voices East and West: German Short Stories Since 1985. 63 · The Complete Xmas Story · Brock Brower · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v272, #1628, January 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 34 · The Symbol · Virginia Woolf · ss (r); reprint from The Complete Shorter Fiction of Virginia Woolf.

Harper’s Magazine [v272, #1629, February 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 26 · It Had Wings · Allan Gurganus · ss The Paris Review Win 1985

Harper’s Magazine [v272, #1630, March 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · Children of the Wind · Primo Levi; translated by Simon Rees & Antonio Tasca · ss Granta Sum 1985 47 · Massé · Leigh Allison Wilson · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v272, #1631, April 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 22 · Joyce Made Easy · Gordon Lish · vi 70 · Three Cocktail Parties · Brian McCormick · pl

Harper’s Magazine [v272, #1632, May 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 35 · Mistake · Russell Banks · ss (r); reprint from Success Stories.

Harper’s Magazine [v272, #1633, June 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 27 · Love and the Branch Manager · Shimizu Ikko; translated by Tamae K. Prindle · vi Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars Jul-Sep 1985, as “Silver Sanctuary” 64 · Mengele in Jerusalem · Tova Reich · ss Sources Agree Rock Swoon Has No Past · Barry Hannah · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v273, #1634, July 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 70 · Roses of Eden · Helen Jones · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v273, #1635, August 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · Easy · Christopher Coe · ss Story Quarterly #21 68 · In Search of the Rattlesnake Plantain · Margaret Atwood · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v273, #1636, September 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · Story · Lydia Davis · ss (r); reprint from Break of Dawn.

Harper’s Magazine [v273, #1637, October 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 33 · Anis del Mono · Quim Monzó; translated by Mary Ann Newman · ss Translation Spr 1986 58 · The Real Story · Pamela Painter · ss 70 · A Keepsake for the Wedding · Brian McCormick · pl

Harper’s Magazine [v273, #1638, November 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · Blue Ground · Carolyn See · ex (r); from Golden Days. 39 · Harper’s Forum: Notes from an Interplanetary Bottle; participants were asked to write short pieces designed to be a “message aimed at forestalling any extraterrestrial attempt at conquest” of the Earth. _ · Notes from an Interplanetary Bottle · Carl Sagan · ms _ · Notes from an Interplanetary Bottle · Vassily Aksyonov · ms _ · Notes from an Interplanetary Bottle · Gregory Benford · ms _ · Notes from an Interplanetary Bottle · William Burroughs · ms _ · Notes from an Interplanetary Bottle · Robert Nisbet · ms _ · Notes from an Interplanetary Bottle · John Simon · ms _ · Notes from an Interplanetary Bottle · Auberon Waugh · ms 66 · Dreams of Distant Lives · Lee K. Abbott · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v273, #1639, December 1986] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 17 · The Dishonorable Spy [George Smiley] · John le Carre · ar Johns Hopkins Magazine Aug 1986; speech about the harm spying causes, but includes short vignette about George Smiley. 32 · Nebraska · Ron Hansen · ss Prairie Schooner 65 · The Art of Cartography · J. S. Marcus · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v274, #1640, January 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 34 · The Red Cocoon · Kobo Abé; translated by Lane Dunlop · ss (r); from the anthology A Late Chrysanthemum; Twenty-One Stories from the Japanese. 66 · Research · Max Apple · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v274, #1641, February 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 68 · State Champions · Bobbie Ann Mason · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v274, #1642, March 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · Jealousy · Leonard Michaels · ss The Paris Review Sum/Fll 1986 63 · Mole · Rick DeMarinis · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v274, #1643, April 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 29 · A Death in Palestine · Akram Hanniya; translated by Shirley Eber · ss Index on Censorship Nov 1986, as “The Day Ibrahim Al-Aqra Was Killed” 34 · City Sundays · Coleman Duvall · ex (r); from The Houses of Children.

Harper’s Magazine [v274, #1644, May 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 31 · The Making of the President · Gore Vidal · ex (r); from Empire. 60 · Snares · Louise Erdrich · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v274, #1645, June 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · Driving · Bill Franzen · vi 45 · The Buddha of Suburbia · Hanef Kurieshi · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v275, #1646, July 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 31 · Pretty Pictures · Leon Rooke · ss TriQuarterly Win 1987 59 · The Dying Year · Margaret Drabble · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v275, #1647, August 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 28 · A Little Tatter of Sky · Peter Heller · ss Stonefence Review Spr 1987

Harper’s Magazine [v275, #1648, September 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 22 · Stories and Histories · Jeanette Winterson · ex (r); from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. 32 · Kathis · Marianne Wiggins · ex (r); from Herself in Time and Other Stories.

Harper’s Magazine [v275, #1649, October 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 25 · Arrest Me · Denis Hirson · ex (r); from The House Next Door to Africa. 50 · Sorry Fugu · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v275, #1650, November 1987] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 41 · Toussaint · Ronald F. Turner · ss Alaska Quarterly Review Fll/Win 1986 61 · Absence of Mercy · Robert Stone · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v275, #1651, December 1987] Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 17 · Hard Sell · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss 70 · Imagine a Day at the End of Your Life · Ann Beattie · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v276, #1652, January 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 25 · President O’Reilly · D. M. Thomas · ex (r); from Summit. 32 · Preparation · Kenneth Bernard · ss Grand Street 58 · Pagans · Rick DeMarinis · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v276, #1653, February 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 66 · Customs of the Country · Madison Smartt Bell · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v276, #1654, March 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 38 · Arabesque · Anton Shammas; translated by Vivian Eden · ex; from Arabesques. 55 · The Hills and the Creeks (Albany, 1850) · William Kennedy · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v276, #1655, April 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · Observing the Observer · Friedrich Dürrenmatt; translated by Joel Agee · ex (r); from The Assignment.

Harper’s Magazine [v276, #1656, May 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 33 · The Trial of Allan Bloom · Frank Gannon · ex (r); from Vanna Karenina. 54 · Hidalgos · Bob Shacochis · nv

Harper’s Magazine [v276, #1657, June 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · Tofigh · Yves Navarre; translated by Howard Girven · ss Partisan Review Win 1988 32 · The Coming Triumph of the Free World · Rick DeMarinis · ex (r) 63 · The View of Me from Mars · Lee K. Abbott · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v277, #1658, July 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 33 · Sneak · Charlie Smith · ex (r); from Shine Hawk. 51 · America Competes · Allan Gurganus · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v277, #1659, August 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 39 · Small-Hands Chen · Wang Zenqqi; translated by Howard Goldblatt · ss Fiction v8 #2-3 63 · The Moment Before the Gun Went Off · Nadine Gordimer · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v277, #1660, September 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 36 · Theology · Margaret Atwood · ss Translation Spr 1988 38 · Inheritance · Larry Woiwode · ex (r); from Born Brothers. 61 · The Runner · Don DeLillo · ss

Harper’s Magazine [v277, #1661, October 1988] ed. Lewis H. Lapham Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 30 · Zapatas · Filéncio Salmón; translated by T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss 53 · On the Flats · George H. Rosen · ss