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Closest to Home

by Norbert Krapf

The American Scholar, Autumn 1994, p. 601

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    1. Decline & Blumenthal by "Aristides", pp. 7-16
    2. Psychotherapy Awry by Paul R. McHugh, pp. 17-30
    3. The Strategic Vision of Alexander Hamilton by Thomas K. McCraw, pp. 31-57
    4. Granddaughter and Ancestors by Margaret Kay, pp. 58-59
    5. Meditation in the Israelite Cemetery, Wurzburg by Norbert Krapf, pp. 60-62
    6. The Nobel Prize for Literature by Renee Winegarten, pp. 63-75
    7. Heat Lightning by Robert Morgan, p. 76
    8. Uncle Hans in Exile by Evelyn Toynton, pp. 77-85
    9. Copperheads by E.M. Schorb, pp. 86-88
    10. No Gambling at the Casino Paganini by Hugh McGinnis Ferguson, pp. 89-95
    11. Dr. Livingstone, He Presumed by Dan Jacobson, pp. 96-101
    12. Jimmy by Peter Dailey, pp. 102-109
    13. Sexist Poem by Diana Der-Hovanessian, p. 110
    14. Notes on the Poststructural Code by Bert O. States, pp. 111-116
    15. Photograph, Fall of '41 by Constance Egemo, pp. 117-118
    16. The Tyranny of the Aesthetic by John P. Sisk, pp. 119-122
    17. My Interview with Bertrand Russell by Walter L. Arnstein, pp. 123-128
    18. Marsh Hawk by Anne-Marie Cusac, p. 129
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      1. Ivan Bunin: Russian Requiem, 1885-1920 by Thomas Gaiton Marullo and Ivan Bunin
    26. The Reader Replies, pp. 155-162
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    1. Boy N the Hood by "Aristides", pp. 167-176
    2. Bourgeois Virtue by Donald McCloskey, pp. 177-191
    3. With the Sun Rising by Richard Dankleff, p. 192
    4. The Longest Night by John McDonough, pp. 193-211
    5. Heart and Soul by Sean Enright, pp. 212-213
    6. Crossed Song by Robert Cording, p. 214
    7. Did the Russian Revolution Have to Happen? by Richard Pipes, pp. 215-238
    8. Leopold Labedz by Edward Shils, pp. 239-256
    9. Hidden Meadow by Peter Filkins, p. 257
    10. False Discoveries by Erland Anderson, p. 258
    11. From Natchez to Mobiles, From Memphis to St. Joe by William Zinsser, pp. 259-266
    12. Frank Lloyd Wright, The Many Lives of by Dan Pinck, pp. 267-276
    13. Murder as One of the Liberal Arts by James Hitchcock, pp. 277-285
    14. "I call it back..." by Frederick Morgan, p. 286
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      1. American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol I by John Hollander
      2. American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol II by John Hollander
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      1. Are There Too Many Lawyers? by Joseph S. Fulda
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      1. Benjamin Britten by Humphrey Carpenter
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    22. The Reader Replies, pp. 319-322
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    Summer 1994 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. "Here to Buy Mink" by "Aristides", pp. 327-336
    2. Meanwhile, Back on the Ward... by Jay Neugeboren, pp. 337-348
    3. The Mary Elinore Smith Poetry Prize by Timothy E. Thatcher, pp. 349-350
    4. How Not to Make a Stradivarius by Thomas Levenson, pp. 351-378
    5. The Bulldog and the Butterfly by Jeffrey Meyers, pp. 379-399
    6. A Day In April by Barbara Van Noord, pp. 400-401
    7. Cavafy by Eugene Schlanger, p. 402
    8. "Les Roses, Mademoiselle" by Renee C. Fox, pp. 403-419
    9. Extended Sonnet by Alicia Ostriker, p. 420
    10. Nationalism and the Politics of Resentment by Eugen Weber, pp. 421-428
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      1. Schindler's List (1993 Film) by Steven Spielberg
    12. The Fabled Moe by Nicholas Dawidoff, pp. 433-439
    13. Vick's Salve by Philip Miller, p. 440
    14. The Glorifier by Michael Lasser, pp. 441-447
    15. The Infinite by Giacomo Leopardi, p. 448
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      1. The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations by Fred R. Shapiro
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      1. The Evolution Man by Roy Lewis
    22. Psychotherapy Awry by Laura Kleinerman, Anthony S. Fiorino, and Robert Barasch, ..., pp. 476-482
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    Autumn 1994 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Narcissus Leaves the Pool by "Aristides", pp. 487-496
    2. Latin Fanatic by Alexander Stille, pp. 497-526
    3. Pariah Science by David Goodstein, pp. 527-541
    4. I.T. Davis by Trent Busch, pp. 542-543
    5. Slap Shot by Matthew J. Spireng, p. 544
    6. A Loss for Words by Neal Bowers, pp. 545-555
    7. Lily of the Valley by Christine Whittemore, p. 556
    8. Billy Blake's Trial by Brian Doyle, pp. 557-568
    9. The Press and the Prose by Jacques Barzun, pp. 569-576
    10. George Eliot for Grown-Ups by Gertrude Himmelfarb, pp. 577-581
    11. Epitaph by Bruce Guernsey, p. 582
    12. Remembering Clement Greenberg by Morris Freedman, pp. 583-589
    13. At Large by Frederick Morgan, p. 590
    14. American Dryad by Daniel Mark Epstein, pp. 591-600
    15. Closest to Home by Norbert Krapf, p. 601
    16. The Wasp Leaves the Bottle by Josiah Lee Auspitz, pp. 602-618
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      1. Marguerite Yourcenar by Josyane Savigneau
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      1. The Warburgs by Ron Chernow
    20. The Reader Replies, pp. 631-636
    21. Index, pp. 637-642
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