September 1971 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- The Editor's Page, pp. 4-5
- French Africa
  Stanley Meisler
  , pp. 6-17
- Washington
  R.H. Shackford
  , pp. 18-22
- Gambling in Britain
  James K. Glassman
  , pp. 23-33
- Innocent Bystander
  L.E. Sissman
  , pp. 34-35
- The Mail, pp. 36-39
- Contributors, pp. 40-42
- I.Q.
  Richard J. Herrnstein
  , pp. 43-64
- Taking It Big: A Memoir of C. Wright Williams
  Dan Wakefield
  , pp. 65-71
- How My Father Was Murdered
  Joyce Carol Oates
  , pp. 72-75
  A Story
- X-Ray
  Celia Gilbert
  , p. 76
- Nabokov: A Portrait
  Alfred Appel, Jr.
  , pp. 77-92
- Happy Ending
  Ralph Maloney
  , pp. 93-96
  A Story
- A Woman
  Barry Spacks
  , p. 97
- Merle Haggard
  Paul Hemphill
  , pp. 98-102
- Stonewall
  Andrew Glaze
  , p. 103
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  Are We The Coming Race? (Review)
  Robert Lee Wolff
  , pp. 104-105
  The Coming Race, by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  1. The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer Lytton
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  Beyond the Pale (Review)
  Joseph Kraft
  , pp. 106-108
  The Israelis: Founders and Sons, by Amos Elon
  1. The Israelis: Founders and Sons by Amos Elon
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  The Sense of Period (2 Reviews)
  David Denby
  , p. 109
  McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971 Film), by Robert Altman
  1. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971 Film) by Robert Altman
  2. Death in Venice (1971 Film) by Luchino Visconti
- Song: Reconciliation
  Robert Graves
  , pp. 110-113
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  The Peripatetic Reviewer (3 Reviews)
  Edward Weeks
  , pp. 114-115
  The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth
  1. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
  2. The San Francisco Earthquake by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts
  3. Fire Sermon by Wright Morris
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  Short Reviews: Books (12 Reviews)
  Phoebe Adams
  , pp. 116-120
  Willy Remembers, by Irvin Faust
  1. Willy Remembers by Irvin Faust
  2. Parthian Words by Storm Jameson
  3. The Fall of the House of Savoy by Robert Katz
  4. Absolute Zero by Ernest Tidyman
  5. Hallucinations by Reinaldo Arenas
  6. Dante's Infernal Guide to Your School by Franklin Behrens
  7. The Ra Expeditions by Thor Heyerdahl
  8. Gateways and Caravans by Freya Stark and Fulvio Roiter
  9. Pegasus Descending by James Camp, X.J. Kennedy, and Keith Waldrop
  10. The American Indian Almanac by John Upton Terrell
  11. Louvre Dialogues by Pierre Schneider
  12. Winchell by Bob Thomas