Public & Personal, by William S. White, THE HARPERS MONTHLY

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Public & Personal

The Kennedy Era, Stage Two: The Coming Battle With Congress

by William S. White

The Harpers Monthly, February 1962, pp. 96-102

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      5. The Sins of the Fathers by Christian Geissler
      6. The Plane Trees by Monique Lange
      7. The American College and University by Frederick Rudolph
      8. The State Universities and Democracy by Allan Nevins
      9. Loss of the Self In Modern Literature and Art by Wylie Sypher
      10. The Shape of Time by George Kubler
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 97-99 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Wonderful Clouds by Francoise Sagan
      2. Prisoner's Friend by Andrew Garve
      3. How Like an Angel by Margaret Millar
      4. Mr. Conservative: Barry Goldwater by Jack Bell
      5. Rocking the Boat by Gore Vidal
      6. One Man's Freedom by Edward Bennett Williams
      7. My Language Is Me by Beulah Parker
      8. To Catch an Angel by Robert W. Russell
    20. Music in the Round by "Discus", p. 100
    21. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 101-104
    22. Cover by Harold Siegel
  9. [+]
    September 1962 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-13
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 14-25
    3. After Hours by Russell Lynes, pp. 26-30
    4. Terror in Vietnam by Stanley Millet, pp. 31-37
    5. For the Love of Dying by Malcolm Lowry, pp. 38-39
    6. Shall We Let Buckley into the Establishment? by Richard H. Rovere, pp. 40-42
    7. The Danger in the House by James Thurber, pp. 43-46
    8. Dead Horse and the Featherbird by Paul Jacobs, pp. 47-54
    9. East Africa: The Birth Pangs of Independence by Edward R.F. Sheehan, pp. 55-61
    10. Schizophrenics in the Sun by Robert Littell, pp. 62-65
    11. Elia Kazan's Great Expectations by Thomas B. Morgan, pp. 66-75
    12. Texas Politics in Turmoil by Willie Morris, pp. 76-87
    13. Animal Poems by Pati Hill, pp. 88-91
    14. Living with Your Husband's Coronary by T.D. Allen, pp. 92-94
    15. The Temptation by Walter Kaufmann, pp. 95-97
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 98-105 - 10 Reviews
      1. Before My Time by Niccolo Tucci
      2. Diamond by Brian Blanville
      3. The Sound of Bow Bells by Jerome Weidman
      4. Mister Margolies by James Yaffe
      5. Two Brothers by Vasco Pratolini
      6. Now Bless Thyself by Elizabeth Sewell
      7. In-Laws and Outlaws by C. Northcote Parkinson
      8. The Lonely African by Colin Turnbull
      9. The Blue Nile by Alan Moorehead
      10. Tragedy in Dedham by Francis Russell
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 106-109 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Incident by Anne Rives
      2. Mission of Fear by George Harmon Coxe
      3. Seen Dimly Before Dawn by Nigel Balchin
      4. The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith
      5. The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean
      6. The Love Thieves by Peter Packer
      7. A View of My Own by Elizabeth Hardwick
      8. Man of the Century: Churchill by Richard Harrity and Ralph G. Martin
    18. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 110-111
    19. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 112-114
  10. [+]
    October 1962 Issue = 31 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-15
    2. The Easy Chair, pp. 16-29
    3. After Hours by William North Jayme and Jan Holcman, pp. 30-38
    4. The Race to Create Life by Leonard Engel, pp. 39-45
    5. J.D. Salinger's Closed Circuit by Mary McCarthy, pp. 46-48
    6. Sinus Tones with Nuts and Bolts by Paul Moor, pp. 49-50
    7. October by Bill Butler, pp. 51-52
    8. The Death of Weake by Peter Matthiessen, pp. 53-60
    9. Ohio's Unpredictable Voters by John H. Fenton, pp. 61-65
    10. The Rising Leaders of Germany by Joseph Kraft, pp. 66-74
    11. Your Friendly Finance Company on Capitol Hill by Julius Duscha, pp. 75-78
    12. Peer the Traper by Garfield Scrog, pp. 79-81
    13. The Unreported Crisis in the Southern Colleges by C. Vann Woodward, pp. 82-89
    14. [+]
      The New Books by Benjamin DeMott, pp. 90-99 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Strength to Dream by Colin Wilson
      2. Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
      3. The Thin Red Line by James Jones
      4. What a Way to Go by Wright Morris
      5. Morte D'Urban by J.F. Powers
      6. TV in America: The Morality of Hard Cash by Meyer Weinberg
      7. The Compleat Politician by Murray B. Levin and George Blackwood
      8. The Scientific Life by Theodore Berland
    15. [+]
      Frost, Williams & Company by Stanley Kunitz, pp. 100-109 - 6 Reviews
      1. In the Clearing by Robert Frost
      2. Pictures from Brueghel, and Other Poems by William Carlos Williams
      3. Poems by Alan Dugan
      4. Views of Jeopardy by Jack Gilbert
      5. For Love: Poems, 1950-1960 by Robert Creeley
      6. Thank You and Other Poems by Kenneth Koch
    16. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 110-113
    17. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 114-116
    18. Foreward, pp. 117-119
    19. Growing Up Female by Bruno Bettelheim, pp. 120-128
    20. Speaking for the Working-class Wife by Patricia Cayo Sexton, pp. 129-133
    21. The Decline and Fall of Fashion by Ann St. Code, pp. 134-140
    22. Nobody Here but Us Pompadours by Marion K. Sanders, pp. 141-146
    23. Second Chance: New Education for Women by Esther Raushenbush, pp. 147-152
    24. Mother and Jack and the Rain by Anne Sexton, p. 153
    25. Reena by Paule Marshall, pp. 154-163
    26. How to Make Friends with Women by David Yellin, pp. 164-165
    27. The Young Divorcee by Midge Decter, pp. 166-171
    28. Renting by William Dickey, p. 172
    29. Honeychile at the Barricades by Florence B. Robin, pp. 173-176
    30. Thread by Florence Trefethen, p. 177
    31. The Swedes Do It Better by Richard F. Tomasson, pp. 178-182
  11. [+]
    November 1962 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-15
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 16-23
    3. After Hours by Joachim Remak, pp. 24-30
    4. Statement of the Defendant by Helmer O. Oleson, pp. 31-32
    5. A Catholic Looks at Protestantism by Daniel Callahan, pp. 33-39
    6. The Mystique of British Clubs by Anthony Sampson, pp. 40-47
    7. Why I Won't Be Governor of Connecticut by Roger Eddy, pp. 48-49
    8. The Bored and the Violent by Arthur Miller, pp. 50-56
    9. Memoirs of a Chorus-crasher by Joseph Roddy, pp. 57-60
    10. For a Reactionary Experiment in Education by Paul Goodman, pp. 61-67
    11. They Tell Me by Evgeny Evtushenko, pp. 68-72
    12. The Breath of Life Machine by C. Harcourt Kitchin, pp. 73-75
    13. Fragments of Family Life by Ellen Douglas, pp. 76-78
    14. Life at Its Best by James A. Beard, pp. 79-92
    15. The Hemingway Influence by Anthony Ostroff, pp. 93-97
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 98-111 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Intellectual Versus the City by Morton Gabriel White and Lucia White
      2. Man and the Sun by Jacquetta H. Hawkes
      3. The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone by Barbara Pollack
      4. One Boy's Boston, 1887-1901 by Samuel Eliot Morison
      5. Chekhov: A Biography by Ernest J. Simmons
    17. A Dozen for Christmas by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 112-113
    18. [+]
      Some Current Books on China by Philip Alden Kuhn, pp. 114-118 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Other Side of the River by Edgar Snow
      2. Awakened China by Felix Greene
      3. China and Her Shadow by Tibor Mende
      4. The Wilting of the Hundred Flowers by Fu-sheng Mu
      5. Escape from Red China by Robert Loh and Humphrey Evans
    19. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 119-123
    20. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 124-126
    21. Cover by Janet Halverson
  12. [+]
    December 1962 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-15
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 16-23
    3. After Hours by Lowell R. Tillett, pp. 24-28
    4. Kennedy's Working Staff by Joseph Kraft, pp. 29-36
    5. A Thoroughly Highbrow Cruise by Eleanor Perenyi, pp. 37-43
    6. A Baptist Intellectual's View of Catholicism by Harvey Cox, pp. 44-50
    7. West Point: Ancient Incubator for a New Breed by David Boroff, pp. 51-59
    8. The Speech by V.S. Pritchett, pp. 60-65
    9. New Findings on the Origin of Races by Carleton S. Coon, pp. 66-74
    10. David Dubinsky: Why His Throne Is Wobbling by Paul Jacobs, pp. 75-81
    11. Leaving Early by Sylvia Plath, pp. 82-84
    12. The Real Sins of the Press by Lester Markel, pp. 85-93
    13. Forecast by Philip Booth, pp. 94-95
    14. When I Make Scones by Frank Baker, pp. 96-99
    15. The New Books by Leo Steinberg, pp. 100-115
    16. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 116-120 - 19 Reviews
      1. It's a Battlefield by Graham Greene
      2. The Shattered Glass by Jean Ariss
      3. The Golden Spur by Dawn Powell
      4. Life at the Top by John Braine
      5. Mr. Seidman and the Geisha by Elick Moll
      6. The World of Carmel Snow by Carmel Snow and Mary Louise Aswell
      7. Passionate Paradox by Keith Briant
      8. Wolf Willow by Wallace Stegner
      9. Which Way Did He Go? by Ronald Searle
      10. Ho Ho Hoffnung by Gerard Hoffnung
      11. Drawn and Quartered by Charles Addams
      12. Ted Key's Hazel Time by Ted Key
      13. The Story of Wine in California by M.F.K. Fisher
      14. The Wines and Vineyards of France by Louis Jacquelin and Rene Poulain
      15. Images of Truth by Glenway Wescott
      16. Breaking Into Print by Edward Weeks
      17. Editors on Editing by Gerald Gross
      18. The World of Golf by Charles Price
      19. The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary by Jessie Coulson, C.T. Carr, M.I. Hutchinson, and Dorothy S. Eagle, ...
    17. Music in the Round by "Discus", pp. 121-123
    18. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 124-126
    19. Cover by Arthur Hawkins
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8. [+]
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  Issues of 1979 = 12 Issues, 243 Articles
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  Issues of 1980 = 11 Issues, 219 Articles
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  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 231 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1982 = 12 Issues, 190 Articles
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  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 211 Articles
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  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 298 Articles
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  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 294 Articles
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  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 263 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 11 Issues, 220 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 8 Issues, 151 Articles
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  Issues of 1992 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1993 = 9 Issues, 183 Articles
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  Issues of 1994 = 11 Issues, 224 Articles
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  Issues of 1995 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
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  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 11 Issues, 178 Articles
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  Issues of 2001 = 12 Issues, 215 Articles
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  Issues of 2003 = 11 Issues, 201 Articles
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  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 180 Articles
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  Issues of 2005 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
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