Summer 1985 Issue, THE PARTISAN REVIEW

- Stalinism of the Right
  William Phillips
  , pp. 167-171
- The Performance
  Sergei Dovlatov
  , pp. 172-194
- The Decline of the Man of Letters
  Frank Kermode
  , pp. 195-209
- An Interview with Leszek Kolakowski
  Enrique Krauze
  , pp. 210-221
- Myths of Alienation
  Dennis Wrong
  , pp. 222-235
- Saint Lucia's First Communion; Night Fishing
  Derek Walcott
  , p. 236
- Machine Portraits With Pendant Spaceman
  Les Murray
  , pp. 237-240
- Untitled
  Yves Bonnefoy
  , p. 241
- After the Stroke
  Rachel Hadas
  , pp. 242-243
- History Lessons
  Stuart Dischell
  , pp. 244-245
- Waterlilies in the Muddy River
  Sue Standing
  , p. 246
- Mozambique
  Michael Mott
  , p. 247
- We Know Now
  Judith Berke
  , p. 248
- January
  Frank J. Nisetich
  , p. 249
- Sunlight on Fire Escapes
  Jane Mayhall
  , p. 250
- Revise, Revise
  Brian O'Neill
  , p. 251
- A Conversation with William Styron
  Gideon Telpaz
  , pp. 252-263
- Womanist Fiction and Male Characters
  George Stade
  , pp. 264-270
- Urban Comedy and Modernity
  Morris Dickstein
  , pp. 271-281
  From Chaplin to Woody Allen
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  New York Intellectuals (Review)
  Barbara Probst Solomon
  , pp. 282-285
  The Intellectual Follies, by Lionel Abel
  1. The Intellectual Follies by Lionel Abel
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  Tricks of Self-Consciousness (2 Reviews)
  Pico Iyer
  , pp. 286-291
  Grace Abounding, by Maureen Howard
  1. Grace Abounding by Maureen Howard
  2. No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym
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  Remembering Max Hayward (Review)
  Sidney Monas
  , pp. 292-298
  Writers in Russia, 1917-1978, by Max Hayward and Patricia Blake
  1. Writers in Russia, 1917-1978 by Max Hayward and Patricia Blake
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  Kinds of Recall (3 Reviews)
  Marjorie Welish
  , pp. 299-301
  About Rothko, by Dore Ashton
  1. About Rothko by Dore Ashton
  2. Abstract Expressionist Painting in America by William C. Seitz
  3. Herbert Ferber by Eugene C. Goossen
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  The Prosaic Principle (4 Reviews)
  David Lehman
  , pp. 302-309
  The Man in the Black Coat Turns, by Robert Bly
  1. The Man in the Black Coat Turns by Robert Bly
  2. Tar by C.K. Williams
  3. The Kingfisher by Amy Clampitt
  4. The Sacrifice by Frank Bidart
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  Raymond Federman's Unwriting (Review)
  Alain Arias-Misson
  , pp. 310-318
  The Twofold Vibration, by Raymond Federman
  1. The Twofold Vibration by Raymond Federman