| Correspondents' Correspondence | 3 |
| KIRK, DONALD & LAND, THOMAS | |
| The Soviet Syndrome | 5 |
| KARATNYCKY, ADRIAN & MOTYL, ALEXANDER | |
| Siestas and Fiestas | 8 |
| ALAN, RAY | |
| The Challenges Ahead for Labor | 10 |
| MEANY, GEOROE | |
| The Politics of Water | 12 |
| REISNER, MARC | |
| Iran: Notes of a Confused American | 16 |
| MARGOLIS, RICHARD J. | |
| Mastering the Short Story | 18 |
| MERKIN, DAPHNE | |
| Turning Myth into History | 20 |
| WOODCOCK, GEORGE | |
| Realized Terror | 21 |
| COTTLE, THOMAS | |
| A Sense of Place | 22 |
| GOLDSTEIN, ERIC | |
| Rock Spirits | 23 |
| ASAHINA, ROBERT | |
| Here's Looking at Cheever | 25 |
| KITMAN, MARVIN | |
| Dear Editor | 27 |
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