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A BORN REALIST by barry gewen The appearance of Lloyd Goodrich's monumental Thomas Eakins (Harvard, Volume I, 336 pp., Volume II, 357 pp. $70.00 until December 31, $90.00 thereafter) is a major...
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Updike in a Foreign Country Bech Is Back By John Updike Knopf. 195 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Isa Kapp In John Updike's new collection of stories, Henry Bech, a famous Jewish American writer "who...
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Doomed by a Device God's Grace By Bernard Malamud Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 223 pp. $13.50. Reviewed by Max Apple Author, "The Oranging of America," "Zap" In his latest novel, Bernard...
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Fair Game by walter goodman Under the Sign of Sontag Her position has been certified everywhere from Vogue to Rolling Stone. Readers of People magazine know her as "America's prima intellectual...
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What Made Lyndon Run The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power By Robert A. Caro Knopf. 882 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by Henry F. Graff Professor of History, Columbia University; author,...
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Why We Liked Ike The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader By Fred I. Greenstein Basic. 286 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Herbert S. Parmet Professor of history, Queensborough College; author,...
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IMPLICIT VALUES The New Sex Education by diane ravitch Although some parents still adamantly oppose any kind of sex education in our schools, opinion polls have shown repeatedly that a large...
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The Politics of Literacy On Literacy By Robert Pattison Oxford University Press. 213 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by John Simon Robert Pattison's On Literacy is really two books in one. That is not,...
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Journalism for the Marketplace Newswatch: How TV Decides the News By Av Westin Simon & Schuster. 274 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Richard C. Hottelet UN Correspondent, CBS News Before you begin...
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On Poetry MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS by phoebe pettingell The myth of the bard who is mad, bad and dangerous to know fascinates readers. Often poets fall under its malign spell, too, and feel they...
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An Unscrupulous Talent Katherine Anne Porter: A Life By Joan Givner Simon & Schuster 572 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by Hope Hale Davis Author, "The Dark Way to the Plaza" One evening, Joan Givner...
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1980
Vol. 065 Issue 023 (December 13 1982)
A Born Realist
