| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| INTERVIEW |
| John Gardner, The Art of Fiction No. 73 |
| Irwin Shaw, The Art of Fiction No. 4 Continued |
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| FICTION |
| Andre Dubus, Waiting |
| Scott Paul Elledge, Mary Kingsley's Importation of Duke Ellington to America |
| Barbara Milton, A Small Cartoon |
| Mary Morris, Holland |
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| FEATURE |
| Alain Arias-Misson, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| Paul de Vree, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| Charles Elwert, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| Peter Handke, from Fantasies and Prejudices |
| Scott Helmes, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| Toby Lurie, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| Lucia Marcucci, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| Eugenio Miccini, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| Luciano Ori, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| James Salter, D'Annunzio: The Immortal Who Died |
| Takahashi Schocachiro, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| Shimizo Toshihiko, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
| Jiri Valoch, Word and Image: A Portfolio of Visual and Graphic Poetry |
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| POETRY |
| George Bradley, In Bed with a River |
| Jorie Graham, Mirrors |
| Allen Grossman, Five Poems |
| Thom Gunn, Sweet Things |
| Seamus Heaney, Two Poems |
| Lewis Hyde, Street Money |
| David St. John, Lunch |
| Margaret Kent, Where It Came From |
| Miriam Levine, For a Poem |
| Herbert Morris, These Are Lives |
| Alan Nadel, Two Poems |
| Joyce Carol Oates, Three Poems |
| Octavio Paz, In the Middle of This Page |
| John Peck, Two Poems |
| John Peech, The Hardness of the Wind |
| Joyce Peseroff, April to May |
| Jayne Anne Philips, Two Poems |
| John Ramington, Theological Reflections at Roger's Tavern |
| Liam Rector, Two Poems |
| Florence Rubenfeld, Three Poems |
| Sherod Santos, Difficult Place |
| Richard Tillinghast, Sovereigns |
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| ART |
| Chuck Close, Phil/Six Images 1969-78, Self-Portrait |
| Stephanie Brody Lederman, Heroic Couplet (The Hustle) |
| Allen Ruppersberg, Burning Issues |
| Donald Sultan, Cover |
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