HARPER'S Founded in 1850, one of America's oldest literary magazines, and is still in publication! Interesting and intelligent articles, and vintage advertisements of the day -- Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! * ISSUE DATE: June 1979; V0L. 258, NO. 1549 IN THIS ISSUE:- [Detailed contents description written EXCLUSIVELY for this listing by MORE MAGAZINES! Use 'Control F' to search this page.] * This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 COVER: What Publishing has come to. Cover photograph by Lorin Fine. BOUND TO SELL: Lewis H. Lapham -- THE EASY CHAIR-- The trade and university presses produce more than 40,000 titles a year, and yet, judging by the quality of the merchandise, the curiosity and discernment of the literate audience continue to decline. Bryan F. Griffin -- I. PRETENDERS TO POWER -- Seven hundred thirty-six pages between covers do not a book make, not necessarily, and not in the case of The Powers That Be, David Halberstam's paean to the press. Hugh Kenner -- THE TRAFFIC IN WORDS -- Printers need words to feed their presses, hence books. Publishers aspire to cash, hence best-sellers. Avant-garde writing does not fill the bill. Henry Fairlie -- LITERARY VOGUES -- How John Cheever, a prolific writer of pleasant stories, wrote a bad, dirty novel and became a "genius.". Nicholas von Hoffman -- INFLATION'S WINNERS -- Times have been tough for bankers, stockholders, and a few other unfortunates, but, whether you know it or not, inflation may be a friend of yours. Peter Brimelow -- HAPLESS CANADA -- The French get the attention, but the English have the power. It is odd that the rulers so rarely prevail. Tom Bethell -- THE GAS PRICE FIXERS -- An independent driller who would be a millionaire does better by his customers than a Senator who would control markets in the name of equity. Cullen Murphy -- ALL THE POPE'S MEN The Aquinas project was begun under Pope Leo XIII, 100 years ago; another 100 years may see it finished. Ronald Lager -- FOOTNOTES -- Walking made simple. James Stevenson and Donald Barthelme -- WILLIE AND WADE Summer in the city. ARTS AND LETTERS: POETRY. David Huddle -- WHAT PIG CLEMONS TOLD MY MOTHER and BILL SPRAKER'S STORE, OR THE DAY GERONIMO COULDN'T FIND THE SCOOP. BOOKS. Frances Taliaferro -- IN PRINT -- Lives in the present perfect. DEPARTMENTS: LETTERS. MacNelly. David Suter -- OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL. Tom Wolfe -- IN OUR TIME. David Sanford -- THE FOURTH ESTATE -- Medicine shows. Robert H. Zieger -- AMERICAN MISCELLANY -- Whiffleball. E. R. Galli and Richard Maltby, Jr. -- PUZZLE -- Light Switches. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Standard sized, 8oe" X 11" magazine is COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition. (See photo) The pages are clean and bright. A great snapshot of the time, and a terrific Birthday present or Anniversary gift! Careful packaging, Fast shipping, ALL GUARANTEED --