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February 1985 Issue - 21 Articles- Electricity (story)
Jim Crace
, pp. 3-8 - Can We Negotiate with the Russians?
Max Kampelman and George Urban
, pp. 9-21 - Poem
Robert Penn Warren
, p. 22 - Poem
William Scammell
, p. 23 - Column
"M."
, pp. 24-26 Notes & Topics
- Partridge's Slanguage
Leo Rosten
, pp. 27-28 - Paris Notebook
Jean-Francois Revel
, pp. 29-34 Books & Writers
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Cracked by a Sound (Review) David Pryce-Jones
, pp. 35-38 Getting to Know the General, by Graham Greene
- Getting to Know the General by Graham Greene
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Marvels of the Micro-Critic (Review) Bernard Bergonzi
, pp. 39-41 The Force of Poetry, by Christopher Ricks
- The Force of Poetry by Christopher Ricks
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Pre-Modern, Post-Modernist (5 Reviews) James Lasdun
, pp. 42-46 Hotel du Lac, by Anita Brookner
- Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
- Watson's Apology by Beryl Bainbridge
- The Only Problem by Muriel Spark
- Machine Dreams by Jayne Anne Phillips
- Money: A Suicide Note by Martin Amis
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New Poetry (12 Reviews) John Mole
, pp. 47-53 Station Island, by Seamus Heaney
- Station Island by Seamus Heaney
- Sweeney Astray: A Version from the Irish by Seamus Heaney
- Fast Forward by Peter Porter
- Montaigne's Tower and Other Poems by Geoffrey Grigson
- The Faber Book of Reflective Verse by Geoffrey Grigson
- Poems, 1950-1974 by Dunstan Thompson
- Selected Poems by Michael V.B. Riviere
- Rich by Craig Raine
- Dark Glasses by Blake Morrison
- Dangerous Play by Andrew Motion
- Mister Punch by David Harsent
- Self-Made by Florence Elon
American Chronicle
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Not Only an American Dream... (Review) Max Beloff
, pp. 54-55 The Troubled Crusade, by Diane Ravitch
- The Troubled Crusade by Diane Ravitch
- Poem
Peter Reading
, p. 56 Language
- Who is "conservative" in Poland?
Timothy Garton Ash
, pp. 57-60 Film
- Fassbinder's Achievement
Ronald Hayman
, pp. 61-63 - Poem
Florence Elon
, p. 64 East & West
- The Pattern of Political Takeovers
George Schopflin
, pp. 65-68 - Authors, p. 69
In the Margin
- Wordsworth to Hemingway
Melvin J. Lasky
, pp. 70-76 - Letters, pp. 77-79
- Life & Letters, pp. 80-82