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After Hours

by "Mr. Harper"

The Harpers Monthly, October 1958, pp. 84-87

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      3. Strangers When We Meet by Evan Hunter
      4. The Question by Henri Alleg
      5. My Secret Diary by Giovanni Guareschi
      6. Mayor Watching and Other Pleasures by Philip Hamburger
      7. Born Innocent by Creighton Brown Burnham
    21. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 92-93
    22. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 94-98
    23. Cover design by George Samerjan
  9. [+]
    September 1958 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-13
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 14-21
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 22-24
    4. Why We Are Losing the Ruble War by Waldemar A. Nielsen, pp. 25-31
    5. Just a Simple Country Boy by Priscilla D. Willis, pp. 32-34
    6. The Gunfighters by Constance Urdang, pp. 35-38
    7. The Coming Ice Age by Betty Friedan, pp. 39-45
    8. The Wonderful Zoo in the Bronx by Edith Iglauer, pp. 46-54
    9. How to Get Better Public Servants by Governor Averell Harriman, pp. 55-59
    10. The Almost Perfect Cook by Mira Michal, pp. 60-65
    11. TV Ratings: What They Really Mean by Bernard Asbell, pp. 66-71
    12. "Talent for Life" in a New Russian Novel by Babette Deutsch, pp. 72-74
    13. Egotist by Felix Stefanile, pp. 75-76
    14. The Misunderstood Conservative by William S. White, pp. 77-83
    15. After Hours by Carl Koch, pp. 84-85
    16. "Weddings and Babies" by Richard Leacock, pp. 86-87
    17. Obit by "Mr. Harper", p. 88
    18. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 89-96 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Democratic Vista by Richard Chase
      2. Short Stories of Russia Today by Yvonne Kapp
      3. The Russian Revolution by Alan Moorehead
      4. Germany and the Revolution in Russia, 1915-1918 by Z.A.B. Zeman
      5. Let No Man Write My Epitaph by Willard Motley
      6. The Palace Guard by Donald Braider
      7. The Bystander by Albert J. Guerard
      8. The Southern Heritage by James McBride Dabbs
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 97-99 - 6 Reviews
      1. The Portuguese Escape by Ann Bridge
      2. Discourse with Shadows by Jean Malcolm
      3. House of Many Rooms by Robin White
      4. The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton by Wayne Andrews and Edith Wharton
      5. Algeria: The Realities by Germaine Tillion
      6. Williamstown Branch by R.L. Duffus
    20. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 100-102
    21. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 103-106
    22. Cover by George Samerjan
  10. [+]
    October 1958 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-21
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 22-26
    4. Imperial Harvard by David Boroff, pp. 27-34
    5. American Homes by Osbert Lancaster, pp. 35-37
    6. Why the Israeli Army Wins by Brig. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall, pp. 38-45
    7. Pennsylvania's New Breed of Politicians by Joseph Kraft, pp. 46-50
    8. The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator by Charles G. Finney, pp. 51-54
    9. The Tree of Knowledge by Robert Oppenheimer, pp. 55-60
    10. The Hard Kind of Courage by James Baldwin, pp. 61-65
    11. Athens on the Subway by Frederick Gutheim, pp. 66-71
    12. The Day the Taps Run Dry by Robert Rienow and Leona Rienow, pp. 72-78
    13. The Washington Phonies by William S. White, pp. 79-83
    14. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 84-87
    15. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 88-97 - 9 Reviews
      1. A World of Strangers by Nadine Gordimer
      2. Engaged in Writing by Stephen Spender
      3. Women and Thomas Harrow by John P. Marquand
      4. Venus in Sparta by Louis Auchincloss
      5. The Law by Roger Vailland
      6. Marlborough's Duchess by Louis Kronenberger
      7. American Murder Ballads and Their Stories by Olive Woolley Burt
      8. Once Upon a City by Grace M. Mayer
      9. The Puerto Ricans by Christopher Rand
    16. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 98-102 - 6 Reviews
      1. Young Men See Visions by Mary Mian
      2. The Other Side of the Day by Hilda Sidney Krech
      3. A Novel, A Novella, and Four Stories by Andrew Lytle
      4. Nabokov's Dozen by Vladimir Nabokov
      5. The Housebreaker of Shady Hill, and Other Stories by John Cheever
      6. The Eighth Day of the Week by Marek Hlasko
    17. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 103-104
    18. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 105-108
    19. Cover by George Samerjan
  11. [+]
    November 1958 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-23
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 24-30
    4. Unsnarling Traffic on the Roads, Rails, and Airways by John I. Snyder, Jr., pp. 31-35
    5. Relic by Ted Hughes, p. 36
    6. Sarah Lawrence: For the Rich, Bright, and Beautfilu by David Boroff, pp. 37-44
    7. The Job the Protestants Shirk by Truman B. Douglass, pp. 45-49
    8. "Dear Justice..." by Juliet Lowell, pp. 50-51
    9. The Men-taming Women of William Inge by Robert Brustein, pp. 52-56
    10. The Ugly Duckling by Allen Kanfer, p. 57
    11. Sweetheart, Sweetheart, Sweetheart by Aubrey Goodman, pp. 58-63
    12. Scientists with Half-closed Minds by Dr. Ian Stevenson, pp. 64-71
    13. Elephants Have the Right of Way by Laurence Lafore, pp. 72-77
    14. Bix and His Lost Music by Ralph Berton, pp. 78-82
    15. Why Latin America Distrusts Us by Thayer Waldo, pp. 83-91
    16. The American Genius for Hypocrisy by William S. White, pp. 92-99
    17. After Hours by Alec Waugh, pp. 100-101
    18. A Million Surprises a Day by Bernard Asbell, pp. 102-105
    19. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 106-119 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Exploding Metropolis
      2. The Bull of Minos by Leonard Cottrell
      3. Mistress to an Age by J. Christopher Herold
      4. The Long Dream by Richard Wright
      5. Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
      6. Someone Will Die Tonight in the Caribbean by Rene Puissesseau
      7. The Bell by Iris Murdoch
      8. The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
      9. The Birds by Oskar Heinroth and Katharina Heinroth
    20. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 120-124 - 10 Reviews
      1. Mr. Robbins Rides Again by Edward Streeter
      2. I Wish He Would Not Die by James Aldridge
      3. Scent of Danger by Donald Mackenzie
      4. Miss. Alcott of Concord by Marjorie Worthington
      5. The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Lady Diana Cooper
      6. The Child Across the River by Giulietta d'Alessandro
      7. Words Are Stones by Carlo Levi
      8. Normandy Revisited by A.J. Liebling
      9. Cornflakes and Beaujolais by Paul Roberts
      10. But I Wouldn't Want to Live There by Heather Jimenez
    21. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 125-128
    22. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 129-132
    23. Cover design by George Samerjan
  12. [+]
    December 1958 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-18
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 19-22
    4. Mutiny of the Bountiful by Marion K. Sanders, pp. 23-29
    5. A Student, Departing for Christmas Vacation, to Himself by Thomas Whitbread, pp. 30-31
    6. The Man Who Invented Modern Cooking by Cecil Woodham-Smith, pp. 32-35
    7. Mark Twain Speaks Out: Four Unpublished Pieces by Charles Neider and Mark Twain, pp. 36-41
    8. Brooklyn College: Culture in Flatbush by David Boroff, pp. 42-50
    9. The Extern by Theodore Jacobs, pp. 51-55
    10. The Outraged Okinawans by Barton M. Biggs, pp. 56-60
    11. Extinction by Thruway by Polly Praeger, pp. 61-70
    12. The Innkeeper's Story by Jane Cooper, p. 71
    13. South Dakota's Christian Martyrs by Richard S. Meryman, Jr., pp. 72-74
    14. Heavenly Bodies by Tomi Ungerer, pp. 75-79
    15. Eisenhower Opens the Last Act by William S. White, pp. 80-83
    16. After Hours by Russell Lynes and Pyke Johnson, Jr., pp. 84-87
    17. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 88-101 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Academic Mind by Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Wagner Thielens, Jr.
      2. The Academic Marketplace by Theodore Caplow and Reece J. McGee
      3. Some of My Best Friends Are Professors by George Guion Williams
      4. The Proud Possessors by Aline B. Saarinen
      5. Mine Enemy Grows Older by Alexander King
      6. Agee on Film by James Agee
      7. Here, Of All Places! by Osbert Lancaster
      8. Journey to Poland and Yugoslavia, 1958 by John Kenneth Galbraith
      9. Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 102-105 - 9 Reviews
      1. One to Grow On by Nathaniel Benchley
      2. The Darkest Bough by Anne Chamberlain
      3. One Ulysses Too Many by Storm Jameson
      4. The Seven Fat Years by John Brooks
      5. The Gershwin Years: George and Ira by Edward Jablonski and Lawrence D. Stewart
      6. George Gershwin, Man and Legend by Merle Armitage
      7. Complete Book of the American Musical Theater by David Ewen
      8. And Promenade Home by Agnes de Mille
      9. Ezio Pinza: An Autobiography by Robert Magidoff and Ezio Pinza
    19. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 106-107
    20. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 108-114
    21. Cover by George Samerjan
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  Issues of 1961 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
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  Issues of 1962 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 1966 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
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  Issues of 1968 = 12 Issues, 228 Articles
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  Issues of 1969 = 12 Issues, 248 Articles
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  Issues of 1970 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
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  Issues of 1971 = 12 Issues, 238 Articles
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  Issues of 1972 = 12 Issues, 222 Articles
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  Issues of 1973 = 12 Issues, 318 Articles
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  Issues of 1974 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
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  Issues of 1975 = 12 Issues, 256 Articles
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  Issues of 1976 = 6 Issues, 123 Articles
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  Issues of 1977 = 12 Issues, 226 Articles
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  Issues of 1978 = 12 Issues, 234 Articles
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  Issues of 1979 = 12 Issues, 243 Articles
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  Issues of 1980 = 11 Issues, 219 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 231 Articles
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  Issues of 1982 = 12 Issues, 190 Articles
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  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 211 Articles
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  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 298 Articles
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  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 294 Articles
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  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 263 Articles
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  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 251 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 11 Issues, 220 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 8 Issues, 151 Articles
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  Issues of 1992 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1993 = 9 Issues, 183 Articles
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  Issues of 1994 = 11 Issues, 224 Articles
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  Issues of 1995 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
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  Issues of 1996 = 12 Issues, 227 Articles
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  Issues of 1997 = 12 Issues, 213 Articles
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  Issues of 1998 = 10 Issues, 182 Articles
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  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 11 Issues, 178 Articles
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  Issues of 2001 = 12 Issues, 215 Articles
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  Issues of 2002 = 12 Issues, 199 Articles
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  Issues of 2003 = 11 Issues, 201 Articles
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  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 180 Articles
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  Issues of 2005 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
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  Issues of 2006 = 11 Issues, 174 Articles
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  Issues of 2007 = 2 Issues, 25 Articles
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  Issues of 2009 = 6 Issues, 130 Articles
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  Issues of 2010 = 2 Issues, 39 Articles