Good Morning to You, Lieutenant, by Larry Heinemann, THE HARPERS MONTHLY

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Good Morning to You, Lieutenant

A short story

by Larry Heinemann

The Harpers Monthly, June 1980, pp. 59-69

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      2. Folly River by Wendy Salinger
      3. Different Fleshes by Albert Goldbarth
      4. After Such Pleasures by Frances Mayes
      5. The Dog that Was Barking Yesterday by Patricia Goedicke
      6. Views and Spectacles by Theodore R. Weiss
      7. Collected Poems, 1944-1979 by Kingsley Amis
      8. Selected Poems by W.S. Graham
      9. Hours in the Garden and Other Poems by Hermann Hesse
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      In Print: The View from the Mirror by Frances Taliaferro, pp. 78-79 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Wanton Chase by Peter Quennell
      2. Journey Around My Room by Louise Bogan
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      The Literary Politician by John Nollson, pp. 80-81 - 1 Review
      1. The Congressman Who Loved Heidegger, and Other Stories by Grendel Smith
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      The Pundit's Art by Alexander Cockburn, pp. 82-85 - 1 Review
      1. Walter Lippmann and the American Century by Ronald Steel
    18. A Handful of Mud by Rhoda Koenig, pp. 86-88
    19. Fad by Harold Witt, p. 89
    20. American Miscellany by Harold Swanton, pp. 90-95
    21. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 96-98
    22. Cover photograph by Jerry Sarapochiello
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