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Fall 1975

An interview with Joseph Campbell, reviews of Knut Hamsun and Dorris Lessing, and more.

An Interview with Joseph Campbell
Gerald McDermott

Althea
J. M. Alonso

Satanic Fiction and Violence
Lee Sterrenburg

The Dragonfish
John Balaban

The Hamsun Cult
William Cloonan

Lost Honor
Ann Fehn

“Good-bad” Writing
Joan Dassin

The Beast in the Machine
Rose Moss

Backlook
Albert Goldbarth

Closing Down The Kitchen
Luis Ellicott Yglesias

A Funny Nightmare
Alan Lebowitz

Recordings
Fred Spiegel

“King of Hearts” on Valentine’s Day
Edwin Briggs

Photography Reviews
Ann Parson

Gallery Reviews
Gene Baro

Contemporary Drawings for the Young Collector
Charles Giuliano

November Song
Verandah Porche

Fiction as Philosophy
Thomas Frentz and Thomas Farrell

Joseph Campbell: Myth Made Self-Aware
Luis Ellicott Yglesias

Lunch with Thomas Mann
H. Bibesco

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