- An Exchange on Deconstruction Louis H. Mackey, reply by John R. Searle
- Art Biz John Bernard Myers
- Art Biz Darcy O’Brien
- Bunuel’s Voice Abigail Israel
- Danger in Moscow Seweryn Bialer
- Danton and Double-Entendre Robert Darnton
- Dostoevsky and His Double V.S. Pritchett
- Ending on Paumanok John Thompson
- Fair Comment Paul Morsey, reply by John Kenneth Galbraith
- In the Terror of Tehran Richard Dowden
- Judeo-Italian George Jochnowitz, reply by Bernard Knox
- Life Studies Helen Vendler
- Mrs. Velasquez and the Politicians Murray Kempton
- Revolution and Revelation Natalie Zemon Davis
- Ruth First Memorial Ronald Segal
- Sovietizing US Policy George W. Ball
- The Coming Struggle for Power Mark A. Uhlig
- The Deceiving Conscience Julian Moynahan
- The Defrocked Romantic Gabriele Annan
- The Great American Variety Show Christopher Lasch
- The Idea of Gardening Nadine Gordimer
- The Innocent Thomas R. Edwards
- The Lost Mariner Oliver Sacks
- The Meaning of Mother Goose Robert Darnton
- The New Lear E.A.J. Honigmann
- The Old New Wave John E. Bowlt
- The Revenge of Aaron Burr Gordon S. Wood
- The Right Volvo Robert L. Heilbroner
- The Victorian Sex Wars David Cannadine
- The Young Satan Sidney Monas
- Touching Lubitsch Rhoda Koenig
- Trouble in Paradise Luc Sante
- Where Does Math Come From? Ian Hacking
- Where Modern Politics Began Ronald Steel
- Worst Wishes Diane Johnson