The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 21 No. 3

Authors

Larry Tyler
Wesley T. Wooley
Fred B. Misse
Terence Ball
Howard N. Meyer
Sanford Pinkser
Dave Etter
Tess Gallagher
Albert Goldbarth
Ted Kooser
Greg Kuzma
Tomas O'Leary
Mary Oliver
Gibbons Ruark
Judith Johnson Sherwin
Dave Smith
William Stafford
Maura Stanton
James Tate
Alberta T. Turner
Midwest Quarterly Editors

Contents

ARTICLES

Megaliths, Medicine Wheels, and Mandalas

Profiles of a Conservative America: The Gallup Poll, 1935-1975

Franklin Roosevelt and the Polish Vote in 1944

On Re-reading Rousseau and His Critics

A Second Look at The Belle of Amherst

Jumping on Hollywood's Bones, or How S. J. Perelman and Woody Allen Found It at the Movies

POEMS

Homesick in a River Town (1964)

High Octane Near Mountain Grove (1970)

Limping Poem (1975)

Mrs. Jones: (1974)

You (1974)

Weeds (1975)

Rules for the Dance (1967)

Lament (1974)

The Ghost That Walks (1974)

The Song of Wine (1975)

A War-Monument Speech for July 4 (1973)

Elegy for the Whole Ward (1974)

Aunt Edna (1967)

Midden (1973)

Abstract

in this issue. . .

LARRY TYLER, who finds myth and astronomy mingled in the rationale for prehistoric archeological sites, did his undergraduate work at Pittsburg State University and received his Ph. D. from the University of Missouri. He teaches sociology at Western Michigan University. He became interested in prehistoric sites while doing research in the Hebrides.

WESLEY T. WOOLEY, who examines the attitudes revealed by the Gallup Pole, received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago and teaches history at the University of Victoria. His articles on American history have appeared in a number of journals, including MQ.

FRED B. MISSE, who looks into the election of 1944, received his Ph. D. from the University of Illinois and teaches history at Pittsburg State. He has published a number of articles on the Roosevelt era.

TERENCE BALL, who re-reads Rousseau and his critics, received his Ph. D. from the University of California at Berkeley and teaches political science at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of one book, the editor of another, and a contributor to numerous journals.

MICHAEL HEFFERNAN, poetry editor of MQ, celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the first appearance of poetry in the magazine by reprinting a selection of fourteen poems from previous issues.

HOWARD N. MEYER, who takes a second look at The Belle of Amherst, practices law in New York. He has published three books, including a biography of Emily Dickinson's friend and advisor Colonel Higginson, edited several anthologies, and appeared in a number of journals, including MQ.

SANFORD PINSKER, who investigates recent developments in American humor, received his Ph. D. from the University of Washington and teaches English at Franklin and Marshall College. He has published poetry as well as scholarly books, and his critical essays have appeared in numerous journals, including MQ. The present article arose from a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the University of New Mexico, where he was a member of a seminar devoted to American humor.

Recommended Citation

Tyler, Larry; Wooley, Wesley T.; Misse, Fred B.; Ball, Terence; Meyer, Howard N.; Pinkser, Sanford; Etter, Dave; Gallagher, Tess; Goldbarth, Albert; Kooser, Ted; Kuzma, Greg; O'Leary, Tomas; Oliver, Mary; Ruark, Gibbons; Sherwin, Judith Johnson; Smith, Dave; Stafford, William; Stanton, Maura; Tate, James; Turner, Alberta T.; and Midwest Quarterly Editors (1980) "The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 21 No. 3," The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought: Vol. 21: Iss. 3, Article 1.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/mwq/vol21/iss3/1