THE MAN WHO MADE GOOD IN AMERICA&Thomas Bell 7
COUNTY PAPER&Joseph North 15
BUT HE LOOKED SO YOUNG&Yuri Suhl 27
AFTERNOON IN THE JUNGLE&Albert Maltz 39
MAY SNOW&Philip Stevenson 48
THE LOVE NEST&Ring Lardner 74
STAY WITH ME&Mary King O'Donnell 89
I WAS MARCHING&Meridel Le Sueur 101
YOUNG BOY,THE WORLD&Sanora Babb 113
A SUMMER TRAGEDY&Arna Bontemps 122
JOHNNY CUCU'S RECORD&Phillip Bonosky 134
SO HELP ME&Nelson Algren 148
THE GLORY TRAIN&Lloyd L.Brown 164
A COAL MINER'S WIDOW&Jack Conroy 189
THE APOSTATE&George Milburn 197
MAXIE GONEF&Ben Field 204
THE FIRE AT CAT CREEK BEND&Millen Brand 224
ONE ENCHANTED EVENING&Ruth Steinberg 237
MY BROTHER,MY SON&Alvah Bessie 253
ONE FRIDAY MORNING&Langston Hughes 267
THE BAPTISM&Warren Miller 279
THE PEPPER TREE&Esther McCoy 288
ADVANTAGES OVER THE DOG&Jack M.Clark 338
THE END OF THE WAR&Jay Williams 353
THE TAILOR'S HOUSE&Wilma Shore 362
THE FURNACE&Don Ludlow 377
IT ISN'T A HOSPITAL&Janet Stevenson 403
FREE ENTERPRISE&Stefan Heym 424
THE OLD MAN&Alexander Saxton 440
SUCCESS STORY&Alvena Seckar 451
HIS BEST GIRL&Martin Abzug 461
THE STANDARD OF LIVING&Dorothy Parker 476
A DAY AT THE SHOP&Charles Humboldt 483
LOYAL MISS FERCH&Alan Max 493
POSTSCRIPT&Maxim Lieber 502