CONTENTS 1
1．Those Crazy Ideas Isaac Asimov 1
2．A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift 8
3．An Interview with Saul Bellow（Text A） 20
Andrea Chambers 20
Alan Ayckbourn at Work（Text B） 37
…………………………………………Valerie G．Myer 37
4．Politics and the English Language George Orwell 37
5．Thinking as a Hobby William Golding 50
6．Women and the Myth of Consumerism 63
Ellen Willis 63
7．The Will James M．Barrie 70
8．The Trouble with Triage Alan Berg 84
9．Kindred Spirits Alice Walker 97
10．All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum 104
11．A Rose for Emily William Faulkner 119
12．An Open Letter to My Sister,Miss Angela Davis 128
James Baldwin 128
13．The Revolution That Turned Education Sentimental Bryan Appleyard 146
14．The Outcasts of Poker Flat Bret Harte 168
15．Majoring in Bible-Bashing 182
From The Times Saturday Review 182
16．Initial Reflections on the Human Prospect 194
Robert L．Heilbroner 194