CONTENTS 1
1．Those Crazy Ideas Isaac Asimov 1
2．A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift 15
3．An Interview with Saul Bellow 27
(Text A) Andrea Chambers 27
Alan Ayckbourn at Work(Text B) Valerie G．Myer 34
4．Politics and the English Language George Orwell 42
5．Thinking as a Hobby William Golding 56
6．Women and the Myth of Consumerism Ellen Willis 68
7．The Will James M．Barrie 83
8．The Trouble with Triage Alan Berg 109
9．Kindred Spirits Alice Walker 122
10．All I Really Need to KnoW I Learned 137
in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum 137
11．A Rose for Emily Willima Faulkner 148
12．An Open Letter to My Sister, 159
Miss Angela Davis James Baldwin 159
13．The Revolution That Turned Education 171
Sentimental Bryan Appleyard 171
14．The Outcasts of Poker Flat Bret Harte 182
15．Majoring in Bible-Bashing From The Times Saturday Review 196
16．Initial Reflections on the Human 207
Prospect Robert L．Heilbroner 207