Perilous Balance

Author:

Arnold Stein

Arnold Stein was professor of English at the University of Washington and contributed many articles and reviews to professional journals and literary quarterlies.

Table of Contents

SINGLE BED MADE IN THE U.S.A., 1937
CONSOLATION TO A WOMAN WHOSE INFANT HAS BEEN DEVOURED BY THE FIERCEST OF JUNGLE
ANIMALS
GRACE
SOME DOGS AND I
SPRING: 1942
THE APPLE RIVER CANYON
NIGHT BOMBERS
TO MY SISTER
TO BESS
REMEMBER, LOVE?
GOODBYE
WINONA HILLS IN DECEMBER
REFLECTION IN THE MIDST OF WAR
LOVE IN APRIL
FOR THE SECOND JUNE 2OTH
SMALL AND ORDINARY
A SOLDIER TO HIS WIFE
SLEEP. AND WAKE
DEATH OF A HERO
ESTHETICS
PITY THE POOR SOLDIER
EASTER AT CASSINO: THE I 944-TH YEAR
ARTILLERY MANEUVERS: JUNE DAY
SOLDIER'S DAWN
THAT HAS BEEN THE POEM
SEPTEMBER FURLOUGH
SWEETEST LOVE
THE TIDE
LETTER IN WARTIME
SONS OF MAN
FEBRUARY SPRING
A THING OF BEAUTY
CONSIDER THE RHINE
THE WORLD'S THINGS LIVE AND HUNGER
MONOLOGUE IN NURNBERG