Commentary : From a Producer's View ARNOLD GLIMCHER, The writer is the producer of the motion pictures "The Good Mother" and "Gorillas in the Mist," as well as the owner of the Pace Gallery in New York
Naguib Mahfouz and the Rise of the Arabic Novel MUHAMMAD SIDDIQ, Siddiq, professor of Hebrew and Arabic literatures at the University of Washington, has often written on contemporary Arabic fiction
Iron Curtain Cranks Up on Stages of Disarray Richard C. Hottelet, Former CBS correspondent Richard C. Hottelet has just returned from four weeks in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
China Lags in Openness Sweepstakes Orville Schell, Orville Schell's most recent book is "Discos and Democracy: China in the Throes of Reform" (Pantheon)
Gorbachev Intensifies His Powers Roy Medvedev, Roy Medvedev, a Soviet citizen, is a historian whose works, including "An End to Silence" (Norton), have been published in the West
Cia : A Case of Domestic Intrigue Thomas Powers, Thomas Powers, a contributing editor, is the author of "The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA" (Knopf)