Sample back issues of the Bastard Quarterly. Select articles can be read by clicking on the hyperlinks. The most recent 3 issues were available online to members only. Letters to the Editor were emailed to bqletters@bastards.org.

Spring 1997: Vol I, Issue 1 (see full cover)
Birth of a Bastard Nation issue
Articles:
* Birth of a Bastard Nation by Shea Grimm
* Why Contact Vetoes Are Not an Acceptable Compromise by Shea Grimm
* Bastard Forever: A Personal-to-Political Memoir by Ian K. Hagemann
* Bastard Nation Organizes Nationwide Open Records Event for "Secrets and Lies" by Deb Schwarz (with photos)
* Not Worth the Paper It's Printed On by David Winge
Features:
* Onward, Bastard Soldiers!
From Primal Wallow to Purposeful Work: Do Your P.I.E.C.E. by Damsel Plum
* Bastard Moments
How to Thicken Your Skin by L.B. LaRocco
* Legislative Watch by Shea Grimm (ID, IL, MD, MN, NY, TX)
* Calendar of Events
Humor:
* Adoptee Humor
* Reasons 177 - 181 Why You Can't Have Your Birth Records
* Reasons 58 - 61 Why It's Great to Be a Bastard
* Bastard Bumper Stickers
* Bastard cartoons & poetry

Summer 1997: Vol. I, Issue 2
The Psychology of Self-Defeatism issue
Articles:
* The Psychology of Self-Defeatism in Adoption Reform by Damsel Plum
* Doe v. Sundquist and the Right to Privacy by Shea Grimm
* Imagine the Mystery by Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao
Special: Irish Section
* Book Review: Children for Sale
Banished Babies: The secret history of Ireland's baby export business by Mike Milone
Reviewed by Michael Macdonncha
* Trip Report: AmBASTARDor to Ireland by Ian K. Hagemann (with photo)
* Ghosts by Gavriela Person (with graphic by Denise Castellucci)
Features:
* Letter from the Executive Chair by Marley Greiner
* Bastard Moments
The Pit and the Pendulum by L.B. LaRocco
* Mother's Day by Ron Morgan
* Legislative Watch by Shea Grimm (ID, IL, MD, MN, NJ, OR, TX)
* BN Leaders Contact Info.
Poetry:
Children's Table by Nancy Craig
Humor:
* Bastard Recipes
* Bastard Cheers by Gavi Person

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