Playboy 1971 01 Jan

Playmate of the Month 
Liv Lindeland photographed by Alexas Urba.

Interview 
Mae West by C. Robert Jennings.

Personality 
"High Noon for Broadway Joe (Namath)" by Lawrence Linderman.

Features 
"The High Cost of Fame (Symposium) with Michael Crichton, James Dickey, Sam Houston Johnson, Joe McGinniss, Mario Puzo, Gay Taliese, Studs Terkel, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Dan Wakefield 
"Cleansing the Environment" by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson 
"Saving the Cities" by Mayor Carl B. Stokes 
"Eradicating Poverty" by Michael Harrington 
"The Future of Ecstasy" by Alan Watts.

The Act of Love 
Models photographed by Maury Hammond.

Playboy's Playmate Review 
Jill Taylor, Sharon Clark, Linda Forsyth, Barbara Hillary, Carol Willis, Christine Koren, Debbie Ellison, Avis Miller, Mary and Madeleine Collinson (twins), Elaine Marton, Jennifer Liano and Carol Imhof.

Countess Vera Gottlieb von Lehndorff (a.k.a. Veruschka) photographed by Franco Rubartelli, cover photographed by Bill Arsenault.