Fiction Honeymoon by Arturo Vivante. Girolamo & Fiorella live in an Italian farm village in the mountains. They plan to be married in the near future. Preparations are made - the important day arrives. They go to Rome for a couple of days on a honeymoon. In a cafe they see an attractive, sophisticated couple. Each...

The Talk of the Town Paris When It Sizzles by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about a party celebrating the opening of the House of Hermes boutique at Bonwit Teller. This is an old French firm that makes & sells scarves, crocodile handbags, gloves, clocks, ties, luggage, jewelry, sweaters, desk accessories & other items...

A Reporter at Large A SMALL SPILL by William Wertenbaker. REPORTER AT LARGE about the damage done by an oil spill, not far from West Falmouth Harbor at Cape Cod, Mass. It took place on Sept. 15, 1969 when a tug & a barge went aground on submerged boulders which tore a hole in the bottom of the barge. The...

Musical Events Lyrical History by Desmond Shawe-Taylor.

The Theatre TRUE LONDON, FALSE PARIS by Brendan Gill.

Fiction Real Losses, Imaginary Gains by Wright Morris. Writer's cousin writes him that their Aunt Winona has passed away. He recalls stopping in Boise to see her last summer. She was the only one of his mother's 4 sisters not to marry. She had left the plains at the turn of the century to settle on a homestead...

U. S. Journal U.S. JOURNAL: LANDER, WYOMING HITTERS AND MISSERS by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL about the Lander One-Shot Antelope Hunt, held annually in Lander, Wyoming, a quiet town of 7,000. The winning team is the one with the most shooters who manage to kill a buck antelope with one bullet on the day of the hunt. Each team has three shooters...

Comment by Jeremy Bernstein. This week's text is taken from the Good Book "Watt" by Samuel Beckett. Watt has found employment in the domicile of Mr. Knott and has become curious about his employer's "arrangement". He ponders: "To whom...was this arrangement due? To Mr. Knott himself? Or to some other person, to a...

Annals of Industry ANNALS OF INDUSTRY CASUALTIES OF THE WORKPLACE by Paul Brodeur. Series about asbestos & other occupational-health hazards. Asbestos dust inhalation can lead to asbestosis, a scarring of the lungs, or mesothelioma, an abdominal tumor. Tells about the dangerous conditions in asbestos plants & cites studies done on the mortality rate of workers in such plants. Also discusses other chemicals...

The Talk of the Town Two Future Americans by William Whitworth. Talk story about an interview with Ditmitri and Natasha Simes, two young Russians Jews who immigrated to this country last April. Tells about their positions in Russia, their work here, and their views on a number of topics...

The Talk of the Town Vanished by Geoffrey T. Hellman. Talk story about the show at the Museum of the City of New York called "The Vanished City: Paintings of New York - 1930 to 1970," a one-man exhibit of Cecil C. Bell, whose work was relatively unknown in his life time. He died in 1970. Writer spoke with Joseph...

The Current Cinema Humanoids and Androgynes by Pauline Kael. Review of "The Homecoming", Harold Pinter's play brought to the screen in the American Film Theatre's subscription series...

Poetry The Dance of the Hours by Peter Davison. Each hour of workaday fits just as well...

Poetry Hungary by Stephen Berg. The truck smells like Hungary again as it rolls by...

Poetry Running by Carl Dennis. When they come to the meeting late...