Cover artist: Robert Tallon Publication Date: July 1, 1985 Page Count: 98 pages In this issue:The Talk of the Town Height by William McKibben. Talk story about the National Basketball Association Draft at Madison Square Garden. Writer saw Patrick Ewing, who is seven feet tall. Mentions other very tall players like Jon Knocak, Benoit Benjamin, Bill Wennington, Uwe Blab&Manute Bol who is seven feet six. At the draft, all the blue-chip... The Talk of the Town Evermore by Susan Lardner. Talk story about a trip up to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, which has a Poets' Corner to which Herman Melville and Edgar Allan Poe had just been elected. The Poets' Corner originated a year ago, with the installation of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Washington Irving. Writer... The Talk of the Town The House Friend by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Writer sat in the Cafe Piccadilly with his friend Max Stein who was a frustrated painter. They talked about women. Max told writer about men who let their wives have lovers he calls"house friends." He told about his old friend Feivl in Poland, who went out with a girl... The Current Cinema RIPENESS by Pauline Kael. Jazz by Whitney Balliett. Dancing Rappers by Wallace White. Talk story about the filming of a music video that spoofs rap music, break dancing, Wall Street, and yuppies. As the writer walked by the World Trade Center the other day, he saw a dozen or so well-dressed young people throwing bank-notes in the air and chanting, "Money... The Funnies The Funniest Person in America: Certain Questions Answered by William McKibben. Talk story about Phil Nee, who was recently selected by Showtime pay-television service as the funniest person in America. He auditioned in August of last year, was announced as a state winner in April, and was chosen from among the final six to twelve people who performed for a... Books by Naomi Bliven. Musical Events by Andrew Porter. The Talk of the Town Patent Pending by William Franzen. Talk story about 42-year-old architect David Stein, who invented the Bubble-Thing, a device that makes gigantic bubbles with diameters of up to 8 feet. His Bubble-Thing consists of a tube of thin, clear plastic with a loop of cloth cord attached to one end. One holds... Fiction Black Holes by Elizabeth Tallent. Fanny Giles gave her father (a psychiatrist) a note from her kindergarten teacher. They were at the house that they would be moving into the following week. It was a big house in need of repairs, that, since Fanny had been coming with him on Saturdays, Will had taken to... Comment by Elizabeth Tallent. Communication from a friend in New Mexico about a summer storm there."... I am afraid of how I would feel if I were not in the middle of a storm that made itself known in the desert a few minutes ago as a soft, premonitory electric blaze, a lightening&... Annals of Law THE ASBESTOS INDUSTRY ON TRIAL IV-BANKRUPTCY by Paul Brodeur. ANNALS OF LAW about the health hazards of asbestos and lawsuits filed on behalf of ill workers... Poetry Accusatory Poem by Barbara Gibbs. Like shifting chips of brilliant colored glass... Poetry The Public Garden by Nicholas Christopher. Someone might mistake the shadows... |