The Talk of the Town Hub Roundup by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about a weekend in the Greater Boston Area, at the home of David Daniels, an artist who grows roses. On the first day David takes the writer & friends to the closest thing to night-life in the Cambridge-Somerville area, Steve's Ice Cream in Davis Square, Somerville...

The Talk of the Town Magazines, Anyone? by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about the kickoff celebration for Billie Jean King's new magazine, "WomenSports," which was held at Gallagher's restaurant and bar. The writer attended the party held in an upstairs room. Describes this restaurant and bar. The writer attended the party held in an upstairs room. Describes this restaurant which...

Anniversary Overlord 74 by Wallace White. Talk story about a celebration held last Thursday on the anniversary of D Day, where nearly 1,000 French men & women travelled to this country to express their thanks 30 yrs. after Operation Overlord which brought 200,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Nor mandy. About a hundred of the...

Books by L. E. Sissman.

Fiction Afternoon Of The House by Padma Perera. In the southern plains of India, in a large house gleaming white between the trees, Mina was playing in the cool garden. Mina was the daughter of a Hindu family with many servants. They had four gardeners; Chellapan, the water carrier; his mother, who did the floors; and his wife...

The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. Ruffian, who won the Fashion Stakes, at Belmont Park, iw owned by Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Janney, Jr...

Annals of Law II-A SCRAP OF BLACK CLOTH by Richard Harris. ANNALS OF LAW about the Supreme Court's protection of the state more than the individual, & about the freedom of speech case of Charles James, a teacher fired for wearing an armband to school during the 1969 Vietnam Moratoria. All of the rules & tests used by the Court to...

Fiction Unpsychic Man of the Year by F. P. Tullius. While compiling research for his forthcoming best seller "Alpha Beta-Who's Got the Psi?", the writer met an incredible man, Alben Sigafoos, 38, of West Haversack Colo. Alben has an uncommon gift called USP (unsensory perception) which scientists are unable to explain. Alben is never able to come up with...

Musical Events by Ellen Willis.

Comment by Jonathan Schell. On the day the Pres. set out on his trip he sent off two letters that are likely to loom far larger in the history books than any transactions abroad. One went to Judge Gerhard Gesell & declared the Pres. rather than the courts, would be the final arbiter of...

The Current Cinema CHURCH-STEP FARCE by Penelope Gilliatt.

Letter from Washington by Richard H. Rovere. Henry Kissinger, as Sen. Aiken has pointed out, evidently lacks the toughness of hide required for his work. More will be revealed in the coming weeks but it has for some time been clear that K. drew up a list of those people on his Nat'l. Security Council staff who...

Poetry The Handball Players At Brighton Beach by Irving Feldman. And then the blue world daring onward...

Poetry Anemones by Howard Moss. Tour waxen petals...

Poetry Objects & Apparitions by Elizabeth Bishop. Hexagons of wood and glass...

Poetry December River by Ted Hughes. After the brown harvest of rains, express lights...