Comment by Adam Gopnik. Comment about the removal of Richard Serra's "Tilted Arc" from Federal Plaza following 8 years of controversy. Writer visits "Tilted Arc" for the last time. It had been torn up, so that the cement pods in which the steel was anchored were visible. The whole place looked ominous until the...

The Talk of the Town Real Rabbits by Caroline Fraser. Talk story about the writer's pet rabbits, both deceased. Her first rabbit, which she named Betty, was born on a New Hampshire farm. In the last stages of studying for oral exams in English literature, writer had begun talking to strange animals on the street--a sparrow taking a dust...

Profiles A SENSE OF URGENCY by Calvin Tomkins. PROFILE of Marian Wright Edelman, 49, a light-skinned black woman, who is head of the Washington-based Children's Defense Fund, which is the most active advocate for children nationally. Last year the Fund put together a coalition of 170 organizations in support of the Act for Better Child Care...

Personal History IMPALPABLE DUST by M. R. Montgomery. PERSONAL HISTORY about the writer's father, who was a civil engineer, and the construction of Fort Peck Dam in eastern Montana. He taught writer the formal definition of cement. After his father died, writer was moved to explore a period of his father's life before his first memories. It was...

The Talk of the Town Candy Man by Jane Stern. Talk Story about Nekos Pharmacy & how each Easter season it transforms itself into a wonderland of hand-molded chocolate Easter candies. The Nekoses have been chocolatiers since 1896, when Anthony Nekos opened a candy store in the nearby town of Mechanicville. 5 years later, they moved to Kingston, &...

The Theatre EASY VIRTUE by Mimi Kramer.

Fiction Short Easter by John Updike. This year for the first time since Fogel, who is 62 years old, can remember daylight savings time has clipped an hour off Easter. Easter has always struck Fogel as a holiday without real punch. The day was usually raw & today is no exception. He recalls an extramarital affair...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

A Reporter at Large THE GREAT AMERICAN PIE EXPEDITION by Sue Hubbell. A REPORTER AT LARGE about a pie expedition that the writer takes with her dog, Tazzie, through the country's, back roads tasting pies at various out of the way diners & restaurants. Her initial pie trip took her through Pennsylvania, southern New England, & Maine where the blueberry & raspberry...

The Talk of the Town Domino's by Deborah Garrison. Talk story about delivering Domino's Pizza in days gone by in Ann Arbor, Michigan, mentioning briefly the new Domino's Pizza outlet on Maiden Lane in the heart of Wall Street, where people who work downtown can order their Domino's pizza by fax machine & pay for them by American Express...

Books by Terrence Rafferty.

Photo Album The Photo Album by Sergei Dovlatov. Narrator met his wife, Lena, 25 years ago when she was working as a canvasser on Election Day & called at his home. He takes her to the movies, to the Writers House (to prove that he is an up-and-coming writer)& afterwards back to his house. He...

Poetry Reparations of Spring by Revan Schendler. For a moment I will leave the multi...

Poetry A Song by Joseph Brodsky. I wish you were here, dear...

Poetry White Hawthon in the West of Ireland by Eavan Boland. I drove West...