Books by Naomi Bliven.

The Talk of the Town Yoga-and-Lunch by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about Levy Shea Studio, 100 E. 16th St., where for $3.50 you get half an hour of yoga and a half hour of lunch. Dick Shea & Alan Levy, both 35, are the owners. Writer and his architect friend Claude Samton attended one of these sessions. The owners...

The Current Cinema SAY, WE COULD PUT ON OUR OWN SHOW! by Penelope Gilliatt.

Fiction Celestial Events by Frank Conroy. Story about a man, Lewis, trying to cope with the death of his mother. She died after lapsing into coma in the hospital, where she had had a radio with special earphones by her bed, to turn up the music as her pain increased. After her initial operation for cancer...

Musical Events by David Hamilton.

The Talk of the Town Mickey Mouse News by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about interview with Alex Parker, a 54 yr. old real-estate developer who leased the Allied Chemical Tower in Times Square and got the sign as part of the deal. Mr. Parker is an optimist who thinks there is too much bad news on the strip of bulbs...

The Talk of the Town Fez by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about a costume party where everyone was supposed to come as a character from the movie "Casablanca." The writer attended with the old curmudgeon, who wore a gray silk Dupioni suit. The curmudgeon is the image of Sydney Greenstreet. The party was given by Raffles, the discreet little...

The Theatre THAT HALF-THERE FEELING by Brendan Gill.

Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes. Mr. Heath's Government introduced legislation ruling that all national museums were to charge for entrance Attendance immediately fell off. The Labor Govt. immediately rescinded the ruling, among loud cheers from all. The directors of the Tate Gallery were so delighted that they caused gala balloons to be sent soaring into...

Fiction I'd Know You Anywhere by Charles Saxon. Illustrated story. Wilson Crail prided himself on never forgetting a face & the name that went with it. He was able to recognize the face of Arthur B. Ramsdell, who had sat behind him in junior high school Civics. Crail did it at parties, on the street, at ball games...

Reflections THE WATERGATE PROSECUTIONS by Richard Harris. REFLECTIONS about the Watergate prosecutions. History may conclude that the way in which those guilty of crimes in the Watergate affair were brought to justice did more lasting damage to the highest purpose of American law than did the crimes themselves. Discusses the methods of Special Prosecutor Jaworski & deplores...

U. S. Journal U.S. JOURNAL: TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. THERE'S ONLY ONE TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL about the town of Truth or Consequences, N.M. Its name was changed from Hot Springs 25 years ago. Ralph Edwards, the man who created the shows called "Truth or Consequences" and "This Is Your Life" has helped celebrate the name change every spring by arriving from Calif. for...

The Sporting Scene PELOTE by Herbert Warren Wind. THE SPORTING SCENE about pelote games, popular among the French and Spanish Basques. Pelote is a term to cover handball and about a dozen kindred games played with gloves, wooden rackets, and wicker baskets. The games are played indoors in four-walled courts called trinquets, and outdoors in a fronton...

Comment by Whitney Balliett. Lengthy obituary on Duke Ellington whose career spanned 55 years. Tells of his musical accomplishments in various periods of his life. Quotes from his autobiography "Music Is My Mistress". Mentions, at some length Harry Carney, his baritone saxophonist, friend, and driver of almost 50 years. Refers to honors bestowed upon...

Fiction Balcony by Henry Bromell. The writer is a 22 yr. old man spending some time on the island of Crete with his lover Susan, whom he has known for three yrs. The story is told through the mind of the writer. The couple have come to Crete to escape the habits of comprehension, and...

The Art World (The Art Galleries) by Harold Rosenberg.

The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. Chris McCarron, a boy from Boston who rode his first winner at Bowie in Feb. & went on to run up a record total of 118 victories in the 60-day meeting at Pimlico, booted home only one in his first week at Delaware. He'll do better when he knows...

Poetry Amazing Grace, 1974 by L. E. Sissman. In this night club on Fifty-second Street...