The Art World (The Art Galleries) by Adam Gopnik.

Books by Terrence Rafferty.

Fiction Squabble by John Holman. Aaron, who is black, was fired from his job by the dean because of financial cutbacks. Now he was back in his home town, living with his aunt--no hope of teaching in the fall and no desire to move again, either. He had a Ph.D. in geography. Dennis, his...

The Talk of the Town Lincoln Tunnel by William Finnegan. Talk story about a recent celebration commemorating the Lincoln Tunnel's fiftieth anniversary. Part of the celebration took place at Shanghai Red's, a Weehawken (New Jersey) waterfront restaurant, where the Port Authority was giving a luncheon. In the restaurant, there was an exhibit about the tunnel's history including photographs and an...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Fiction A Lazofsky by Lou Myers. Excerpts from a year of a diary by a man whose Jewish mother is in an old age home...

Annals of Medicine THE FUMIGATION CHAMBER by Berton Roueche. ANNALS OF MEDICINE about a case of organophosphate poisoning resulting from exposure to insecticide. The patient was Betty Page (pseud.). She and her husband, Lewis, are both doctors. They live in Jenkintown, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia. They also have a weekend cottage on a lake in northern Pennsylvania. Tells...

A Reporter at Large PERU'S WAR by Raymond Bonner. REPORTER AT LARGE about Peru. Peru is engaged in a struggle against the ruthless revolutionary movement, the Sendero Luminoso or Shining Path. The movement has been able to grow because the Peruvian state has done so little for the people in the remote regions. Peru is one of the most...

The Talk of the Town Sing-In by Holly Brubach. Talk story about the annual "Messiah Sing-In" held at Avery Fisher Hall. Writer tells about the conductors and the soloists assembling backstage. Writer lists some of the participants. Before the concert, at the Saloon Grill, across the street, the Gramercy Park Choral Society and Parachute Club had convened for...

The Theatre A BRAVE "VANYA" by Mimi Kramer.

Comment by Garrison Keillor. On a dull, morbid morning, a friend writes, he found himself amid crowds in the subway at Grand Central. He got on the No. 4 Woodlawn-Jerome Ave. express just to see where it goes. At the last stop in the Bronx he got out. It was wide open, like...

Poetry The Widow by Nina Cassian. The cold has gnarled her fingers...