The Theatre MUTE PRETENSIONS by Mimi Kramer.

Annals of War AN AMERICAN SOLDIER IN VIETNAM I-THE ROOSTER AND THE TIGER by Neil Sheehan. ANNALS OF WAR about Lt. Col. John Paul Vann and Vietnam. Vann was assigned in 1962 to advise III Corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam or ARVN, under Col. Huynh Van Cao. Vann was a specialist in logistics--an unusual qualification for an infantry officer who had...

Fiction A Minute in the Life of San Marino by Bruce McCall. Parody based on "A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union." A group of world-class photographers are in the tiny republic of San Marino to document the minute, 9:21a.m., of the day of their visit. For example, at 9:21:09 a.m., Vito Fraccini, San Marino's only working cowboy is...

Correction Just Visiting by Adam Gopnik. Talk story about the Big House Cooking Contest sponsored by the New York City Correction Department. The dept. manages 18 separate correctional facilities, including the six "mega-jails" on Rikers Island, which constitute the largest penal colony in North America. Tells about the food prepared by Melzeta McAlmankthe head dietitian...

Concert Records / Popular Music by Mark Moses.

Dancing by Alastair Macaulay.

Comment by William Edgett Smith. in northern Angola--owned together with the Angolan government & an Italian company--are one of the largest American investments in black Africa & by all accounts the Angolan government has treated the American oil people fairly. On one occasion, Cuban-backed Agolan-government troops defended the oil facilities against...

The Talk of the Town You by Craig Bromberg. Talk story about "You: The City" which was billed as "an intimate Manhattanwide play for an audience of one, "written and directed by Fiona Templeton. We were told to go to the 11th floor of One Times Square promptly at 6 the next evening. The next day, a drizzly Wednesday...

The Talk of the Town Memorials by Richard Brookhiser. Talk story about 2 of Manhattan's oldest & smallest cemeteries, the New York Marble Cemetery & the First Shearith Israel Graveyard. Writer attended meeting of the vault owners at the Marble Cemetery; there are 275 vaults or urns there. The cemetery opened in 1831 & is located on 2nd St...

Fiction The Flight of Andy Burns by Alice Mattison. Jack & his wife Franny are having his cousin Susan & her husband Ray over for dinner at their house in New Haven. A year ago Susan & Ray's oldest daughter, Becky, died of cancer at the age of 24. JAck goes to the store for noodles. The wind is...

Books by Terrence Rafferty.

Letter from Mexico City by Barbara Fischkin. Today, greater Mexico City has a population of about twenty million, and its air pollution, its traffic, and its "horrible mixture" of new and old seem to make its residents want to leave. Writer describes San Angel(in the southwestern corner of Mexico City), especially noting the particular changes that...

Poetry The Cape Racer by Daniel G. Hoffman. In the auction of the stuff...

Poetry Io by Laurie Sheck. I am watched by the eyes in a peacock's tail...