Cover artist: Eve Olitsky
Publication Date: January 14, 1985
Page Count: 120 pages
In this issue:Books by Whitney Balliett. Centennial by Suzannah Lessard. Talk story about Ruth Draper, a Broadway comedy performer who died in 1956 at 72, and the recent celebration of her 100th birthday at the theatre underneath St. Peter's Lutheran Church at Citicorp. Draper, a monologuist, was known for using few props in her clever impersonations. The celebration for her... The Talk of the Town Light by Gerald Jonas. Talk story about a scientific conference on "The Medical and Biological Effects of Light," held under the auspices of the New York Academy of Sciences... The Current Cinema UNLOOS'D DREAMS by Pauline Kael. The Talk of the Town Flowers by William McKibben. Talk story about painter and textile designer Leslie Tillett. Writer spoke to him in his East Side studio and home, where he was getting ready for the February launching of a brand-new enterpriseNdecorative upholstery and drapery fabrics made from patterns drawn by three- to twelve-year-old Harlem youths... Comment by William McKibben. Comment about a friend who received a letter from Geraldine Ferraro thanking him for a contribution to her campaign. The letter was addressed "Dear Lt. Cdr." Our friend had risen to the rank of corporal during his two years in the Army, and now he found himself promoted four ranks... Fiction Miles City, Montana by Alice Munro. Writer remembers her childhood in Canada. When she was 6 years old, an 8-year-old friend of hers, Steve Gauley, drowned. The funeral was at her house and she felt a sickening disgust towards the adults there. 20 years later, in 1961, she and her husband Andrew took a... Fiction Inventory by Saul Steinberg. Six drawings entitled: Dots, Lines, Fives, Corks, 1821, and Austerlitz... A Reporter at Large THE RAIN FORESTS by Catherine Caufield. REPORTER AT LARGE about rain forests found throughout the wet tropics. They are being destroyed faster than any other natural community. Why are these forests--the richest, oldest, most complex ecosystems on earth--being cut down at such a rate? To sell its timber, to get at the gold and... Musical Events by Andrew Porter. The Theatre THE IGNOMINY OF BOYHOOD by Brendan Gill. Poetry Soul Music: The Derry Air by Eamon Grennan. A strong drink, hundred-year-old/schnapps, to be sipped at, invading/the secret places that... | 
