The Theatre SUDDEN DEATH by Brendan Gill.

A Reporter at Large WAITING I-NATIVE CATEGORIES by Vincent Crapanzano. REPORTER AT LARGE about South Africa. Early white settlers were Dutch-Afrikaners. The British came in 1795 & in 1814 took formal possession of certain areas. With the imposition of British rule, which insisted on legal rights for people of mixed race, great numbers of Afrikaners fled to the interior...

The Talk of the Town Honest Work-Part II by William McKibben. Talk story about David Barnhart, whom the writer interviewed in his office in the Hudson River village of Colds Spring where he works on The Barnhart Dictionary Companion, which comes out 4 times a year. Each issue contains over 200 certified new words, every one of them defined&used...

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

American Chronicles "I'VE GOT PROBLEMS" by Calvin Trillin. AMERICAN CHRONICLES about Arthur Kirk, a Nebraska farmer who was killed by the State Police SWAT team which had surrounded his house in an attempt to place him under arrest for threatening a deputy sheriff with a loaded gun. Tells about the incident and the events that led up to...

Fiction Dazzled by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The writer's Aunt Genedel said"Maids are not something to belittle-they can create plenty of trouble." She told the story of a Russian duke named Orlov who was exiled to their region in Poland as punishment. Orlovegot a reputation as a heretic&a madman, but for some reason...

On Television One Whole Day by Sara E. Lewis. Kate& Peter were watching"Entertainment Tonight,"on television. Peter held their baby Sam, trying to get him to look at Rod Stewart on the screen. Stewart was announcing that he&Jeff Beck would be reunited for an upcoming tour. Kate& Peter were breaking up&Peter was...

Books by V. S. Pritchett.

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town Intrusion by Nancy Ramsey. Talk story about the Mercedes I, a 500-ton Venezuelan freighter that crashed against the seawall of Mollie Wilmot's Palm Beach estate back in November. When writer heard that it was about to be removed by a salvage crew, she called Mrs. Wilmot. Says Mrs. Wilmot: "I didn't hear the...

Comment by Elizabeth Tallent. A young woman writes: "Washington has always seemed to me to offer one, essentially heroic profile...until...the end of a recent stay I never really felt at ease there: I never really felt moved by it... I went along the Mall the other afternoon...looking for the Vietnam Veterans...

Poetry On Your Birthday, Looking Through a Telescope at Jupiter by Vickie Karp. From the roof of the Good Earth restaurant...

Poetry The Loose Shutter by Robert Penn Warren. All night the loose shutter bangs. This way it won't last...