Comment by Donald Barthelme. A friend writes: I went last week to see Madam Cherokee, my Reader and Spiritual Adviser, who maintains premises on Orchard Street devoted, as it were, to pulling the teeth of the future. She is one of the classiest mages in the business. Writer asked her how he could get...

The Race Track A Cup for Forego by G. F. T. Ryall. Charlie Whittingham has brough Dahlia, the world's winningest race mare to Belmont Park for another go at the Man o'War Stakes & he intended to give her a winding-up gallop for the race in the Manhattan Handicap. But she developed a fever, so he saddled Caucasus, whom he'd also...

Books Under Eastern Eyes by George Steiner.

Reflections THE SUBURBAN LANDSCAPE: OYSTER BAY, LONG ISLAND by Suzannah Lessard. REFLECTIONS about Oyster Bay, L.I. & the changes in the suburban landscape which lessen its rural character. The Town of Oyster Bay, in Nassau county, is 110 square miles & has 342,000 people. There are two Oyster Bays - the rich and the ordinary. The rich one is in the region...

The Talk of the Town Plimpton Revisited by Geoffrey T. Hellman. Talk interview with Francis T.P. Plimpton, head of the city's newly created Commission for Distinguished Guests, a reorganized version of a protocal section of the former Dept. of Civic Affairs & Public Events. He said the Mayor swore him in the other day and he was going to swear in...

The Talk of the Town Two Joyous Collectors by Geoffrey T. Hellman. Talk story about John M. Crawford who has given his entire collection of items from William Morris' library to the Morgan Library which is currently showing "William Morris and the Art of the Book." Tells about the exhibit, Crawford's book and art collecting, and the Kelmscott Press, a private printing...

Books by George Steiner.

The Current Cinema Running into Trouble by Pauline Kael. Review of "Marathon Man", from the novel by William Goldman...

The Air (On Television) Notes on the New Season by Michael J. Arlen.

The Theatre Off Broadway by Edith Oliver.

The Talk of the Town Floorcraft by Mark Singer. Talk story about matinee session of the United States Ballroom Championships at the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria. The contest was sponsored by the American Ballroom Company, started 6 years ago by Mary Molaghan and John Monte...

Fiction Apartment 6-A: After The Fall by Ian Frazier. It has been over a year now since, in the wake of demoralizing setbacks, I finally abandoned my West Village apartment to the North Vietnamese. How has my apartment changed in the past year and a half? What have the Communists managed to make of the place where I sustained...

Musical Events Operas in Italy by Andrew Porter.

The Sporting Scene THE EVER MORE COMPLEX WORLD OF TOURNAMENT TENNIS by Herbert Warren Wind. THE SPORTING SCENE about eight significant aspects of international tennis in 1976 and this year's U.S. Open Championships, at Forest Hills. Mentions the many tournaments offered by the leading tennis organizations. Complains about Ilie Nastase's frequent temper tantrums. The best tennis of the year was probably played by Chris Evert...

The Talk of the Town Walk on Broadway by Ian Frazier. Talk story about a Friday night walk which began at the 125th St. stop of the A train. Writer walked west on 125th St. to Broadway and began to walk down Broadway. He walked all the way down Broadway to Canal Street - eight miles. Tells what he saw along the...

Fiction by John Updike. As the Maples at last decided to part, the Puritan Commonwealth in which they lived passed a no-fault amendment to its creaking, overworked body of divorce law. By its provisions a joint affidavit had to be filed. When Richard went to the Cambridge City Hall to get their affidavit...

Poetry At Georgica Beach by Howard Moss. How roughly ambivalent the seizure is...

Poetry Widowhood by Leonard Nathan. It's as if the wife...

Poetry The Poem by Marvin Bell. Would you like me more...