The Theatre HIGH JINKS AND LOW by Brendan Gill.

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

The Talk of the Town Walnuts by James Lardner. Talk story about a lunch at the Four Seasons in honor of the walnut and to celebrate the publication of the first cookbook devoted exclusively to dishes containing walnuts-which was also the first cookbook put out by the host organization, the Walnut Marketing Board. J.S. Miller, the executive director...

Fiction Export by Frederick Barthelme. Henry rented an apartment from Mariana Nassar, a pretty 40-year-old woman. He told Mariana that his first wife stole his 2nd wife and his 13-year-old daughter Rachel away from him. Mariana told him to lose weight and dress better. They drove to a nearby mall. When...

The Talk of the Town Character by William McKibben. Talk story about a symposium on Sports and the National Character at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes, was the keynote speaker. Tells about what the speakers said...

Our Footloose Correspondents RESONANCE by William Zinsser. OUR FAR-FUUNG CORRESPONDENTS about Willie Ruff's trip to Venice to play and tape his French-horn in St. Mark's cathedral at night with no one else around. Ruff is a music professor at Yale, and a bassist and French-horn player. He was interested in Venice because it was...

Comment by Garrison Keillor. While waiting for his plane in the lounge at the Atlanta airport, writer heard the chorus of"Easter Parade." It came from a small pink rabbit on a display case in the souvenir shop. He heard about 20 choruses before he realized that the rabbit was battery-powered and wouldn't...

Books by John Updike.

Books by John Updike.

A Reporter at Large I-A KIND OF COMMONS by Orville Schell. REPORTER AT LARGE about the practice of feeding antibiotics to livestock, adopted by farmers in the early fifties not only to prevent and treat diseases but also to promote growth. A 1980 report stated that almost half the antibiotics manufactured in the U.S. were being fed to animals. A 1979...

Comment by William McKibben. Irony in this 4th year of the Reagan Presidency is a luxury. One day last week the Adm. announced it would not let the World Court rule on the propriety of our covert war against Nicaragua. The very next day our President proclaimed Law Day U.S.A. declaring that without law...

The Funnies The Mayor Reads the Funnies by George W. S. Trow. During the next newspaper strike, the Mayor, out of the goodness of his heart, reads the funny papers over the air to the children of the city." The Mayor, over the air, asks the kids if they are having a good time. He wants to know if they are having...

Books by John Updike.

Poetry A Hill by Howard Moss. Hacked out of sandy soil to make a pool...

Poetry Kiting: A Reverie by Donald Junkins. The only play is for keeps: the way the red-tailed hawk...