Fiction Sierra Leone by John McGahern. On the night of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the narrator, a young man in his late 20's living in Dublin, begins an affair with Geraldine, the mistress of a Dublin politician, Jerry McCredy. She neither leaves Jerry nor tells him of her affair with the narrator. The narrator's father...

The Art World (The Art Galleries) Being Outside by Harold Rosenberg.

Comment by Richard Harris. In recent years, the Supreme Court has gradually weakened the protections found in the 4th Amendment. The other day, a federal judge in Washington, DC handed down a decision that, if upheld on appeal, will wipe out citizens' recourse against government officials who unjustifiably intrude on their privacy. The case...

Annals of Crime DEAD SOULS IN THE COMPUTER-I by Thomas Whiteside. ANNALS OF CRIME about deliberate misuses of the computer for fraud, extortion, embezzlement and theft. Gives statistics on the extensive use of the computer in everyday life. Tells about incidents in which computers have been physically attacked. Tells about computer-related bank frauds and embezzlements, the average take per crime...

A Reporter at Large CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS by Elizabeth Drew. A REPORTER AT LARGE about the new code of ethics adopted by Congress earlier this year. In the code that was finally adopted by the House and, in slightly different form, the Senate were provisions that required senators and representatives to make full financial disclosure; that limited to fifteen per...

The Talk of the Town Brighton Beach by Mark Singer. Talk story about ballroom dancing for old people at the Shorefront Y, in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Dancing is available for members every Tuesday and Thursday, from 7PM to 10PM, and is held in the outdoor patio. Barney Berfond, 75, operates the phonograph and announces each dance...

Fiction Doctor's Sons by Mary Robison. Dick Sorenson, 25, is sitting at the kitchen table, after breakfaat, cutting his fingernails and crying. His mother reads a paperback book. Dick's brother, Spencer, sunbathes outside the kitchen window. A pregnant woman, a volunteer canvassing for the school-bond issue, talks with Spencer. Dick sighs. He tells his mother...

The Current Cinema LATIN by Penelope Gilliatt.

The Talk of the Town One Ring by Ellen Willis. Talk story about the Big Apple Circus, New York's 1st resident circus since 1905, a one-ring show set up just north of Pier A. Writer met the juggler, Francis Brunn, who was attending the circus. Brunn, from Aschaffenburg, Germany, 1st came to the States in 1948 to work in...

The Race Track Calumet Farm Double by G. F. T. Ryall. The 75th running of the Saratoga Special was won by Darby Creek Road...

Fiction Cortez and Montezuma by Donald Barthelme. Parody of Mexican history. Cortez and Montezuma are friends. Great lords hostile to Montezuma denounce the friendship as being contrary to the best interests of the Mexican people. Together, Cortez and Montezuma discuss theology. Cortez's men destroy the city in their search for gold. Montezuma's ghost rebukes Cortez's ghost, "Why...

Books Who Wants to Know? by John Updike.

Poetry With the Shell of a Hermit Crab by James Wright. This lovely little life whose toes...

Poetry Three Views of a Woman Inhaling by Elizabeth Macklin. There was a month when I looked every day...