The Talk of the Town Observation by Mark Singer. Talk story about the opportunity WNBC-TV, Channel 4, gives its viewers to record 60 seconds of their opinions on videotape, in a segment called "Your Opinion." Channel 4 believes in doing this as a public service and also because the Federal Communications Commission thinks it's a good idea. Writer...

Dancing Camping in Cleveland by Arlene Croce.

Books Where Burning Sappho Loved and Sung by George Steiner.

The Theatre Body Snatching by Edith Oliver.

The Talk of the Town by Philip Hamburger. Talk story about the inauguration of Pres. Ronald Reagan and festivities which preceded it. (At the same time the nation was waiting for news on the release of the 52 Americans held hostage in Iran, and many people walked around with transistor radios). Writer found Washington subdued. Tells about a...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. Now that the American hostages are home from Iran, the newly inaugurated Reagan Administration has been left with the confusing task of framing American policies toward Iran and toward any future episodes of kidnapping. Initially, one strong pressure, born of the emotion of the moment, was for the punishment of...

Fiction French Crenellation by Mavis Gallant. Charles Filament, a French historian of a future time, is invited to speak about French crenellation at the inaugural of the latest in the series of bunkers established under the Paris Faubourg Art Depot. During his talk. Filament makes much of his connection with General Achille Sifflet, of whom he...

The Talk of the Town Shalala by Wallace White. Talk story about Dr. Donna Shalala, 38, who was named president of Hunter College in December 1979. She assumed that position last Sept. On a recent Friday she was guest speaker at the weekly luncheon meeting of The City Club of New York, held at the Graduate Center on West...

A Reporter at Large I-SHUTTLE by Henry S. F. Cooper. REPORTER AT LARGE about the space shuttle, which takes off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Mar. 17th. It is named Columbia and is a versatile space freighter that is the size of a DC-9 and capable of housing a crew of 7 astronauts for...

Fiction Nancy Culpepper by Bobbie Ann Mason. Nancy is married to Jack, a photographer, and they live in a small town near Philadelphia with their son, Robert, who is eight. In a vague way Nancy would like the family to move back to Kentucky, where she grew up. When Nancy learns that her parents are going to...

Poetry February by Charles Simic. The one who lights the wood stove...

Poetry The Christmas Cactus by Lizbeth Rosenberg. All during the Christmas rush...

Poetry The Track by Nicholas Christopher. At the track the horses run...