Comment by David Owen. Mentioned briefly in a comment about a newspaper writer publishes and edits for schoolchildren, called "Junior Journal," in the small Connecticut town where he lives. When writer ran low on money, he took the opportunity to introduce his elementary-school-age staff to the journalistically significant concept of rejection. That...

The Talk of the Town Fortunates by Mindy Aloff. Talk story about attending the First International Gathering of Children Hidden During World War II, a two-day conference held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel over the Memorial Day weekend. Numerous stories were told about Jewish children hidden from the Nazis during World War II...

The Talk of the Town Transitions by Adam Gopnik. A talk story about attending New York's first Mongolian trade fair. I. Amarkhu is the export manager for Noosimpex, which is the new Mongolian wool division: "We are involved in rawwool blankets, and in consumer goods. The revolution changed the minds. We are in the beginning of the Mongolian program...

The Talk of the Town Miss Subways by David Owen. Talk story about a reunion of former Miss Subways, held at Ellen's Stardust Diner, on Sixth Ave. The first Miss Subways was Mona Freeman (who was Miss Subways in May, 1941). She went on to star in such movies as "Branded" (1950). She didn't attend the reunion, but videos of...

Fiction Carbohydrates by Polly Frost. Story in which a woman expresses her thoughts while waiting from 8:15 until 8:53 for her boyfriend, Jonathan, to show up for a date. Her language parodies that of popular psychology and self-improvement books. She gives up on waiting for Jonathan, and goes to a Korean grocery store for...

Fiction Second Question by Ann Beattie. The narrator, a hand model, goes to Boston on the weekends to be with her friend Richard, who is dying of AIDS. Richard has gone off AZT treatment to take part in an experimental out-patient-treatment program at Bishopgate Hospital. Ned, Richard's ex-lover and longtime business associate and...

A Reporter at Large I-CHINATOWN by Gwen Kinkead. REPORTER AT LARGE about New York's Chinatown, the largest Chinese community in the Western Hemisphere. Most of its inhabitants lead lives segregated from the rest of America. Since the immigration laws changed in 1965 there has been a great increase in Chinese immigrants. About 150,000 Chinese live in Chinatown &...

In Fashion by Holly Brubach.

The Sky Line by Brendan Gill.

Books by Helen Vendler.

Poetry All Bears by Caroline Fraser. Are Dangerous. Enjoy Them...

Poetry Black Diamond by Pierre Martory. The peaceful harmony of a Sunday morning...

Poetry Their House by Elaine Terranova. They've built an understanding...