Fiction Tomatoes by Francine Prose. Story takes place in upstate N.Y. where Vincent visits his dying father. Vincent teaches French literature at a nearby college; his father was a principal at New Rochelle High. Vincent is upset because his father is dying, and in order to forget this, he becomes obsessed with his father's physical...

The Theatre by Edith Oliver.

Fiction Remorse by Veronica Geng. Satirical piece about narrator and her spouse, who have had difficulty in their relationship. Piece begins, "Ed and I have an announcement to make." She thanks everyone for their interest in them as a couple. Although neither has behaved perfectly, they will stay together. Their punishment to themselves will be...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Books by George Steiner.

Comment by Jonathan Schell. A ship stands dead in the water, burning. Its 27 Libyan crew men--27 mother's sons--are presumed dead. Oceans--immense blue oceans--seem to distance us all, protect us, from the scene. On the streets, the buildings are solid. No smoke rises to the sky, no burned bodies strew...

The Talk of the Town An Exile by Anthony Bailey. Talk story about the exile of Russian physicist Yuri Orlov. ortly after Anatoly Shcharansky was released from prion in February & allowed to leave the USSR, writer talked 2 people who are particularly concerned with Orlov, who s arrested in 1977, tried a year later on trumped-up arges of...

Recollections THE GOOD MAN by Elias Canetti. REFLECTIONS about writer's recollections of Vienna, beginning in the early thirites when he was in his late twenties At the Cafe Museum where he went every day he noticed a man sitting alone. His face resembled that of Karl Kraus, orator, satirist & editor of "Die Fackel". Writer's veneration for...

The Talk of the Town Workouts by Lillian Ross. A talk story about Robin Williams, the 34 year-old comic actor. Williams first started improvising after he graduated Julliard and returned to Marin County. He used to go every night to Intersection, a club on Union Street, in San Francisco...

The Current Cinema MARS by Pauline Kael.

The Sporting Scene DREAMING by Bill Barich. THE SPORTING SCENE aboutSnow Chief, a California-bred colt who is being touted as an early favorite to win the Kentucky Derby. Writer visits Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia near Pasadena, and meets Mel Stute, Snow Chief's trainer, 59. He has always been known as a clever handler of claiming...

Poetry The New Affluence by Alice Fulton. Let me say "we" for I am not alone in this...

Poetry Ivy by Tony Curtis. The choking ivy we lopped and sawed and tore...