The Talk of the Town Cease-Fire by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about the reaction at the United Nations to the Vietnam cease-fire...

Fiction The Teachings of Joe Pye (Field Notes for Carlos Castaneda's Next Epiphany) by Calvin Tomkins. Details of a ski week under the tutelage of Joe Pye, a Toltec Indian in his 70's, written as a parody of Carlos Castaneda's books about the teachings of Don Juan, a Yaqui Indian. The other members of the class, 3 boys & a girl, are graduate students in...

The Theatre All Rascals by Edith Oliver.

The Race Track New Deal by G. F. T. Ryall. In Los Angeles at the Eclipse Awards dinner, Meadow Stable's Secretariat was voted Horse of the Year. Members of the National Turf Writers Association, along with others, made the selection...

Profiles A GREAT FLOWERING OF FREE SPIRITS by Whitney Balliett. PROFILE of John Gordon, one of the few first-rate Americana folk-art antique dealers. Gordon, who runs his business almost singlehandedly, has been in the business not quite 8 years and exhibits in only one show a year, the benefit for the East Side House Settlement, considered the most...

U. S. Journal U.S. JOURNAL: OHIO GOURMETS AND EATERS by Calvin Trillin. US JOURNAL about high-quality eating in Columbus & Cincinnati, Ohio. In Cincinnati the noteworthy eating establishments include chili parlors (serving Cincinnati chili), notably the Empress & Skyline chains, & three French restaurants awarded five stars by the Mobil Travel Guide. Harry Garrison, who restores calliopes & restores & sells...

Fiction The Briefcase by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Mr. Kohn, a Jewish writer in NYC, often commuted to a midwestern university where he was a visiting prof. H always made promises to women which he didn't keep. Reizl fought with him over his deceit. K. had to go on a lecture tour. Accustomed to being catered to, he...

The Talk of the Town by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about the reactions to the Vietnam cease-fire from the patrons of Kilroy's Cafe on 6th Avenue. One man said he appreciated Pres. Nixon mentioning Pres. Johnson in the cease-fire announcement. The man said he could live with the agreement, explaining it was a lot harder to...

Around City Hall Warming Up by Andy Logan. The City Council-reapportionment bill was passed at a Council session shortly before Christmas. It approved new councilmanic-district lines, to accomodate the elction of 43, rather than 37 members. At the 1972 session of the State Legislature Council leaders had successfully argued that the additional seats were necessary in...

Books Virginia Stephen/Virginia Woolf by William Maxwell.

Comment by Jonathan Schell. Last Sat. (Jan. 27), at 7 PM, the nation, led by Pres. Nixon, marked the end of the war in Indo-China. The official talk was of a generation of peace. But while we were ringing bells & praying, bombs were being loaded onto Amer. planes on bases in Asia...

The Talk of the Town by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about the reaction to the Vietnam cease-fire by David McReynolds, one of the most consistent and hardest working anti-war people. In 1961, the year of the 1st American casualties, McReynolds joined the staff of the War Resisters League as field secretary. He has opposed the war...

Comment by Richard H. Rovere. Obituary for Lyndon Baines Johnson, died Mon., Jan. 22, 1973). Appraisal of the late 36th President as a man of great contradictions. He was sly & seemed to lack all scruples, yet he cared deeply for his fellow man, although he trusted very few of them. He was an authentic...

The Theatre OFF BROADWAY by Edith Oliver. Review of "Lemmings", a new revue at the Village Gate. The first act is not good but the second act is very, very good. It is a project of the new "National Lampoon". Most of the words for the sketches were written by "Lampoon" staff people and the entire show...

Musical Events Mutual Ordering by Andrew Porter.

The Current Cinema OUT OF TRAGEDY, SUDS by Pauline Kael.

Poetry I am in the middle of my life. by E. B. White. I am in the middle of my life...