Books by Terrence Rafferty.

Comment by Lawrence Weschler. Writer describes visit to his office by Grzegorz Boguta, co-founder and director of NOWA, Poland's premier underground publishing house. Now 37, Boguta has also worked as a biophysicist and has run the publishing enterprise for 13 years. He was interned for over a year when martial law was declared...

Annals of Surgery TRANSPLANTING A HEART by Sherwin B. Nuland. ANNALS OF SURGERY about a patient's heart transplant. The writer recounts the history of transplant operations in general and the usual development of heart disease for the individual. Fictitiously named, Anthony Cretella had a severe case of angina, chest pains associated with clogged coronary arteries, which resulted in a myocardial...

Jazz by Whitney Balliett.

Reflections SOVIET WOMEN by Francine du Plessix Gray. REFLECTIONS about women in the Soviet Union. Tells about the archetypical role of women in Russian society, the differences between American & Soviet women, the depiction of Soviet women in a recent piece of fiction & the arduous schedule they must follow in a day, the Soviet sense of fashion...

The Talk of the Town The Phil Thrill by Caroline Fraser. Talk Story about the celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. Edwin Snyder, a county judge, serves as the official announcer of the ceremony...

Letter from Washington by Elizabeth Drew. Richard Darman, the director of the Office of management & Budget, says that the budget submitted by the President recently, proposes "record levels" of federal spending for education. The education increase doesn't keep up with inflation, and some education programs are being cut. Tells about Barman's introductory essay. Unfortunately, Darman...

Fiction The Bingo Van by Louise Erdrich. Lipsha Morrissey is a Chippewa Indian on a reservation in N. Dakota. He plays bingo in a quonset hut with many other Indians. He is obsessed with a van that is the prize for a 'blackout' round at the bingo hall. His mind is so full of it that he...

The Talk of the Town Sounds by Hilton Als. Talk story about Birdel's, a phonograph record shop located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. The owner of the store, Joe Long, sells "black sounds for everyone--soul, blues, rap, jazz, sometimes a little Country and Western." Gospel is the sound that "focusses and anchors" Long. A P.A. system...

The Talk of the Town Wisdom and Force by Mindy Aloff. Talk story about the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department. Mr. Aldham is the Executive Assistant to the Clerk of this appellate division, and acts as a guide to the writer as they tour the court and attend oral arguments and...

Poetry 164 East 72nd Street by James Merrill. These city apartment windows--my grandmother's once...

Poetry Distances by Eavan Boland. The radio is playing downstairs in the kitchen...

Poetry Now Where? by Jane Kenyon. It wakes when I wake, walks...