Dancing Doe, a Deer, a Female Deer by Arlene Croce.

The Theatre Off Broadway by Edith Oliver.

Fiction Rosa by Cynthia Ozick. Rosa Lublin, 58 and a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, smashed up her secondhand store in Brooklyn. At the suggestion of her 49-year-old unmarried niece Stella, Rosa moves to a small room in a senior citizens hotel in Miami, Florida. Rosa hates Florida and has cannibal dreams...

The Talk of the Town Ahoy There! by William McKibben. Talk story about a formal ship-watching expedition in Owls Head Park, in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, which is not far from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. The expedition was led by two Urban Park Rangers, Lisa Breslof & Michele Gumbo. The party of 20 marched up a...

The Talk of the Town "The Little Prince" by Natacha Stewart. Talk story about going to the Pierpont Morgan Library to see Mr. Herbert Cahoon, who is in charge of exhibiting the working manuscript of Saint-Ex's "The Little Prince." (Exhibit is on until Apr. 10, and is in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the book's publication.) The story of...

The Talk of the Town Handbag by Ann Beattie. Talk story about a young woman meeting her friend for tea at the Mayfair Hotel. Her friend has a handbag that contains "everything." She has first-, second-, and third-degree "carriers." The first has make-up, an emery board, etc., & she takes it with her if she goes...

The Art World (The Art Galleries) Like Water in a Glass by Calvin Tomkins.

Comment by William McKibben. For those who dream of committing the perfect crime, we have a suggestion which should reduce the risk of your apprehension to virtually zero: simply lure your intended victim along on a vacation to El Salvador and do the deed there. The number of civilian murders in El Salvador is...

Books The Jones Boys by John Updike.

Fiction Domestic Animals by Saul Steinberg. Four drawings in which people have faces like animals. The first shows a bird woman sitting on a porch with two small dog men. The second shows a dog man in a living room with a butterfly with a woman's face. The third shows a family in their living room...

Musical Events All-American by Andrew Porter.

Around City Hall AROUND CITY HALL TOUCHING TIMES by Andy Logan. The Governor's Room is the collective name given to three rooms that in 1814, two years after City Hall was completed, were designated as headquarters for the governor of the state when he came down to the city from Albany. It is now a museum, open a few hours each...

The Current Cinema NIGHT LIFE by Pauline Kael.

Poetry T'ang Notebook by Charles Wright. Fine clouds open their outfits...

Poetry Double Exposure by May Swenson. Taking a photo of you taking a photo of me, I see...