The Theatre PLAYED OUT by Mimi Kramer.

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Books by Lis Harris.

Fiction Kat by Margaret Atwood. Most of this story is set in Toronto where the protagonist works for a smart avant-garde magazine. She was offered the job by Gerald. She seduces Gerald at his office at the magazine & gradually changes his nature. Eventually she no longer knows what she wants from him. She...

Comment by Suzannah Lessard. The unification of Germany, if it happens, will be the denoument of this long chapter of Cold War history in which the structures of confrontation have dissolved. It will also introduce a new chapter, because the disappearance of the East-West split into a whole Germany will mean the emergence...

The Talk of the Town Man-Made by Guy Trebay. Talk story about Dee A. Shepherd, a professional groomer/ handler, Writer interviewed him at the 114th annual West-minster Kennel Club dog show in Madison Square Garden. He is one of the 10% of all groomer/handlers who win at 90% of all dog shows. His specialty is what is...

The Art World A YOUNG MAN ON HORSEBACK by Anthony Bailey. THE ART WORLD about the Rembrant Research Project, which is a team of art scholars working on a multi-volume corpus, or definitive catalogue, of paintings by Rembrandt. Tells about their methods of authentification, which are controversial & especially about their appraisal of "The Polish Rider" a Rembrandt now hanging...

Fiction Lonesome Shorty by Garrison Keillor. Leonard is a cowboy who thinks he should give up this life style. After his horse, Old Dan, steps on Leonard's foot and breaks it, Leonard sits down and makes a list of his "Reasons To Be or Not To Be a Cowboy." He decides to sell his cattle and...

The Talk of the Town Royalty by Alec Wilkinson. Talk story about Mighty Shirt Kings, a clothing painting store in the Colloseum mall in Queens. Mighty Nike and King Kasheme started the store after graduating from Manhattan--High School of Art and Design and after being laid off from their construction jobs. Mighty Nike likes to airbrush Mighty Mouse...

Letter from London by Julian Barnes. Tells about the House of Commons and its recent surrender to television cameras. The move was long opposed by the House, because, the writer presumes, they don't want their slovenliness and unruliness exposed on the national media. Writer also discusses the position of the Conservative and Labour parties as the...

The Talk of the Town Home Shopping by Mindy Aloff. Talk story about a Japanese television show called "World Shopping Theatre" that takes its viewers around the world & suggests ways for them to spend their cash. It is broadcast by Fujisankei, Japan's largest communications conglomerate. A Japanese viewer sees one of theshow's hosts describing, say, a 3 million-dollar...

Poetry Key by Revan Schendler. This is the rain that falls heavy with particulates...

Poetry Fingernails by Eric Ormsby. It is the patrimony of reptiles, or of birds...

Poetry In Memory of My Father: Australia by Joseph Brodsky. You arose--I dreamt so last night--and left for...