Books Justice by Robert Coles.

Musical Events Challenge by Andrew Porter.

The Current Cinema COMEDY WITHOUT IMPULSE by Pauline Kael.

Fiction Floating by Marian Thurm. Story of the relationship between Lynn, 23, who is 8 1/2 months pregnant, her husband, Dan, an older man, and Sharon, his 17-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. Sharon and Lynn spend the summer together, lounging around the pool of their house in a New York suburb. Dan...

The Talk of the Town A Christmas Remembered by Kennedy Fraser. Talk story about a tea held for beauty editors by Est e Lauder, Inc., at the American Stanhope, to christen the companyOs gift concept for Christmas 1982. The tea was held on a hot July day in the Saratoga Room which was decorated in Victorian style to suit the theme...

In the South Bronx Ratliff's Letters by William McKibben. Talk story about Henry Ratliff, a retired minister who lives in the South Bronx and writes about 12 letters-to-the-editor a day to various newspapers around the country. Ratliff, 67, began letter writing in 1963 when he forecast American failure in Vietnam to the editor of the Washington...

Fiction A Reading List for Young Writers by Ian Frazier. The author, apparently besieged by young writers asking for a reading list, gives a humorous description of the six books which he believes every writer or educated person should know "as well as he knows his own name and telephone number.O Before he discusses the six books he gives a...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. During the Falklands crisis, Argentina seemed prone to unrealism and grandiosity in their conception of themselves. Now it appears that defeat may have brought about the down to earth sobriety that Argentina was unable to achieve before. In the camp of the victor, a very nearly opposite shift in opinion...

Jazz Making Do by Whitney Balliett.

The Theatre TRASHING COWARD by Brendan Gill.

Television II-THE CANDY FACTORY by E. J. Kahn. PROFILE of the CBS television program "60 Minutes." It is the most widely watched non-entertainment series in television history. Its success is often attributed to its investigative portions, and especially to the hard-hitting inquisitorial approach of Mike Wallace, who has been with the show since its debut in...

Television Help by James Stevenson. Talk story about advice programs on radio and television. Writer begins listening on a Friday at 5:50 AM. He says the sun is barely up, and already there is more instruction, edification, and expertise coming out of the TV and radio than he can handle. These days, if a listener...

Comment by Charles McGrath. A friend of ours dropped off a note last week. He said if you missed the long lunar eclipse the other night, don't worry. It wasn't that great. Lunar eclipses like this happen only rarely in a lifetime, and so, standing on his lawn in his pajamas (solitary, barefoot, staring...

The Sporting Scene PEBBLE BEACH AND THE OPEN by Herbert Warren Wind. THE SPORTING SCENE about the United States Open Championship, played last month on the Pebble Beach Golf Links course in California. Tom Watson, who has never won the Open before, and who people were beginning to think never would, was the winner. Gives details, history, and description of the Pebble...

Poetry Never Seek To Tell Thy Love by John Ashbery. Many colors will take you to themselves...

Poetry The Emu and the Nobilities of Interest by Les Murray. Weathered blond as a grass tree, a huge Beatles haircut...