Fiction The Schreuderspitze by Mark Helprin. In Munich, a commercial photographer, Herr Franzen, notices that another photographer, Herr Wallich, is missing. Herr Wallich has recently lost his wife and son in a car crash. In an attempt to deal with his grief, Herr Wallich goes to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a town in southern Germany. There he diets...

U. S. Journal Melisha Morganna Gibson by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL: Cleveland, Tenn. about child abuse and the murder of Melisha Morganna Gibson. Ronnie Maddux married Wanda Gibson, his lover after both were indicted for beating Melisha, Wanda's 11-month-old daughter. They served 6 months and were released in November of 1974. Wanda came back to live with...

A Reporter in Washington Autumn Notes~I by Elizabeth Drew. Diary notes from Sept. 6 to Oct. 11 about the Presidential campaign. There was not much enthusiasm for either candidate. Carter's schedule called for him to begin & end each week's travels with a stop in the South, so as to clinch his support there, and to try to reach...

Books True Blue by V. S. Pritchett.

The Theatre IMMORTAL TWADDLE by Brendan Gill.

The Talk of the Town Palme by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about talk Palme gave at the School of International Affairs of Columbia University about Democratic Socialism and its future in Europe. Palme, who will be 50 this month, has been in the higher reaches of Swedish politics since 1952. Sketches his participation in politics. He was Premier until...

The Current Cinema CONTEMPT FOR THE AUDIENCE by Pauline Kael.

Comment by Natacha Stewart. We've just heard from a woman we know, who writes as follows: The following happened the afternoon of the 31st of December. Having bought a small turn-of-the-century apothecary bottle of tender green glass I decided to go in search of the one flower it would hold and...

Fiction A Street of Day by W. S. Merwin. Writer observes street from inside an apartment, watching the morning light on telephone wires, looking farther up the street where women are coming home from the morning's shopping.. Children are in school and there is a hush in the air. Writer remembers blocks beyond the one he can see, and...

Musical Events Visions Beatific by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town Mahlerites by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about a meeting at the New School of the New York Mahlerites- thirty-odd people devoted to advancing the study of the life and work of Gustav Mahler. They were meeting recently to choose the three top Mahler recordings of 1976. The critical test seemed to be how...

Poetry Passing Out by Terry Stokes. I remember passing out of myself...

Poetry The Sea Which Is Always Bringing Us Brides by Stephen R. Jamison. I remember a man I met...