Fiction In Youth Is Pleasure by Mavis Gallant. Author writes about herself as a young woman of 18, Linnet, returning to Montreal, her birthplace, from New York, where she'd been living and going to school. Tells about how at the age of fifteen she became indifferent to her mother. Her father, who was English, died when she was...

A Reporter at Large All Volunteer~I by Bruce Bliven. REPORTER AT LARGE about our all-volunteer armed forces. The last draft call was issued in Dec., 1972. In Mar., 1973, Pres. Nixon announced he would not request a renewal of his authority to induct men. In July, 1973, the official all-volunteer effort began. So far young people have...

Fiction The Metaphysical Ali by Ralph Schoenstein. A parody. Writer discusses what makes prizefighter Muhammad Ali tick. He poses questions and then gives answers by experts as well as his own answers...

The Theatre A BACKWARD GLANCE by Brendan Gill.

Comment by Donald Barthelme. Comment about a letter from a friend suggesting that Pres. Ford free the banks, which are everywhere hated, reviled & despised. Tells what the consequences of freeing - "nationalizing" them would be. A serious question is: If the banks are nationalized, can the govt. handle this additional burden? Can the govt...

The Current Cinema BECOMING AN AMERICAN by Pauline Kael. Review of his film "Lisztomania...

Books Roland Barthes by John Updike.

The Talk of the Town Systems by Lillian Ross. Talk story about the Business Systems/Product Show at the Americana. It was sponsored by National Business Conferences, Inc. in association with Convention Management Associates. Writer looked at a lot of stuff that had nothing in common with office life, as she knows it and picked up a long new...

Annals of Chemistry A COMPELLING INTUITION by Paul Brodeur. ANNALS OF CHEMISTRY about the harmful effects of anesthetic gases. Tells how Dr. Thomas Corbett, an anesthesiologist at the University of Michigan, became concerned about patients and medical personnel who are exposed regularly to anesthetics. Tells some history of anesthetics. Tells about studies with mice, rats, and micro-organisms revealing...

The Talk of the Town Hay On Thirty-third Street by Faith McNulty. Talk story about early morning visit to Madison Square Garden where preparations are being made for the National Horse Show which writer attends in the afternoon. Mary Ann Scott-Ketner, of Wakefield, Rhode Island, and owner of a 3-year-old filly named Pickles, accompanies the writer. They find 15...

Around City Hall ON THE MOVE by Andy Logan. AROUND CITY HALL about the political ramifications of NYC's fiscal crisis. The debate between Congress and the White House makes the question of NYC's solvency a national issue. It could be a plank in the Democratic platform at the Party's Presidential Convention next year, to be held in NYC. According...

The Race Track Turnabout by G. F. T. Ryall. Nick Sacco of Dalton, Pennsylvania bid unsuccessfully for a colt out of Zest II, by Secretariat...

The Talk of the Town Two Gatherings by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about publicity party for photographer-adventurer Peter Beard to open an exhibition of pictures from his recent book, "Longing for Darkness." The party was arranged by show-business press agent Bobby Zarem. Guests included Judson Hand, "Daily News" book editor, Andy Warhol, and model Lauren Hutton...

The Air (On Television) A Crack in the Greasepaint by Michael J. Arlen.

Musical Events Ladies' Night by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town Two Gatherings by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about party given by the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee. The main speaker was Sweden's Prime Minister, Olof Palme. Mr. Palme talked about the new program of the Swedish Social Democratic Party which has been in power since 1932. He also feels that many Socialists are returning to the...

Poetry From a Distance by M. L. Rosenthal. you have your separate day...

Poetry Along the San Andreas Fault by Gerald Jonas. This slippery landscape...

Poetry End of a Year by David Havird. Casual, the earth's...