Comment by Lawrence Weschler. Comment about the awakening of Eastern Europe. Writer tells about a case recorded by the neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, who is the author of such books as "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" He published a case study, entitled "Cold Storage" in the British quarterly Granta. In...

The Theatre POST-BELLUM by Edith Oliver.

In Fashion by Holly Brubach.

Annals of Politics THE JOHNSON YEARS: THE OLD AND THE NEW III-ALL OR NOTHING by Robert A. Caro. ANNALS OF POLITICS about the second primary on Aug. 28 of Lyndon Johnson's 1948 Senate race. His opponent was Coke Stevenson, a popular former Texas governor. One way for Johnson to get votes was to arrange to get almost all Mexican-Americans to vote for him. They lived on San...

Fiction Millionaires by Michael Chabon. Vince is best friends with Harry, who makes toys out of strange odds and ends his boss buys cheap at auction. They share everything in common from tastes and interests to their frigid (they are trying to save on heating costs) apartment in Pittsburgh. Their friendship survives the intrusion of...

The Talk of the Town Museumgoers by Alexander Stille. Talk story about a fieldtrip to the Whitney Museum for class 4-312 at PS 100 in the Bronx. The children enter an environment very different from their crime and drug riddled neighborhood in the Bronx. They see the work of Calder, Thomas Hart Benton, Max Weber, Arshile Gorky, etc. Along...

Books by Brendan Gill.

The Talk of the Town Exceptional by Alec Wilkinson. Mentioned several times in talk story about Jim D'Aquisto, the 54 year old, world reknowned arch-top guitar maker. Mr. D'Angelico taught the trade to Mr. D'Aquisto when he worked as an apprentice in his shop on Kenmare St. in lower Manhattan. D'Aquisto took over the shop upon D'Angelico's death...

The Talk of the Town Pep by Mindy Aloff. Talk story about visiting Fred Greenberg's semiannual New York Comic Book Convention, held at the Penta Hotel. The convention registrants were mostly teenagers, and nearly all the teenagers as far as the eye could see, were boys. Finally writer found her way to the Archie Comics nook. She saw a...

Jazz by Whitney Balliett.

Poetry The Prairie by Amy Clampitt. The wind whines in th elevator shaft. The houseless...

Poetry The Funeral by Dabney Stuart. It's July. He always dies in July...

Poetry Immigrant by Stephen Stepanchev. No news from that other world, the town of bells, It's my...