Fiction Recapture Your Rapture, In One Seedy Session by S. J. Perelman. Several months ago writer was in the basement workshop of a bootmaker in London's West End. Tells about his conversation with the proprietor, Mr. Bloodroot. He spoke of famous people who had been his customers, including film stars of the twenties. Several days later, at a curio shop in St...

The Theatre Off Broadway by Edith Oliver.

Our Local Correspondents MAJESTY by Whitney Balliett. OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS about the blues singer Joe Turner, who's doing a gig with the guitarist Wayne Wright and the pianist Lloyd Glenn at Barney Josephson's Cookery, in New York City, until December 4th. Turner, who lives and works in Los Angeles now, is over 6 feet tall and fat...

Fiction Family Traces by Robert Hemenway. Andrew Thorp, 45, takes a few days off from work and drives to New Hampshire from NYC. He stays in an inn and recovers from the confusion he has been experiencing since he broke up with his girlfriend. He completes the genealogy of his family begun by his grandfather and...

Comment by Victor Chen. One of the curiosities in the literature about Mao Tse-tung is that in his last years he was haunted by the thought that he was going to see God. After his death "Time" reported he had made a point of mentioning the possibility in his last talks with Sec...

Books Seeresses by John Updike.

Musical Events Piling It On by Andrew Porter.

Our Far-Flung Correspondents NOTES FROM A SPANISH VILLAGE by Alastair Reid. OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS about recent events in Spain. Writer spends summers at his house in a village This summer the village was uneasy because of possible drastic changes now that Franco is dead, although the village is isolated. Writer tells about the people of the village. The torpor &...

The Current Cinema Stallone and Stahr by Pauline Kael. Review of "Rocky", which stars and was written by Sylvester Stallone...

The Talk of the Town Two Musical Gatherings by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about the publicity party for the Australian rock group the Bee Gees in a tent on the Gracie Mansion lawn. The Bee Gees are donating the net proceeds of their coming (Dec. 2) concert on Madison Square Garden to the Police Athletic League. The group gets its name...

The Talk of the Town Showing the Flag by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about attending a reception for His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, cousin of Queen Elizabeth. The old curmudgeon accompanied the writer to the festivities at the Metropolitan Club. The duke is president of the East Midlands Tourist Board The o.c.'s interest in the East Midlands centers...

The Talk of the Town Collection by Faith McNulty. Talk story about the Emma and Archie Stiles Collection of Antique Toys and Dolls, which will be auctioned at Parke Bernet's PB-84 auction room, on E. 84th St., on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Tells about the toys - there are more than 4,000 of them, collected over the past...

The Talk of the Town Two Musical Gatherings by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about "Town Hall Tonight!" a gala given to benefit Town Hall which celebrated its 55th birthday last week. The five-hour concert cost $150 to attend, the price including dinner at Act One, the funds going to save the Hall from wreckers. Donald Smith produced the show which...

Poetry Making It New by Philip Levine. All morning...

Poetry Looking Down, Up, And Across by Paul Malamud. Below my legs...

Poetry Baskets by Laura Jensen. The best are speckled with a color, like songs...