Fiction Offerings by Bobbie Ann Mason. Location of this story about a visit to a woman named Sandra by her mother and paternal grandmother. They have come from Paducah to see her, in the country. Sandra is separated from her husband, Jerry, who has moved to Louisville in order to work at a K-Mart. Sandra...

The Talk of the Town The Governor's Party by Jamaica Kincaid. Talk story about a luncheon given by the Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development in New York which was created to attract filmmakers to the state. The luncheon was to call attention to the record amount of filmmaking currently in New York. Lists the guests, including photographers and...

The Talk of the Town The Iras by Mark Singer. Talk story about a group of movie fans, most of whom are presently enrolled at Columbia University. They organized the New York Independent Film Critics--earlier named the Columbia Film Critics Circle--which annually selects winners in the categories of best picture, actress, actor, etc. They have christened their selections...

Our Far-Flung Correspondents THANK GOD YOU'RE BACK by John Bainbridge.

Fiction Bodiless Guests by James McConkey. A literature professor at Cornell recalls the events immediately following the death of his older brother Jack, five years ago. A part of Wordsworth's "Prelude" causes him to remember his feelings. Jack, a pilot, married with 3 grown daughters, was on his way to the airport in Miami when the...

The Talk of the Town Report by Joan Bennet. Talk story about the traffic reports given by John Ogle, news and public-affairs director of WPIX-FM, a rock-and-roll station. At 4:30 and 5:30 Mondays through Thursdays, he gives his report by climbing out onto the roof of the WPIX offices, in the Daily News Building. He...

The Current Cinema MEAN STREETS by Roger Angell.

The Theatre ODDITIES by Brendan Gill.

Musical Events An Opera That Matters by Andrew Porter.

Profiles WHAT SEAS WHAT SHORES by James Stevenson. PROFILE of Prof. Vincent Scully, art historian. The most popular course at Yale is his Introduction to the History of Art. Writer quotes, at length, from his lectures, especially what he said about Greek Art. Robert F. Thompson, Yale art professor, said that Scully is an intellectual warrior fighting to...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. We have noticed that in many--perhaps in most--public and private conversations about the crisis in Soviet-American relations that has been touched off by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan there comes a moment when argument ceases and a silence falls. Such a discussion takes its departure from Pres...

The Talk of the Town MicroWonder vs. En-Gen by Wallace White. Talk story about the final rounds of the National Moot Court Competition, held by the Young Lawyers Committee of the Bar Association of the City of New York at the Bar Association's headquarters on W. 44th St. Teams from 27 law schools throughout the country made it to the finals...

The Air The State of the Art by Michael J. Arlen. Interview with David Haskell Sawyer, "political media consultant". It is his job to coordinate all media aspects of a political campaign - print, radio and TV...

The Talk of the Town Watching the Stars by Joan Bennet. Talk story about the New York Stars, a team that plays in the Women’s Pro Basketball League. Gail Marquis is one of the team’s high scorers...

Poetry The Pruned Roses by William Dickey. If I had, uncut, the fingernails...

Poetry Loving Someone Else by Judith Kroll. When it first leaps into being...