The Art World (The Art Galleries) by Calvin Tomkins.

Books by Emily Hahn.

Comment Comment, Pt. I by William McKibben. Father Lawrence Jenco, the American hostage who was released from his cell in Lebanon in July, apparently in return for a shipement of weapons, said last week at a Washington press conference that he "would have preferred to stay" in his miserable cell if indeed his freedom had been bought...

Comment Comment, Pt. II by Jonathan Schell. The man of the hour, unquestionably, is Lt. Col. Oliver North, of the National Security Council staff -- decorated Vietnam veteran, former counter-insurgency instructor for the Marines, Administration behind-the-scenes coordinator of "private" aid to the Contras...and, most recently, one of the key organizers of the dealings in...

Profiles II - Boy Wonder by Lawrence Weschler. Two-part PROFILE of Nicolas Slonimsky, musical lexicographer, 92... In the first part tells about his family in Russia, and his experiences during the Russian Revolution, including his presence at a speech by Trotsky calling for the organization of the Red Army... Tells about his arrival in the US to...

The Talk of the Town R/Greenberg by George W. S. Trow. 4-part talk story about R/Greenberg Associates, a firm that deals in highly-sophisticated special effects, mostly for television commercials. Writer tells about walking down w. 39th St., from 9th towards 8th & seeing on the south side of 39th, a large 2-story white building set in off...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Letter from Washington by Elizabeth Drew. Analysis of the election with theories about the strong Democratic victory in the Senate. The Democrats picked up a net of 8 seats, for a Senate to be dominated by them, 55-45. In this election no large issues were joined, by deliberate decision of both parties. The largest domestic issue...

Fiction The Way We Live Now by Susan Sontag. A thirty-eight year old bi-sexual man begins to get sick; at first he was just losing weight, he felt only a little ill, Max said to Ellen, and he didn't call for an appointment with his doctor, according to Greg, because he was managing to keep on working...

Poetry Chinese Dinner for One by B. A. St. Andrews. Endless these winter evenings I've...

Poetry Four Deer by Eamon Grennan. Four deer lift up their lovely heads to me...