Cover artist: Bob Knox
Publication Date: August 14, 1989
Page Count: 92 pages
In this issue:The Talk of the Town Chocolate Milk by Mike Cannell. Talk Story about John -Ed Croft, a painter & prolific architect of cockeyed schemes, who opened the Chocolate Milk Art Gallery in his current abode, an East Village building occupied by squatters. Chocolate Milk is Croft's euphemism for beer. The writer attended the opening of the Chocolate Milk Art Gallery... Comment by Roger Angell. Obituary of the writer Donald Barthelme who died on July 23, 1989 at the age of 58. His contributions to The New Yorker extended across twenty-six years, and included dozens of unsigned Notes and Comment pieces, some film criticism, and 128 stories... Books by Whitney Balliett. The Talk of the Town Under the Hood by Mark Singer. Talk story about "Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking On Your Car Engine," a soon-to-be-published collaboration between Chris Maynard & Bill Scheller. Maynard & Scheller began to explore car-engine cooking 5 years ago, when they warmed up some smoked brisket on a drive... Letter from Beijing by Fred C. Shapiro. The authorities have been congratulating themselves on clearing away battle scars from Beijing's streets. The estimate of the cost is about $1.3 million & the work, which began on June 5, the day after the People's Liberation Army fought its way to Tiananmen Square, required more than a month. Arrests... The Sky Line IN THE CLASSIC VEIN by Brendan Gill. Comment Comment, Pt. II by Fred Kaplan. Comment about the end of the Cold War, as evidenced by a 166 page document issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff called, "1989 Joint Military Net Assessment." ...Not long ago, Adm. William J. Crowe, retiring chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff & protector of the $300 billion military... Fiction The Trick of It by Michael Frayn. Long story in letter form about a college literary professor in England who marries a woman writer he has been studying throughout his career. She's 44 & he's 32 when they marry; they stay together for 4 years. Tells how he seduces her when she comes to his college for... Musical Events by Andrew Porter. Poetry Reading on the Beach by Josephine Jacobsen. What time is it? Raphael, says Vasari... Poetry Summer Day by John Hollander. Night beside me, I turn from her toward day... Poetry At the Public Market Museum: Charleson, South Carolina by Jane Kenyon. A volunteer, a Daughter of the Confederacy... | 
