The Talk of the Town Prince Sihanouk by Robert Shaplen. Talk story about Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia who has come to the United Nations headquarters in New York at the request of Pol Pot, whose Cambodian regime has been overthrown by Vietnamese communists. The Vietnam War with Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia in 1969 and the coup of March...

The Theatre OUT OF THE PAST by Brendan Gill.

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

Comment by Jonathan Schell. The Chinese Communists (if they still are Communists) appear to have launched a new revolution, against their first one. Crowds in Peking have been shouting, "Long live democracy!" The American Declaration of Independence has been quoted on wall posters in Shanghai. Mr. Hu Chiao-mu, China's leading "theoretician,' has thrown...

The Current Cinema Doused by Pauline Kael. Review of "Hot Tomorrows", a low-budget film, written, directed, produced, and edited by Martin Brest. It was shown at the 1977 New York Film Festival and will play at the Entermedia Theatre in New York this month as part of the American Mavericks series...

Fiction Point of Rocks by Berry Morgan. A 35 year-old law clerk arrives by train in northern Virginia with his five-year-old daughter to begin a new life as a hired hand. His decision to leave his firm in Washington D.C. was abrupt, and he leaves without telling anyone, planning to return on Monday if...

A Reporter at Large THE NEGOTIATION I-CHANGES IN THE BALANCE OF POWER by A. H. Raskin. A REPORTER AT LARGE about the New York newspaper strike. New contract terms were finally established last November, after a pressmen's strike had shut down the "Times" and the "News" for 3 mos. and the "Post" for nearly 2. The "Times," for many years the dove in union negotiation, turned...

Jazz Doing Duets by Whitney Balliett. Obituary of Charles Mingus, who was fifty-six when he died (recently). He helped bring the bass along the road to its present clarion status. He was an impassioned and lyrical soloist; he was a fearless composer and arranger...

The Talk of the Town The Humanities by Ian Frazier. Talk story about events scheduled to take place in congruence with a retrospective of the films of the late Italian director, Luchino Visconti. The retrospective will take place at Lincoln Center. A preview screening of Visconti's latest film "The Innocent" was given. A kick-off party was held at the...

Fiction Pretty Ice by Mary Robison. A 34-year old woman waits for her fiance, Will, to arrive in a small Ohio city on the dawn train from Boston. Her mother drives her to the railroad station. There has been snow and an ice storm. Will, a plant taxonomist, has told Beth on the phone that...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Affairs of State by Richard H. Rovere. The revolution in Iran has exposed the failure of U.S. policy there. Since the CIA helped restore Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to power in 1953, we have supported the Shah, never guessing the extent of his opposition or its desperate quality. Recently Ambassador William Sullivan in Teheran advised the Shah...

Fiction Glut of Stars by George W. S. Trow. The stars - with their jaunty scarves tied around their necks, sitting in bars, waving from the winding staircase - the stars we used to love, are back at the Hotel Reine-American. They went away for a while, but they are back. The writer expounds his view of stardom and the...

Poetry Harsh Climate by Charles Simic. The brain, too, happens to be...

Poetry Credulous, All Gold by Laurance Wieder. An almost real speculation: parts...