The Art World (The Art Galleries) by Sanford Schwartz.

Around City Hall AROUND CITY HALL CHALLENGES by Andy Logan. Mayor Edward Koch is running this year for a third term. He has said many times that he will never again run for any office other than the one he now holds. He did not announce his candidacy until the day before the deadline, which prevented his opponents from taking...

Comment by William McKibben. A friend writes: All summer, the Museum of Modern Art has presented free Friday-night concerts in the Sculpture Garden. Writer attended concert of Milton Cardona, a drummer who led a benbe ceremony at the Garden. In the middle of the concert, there was a disturbance by people pushing up...

The Talk of the Town New Ambassador by William McKibben. Talk story about Lamuel Stanislaus, the new United Nations Ambassador from Grenada, who for the past thirty years worked as a dentist in Brooklyn. Nearly two years ago, the night after the U.S. invasion of the island, the writer went to the United Nations Security Council to watch the debate...

Fiction Needlework by Douglas Dunn. In Scotland, Esmee Boyd-Porteous&her husband Ronald decided to take a girl for the summer from the orphanage run by the Catholic Convent of St. Justina's. They took Olive O'Hagen. Esmee&Ronald often had words that brought them near bitterness. But he would not let it develop...

Fiction From The Bank With Your Money On Its Mind by Ian Frazier. Story in the form of a letter to depositors from Doug & Dave Flammia, co-chairmen of First Tri-State Drive Thru Banking & Trust. The letter explains that last quarter marked the beginning of an exciting cash management policy at the bank. It is called the "Money Mover" system...

The Talk of the Town Surrounded by William McKibben. Talk story about visit to the house in which General Ulysses S. Grant died. This cottage, in the town of Wilton, just north of Saratoga, may be the only historical site on the grounds of a prison in the entire tri-state area. Only 300 visitors came all of last...

Books by George Steiner.

The Talk of the Town Violations by Mark Singer. Talk story about visit to the Parking. Violations Bureau on Park Avenue South. Writer describes the furnishings of the Bureau. The Bureau, he says, exists because there are mornings when law-abiding citizens wake up feeling just a little too good about things in general. Efficiency-minded people are grateful...

The Talk of the Town A Caddie Speaks by Susan Lardner. Talk story about conversation with a 14 yr. old caddie. Writer asked Caddie how he got into his line of work and what it is like. Caddie says that 2 yrs. ago he mentioned to a woman that he was looking for work & she suggested caddieing. He called the...

Profiles MOONSHINE by Alec Wilkinson. PROFILE of revenue agent Garland Bunting, 59. For more than 30 years he has been engaged in capturing & prosecuting men & women in North Carolina who make & sell liquor illegally. He works for Halifax County where he's the. Alcoholic Beverage Control officer. To do his job he has...

Poetry Summer Sublet by Patricia Hampl. All summer those books in a row...

Poetry After the Island Fighting by Sherod Santos. Our grandfather's hat stand's...