1968/12/28 –
Cover by Andre Francois
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“The Horses” by L. Woiwode
“Barometers” a poem by Helen Bevington
“The Cafeteria” by Isaac Bashevis Singer
“New Years, 1948″ a poem by L.E. Sissman
Profiles: Red Norvo by Whitney Balliett
The Theatre: The Tragic View by Edith Oliver
The Art World: Surrealism in the Streets by Harold Rosenberg
The Current [...]
1968/04/13 –
Cover by Charles E. Martin (CEM)
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“The Storm” a poem by Robert David Cohen
“Chatty” by V.S. Pritchett
“Catbird in Redbud” by May Swenson
A Reporter at Large: The Ambient Air by Edith Iglauer
The Theatre: Thirty Years After by Brendan Gill
Letter from Paris by Genet
“On the Roof” a poem by C.K. [...]
1968/04/06 –
Cover by Andre Francois
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“The Valley” a poem by Stanley Moss
“The Tactics of Hunger” by Penelope Gilliatt
“Stow Away” a poem by Hawley Truax
Profiles: A Forager about Euell Theophilus Gibbons by John McPhee
The Theatre: Before the Flood by Brendan Gill
Off Broadway: Paine’s Progress by Edith Oliver
The Race Track: [...]
1968/03/23 –
Cover by Abe Birnbaum
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“Something No One Ever Sees” by George H. Freitag
“Malcolm and Bea” by Mavis Gallant
“A Little Retarded Boy on the Lexington Avenue Express” a poem by Ralph Pomeroy
“Going to the Bakery” a poem by Elizabeth Bishop
Annals of Finance: In Defense of Sterling – Part 1 [...]
1968/03/30 –
Cover by Charles Saxon
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“The Boy Who Used Foul Language” by Julian Mazor
“A Dead Leaf” a poem by Howard Moss
“Morituri” a poem by Barbara Bellow Watson
Annals of Finance: In Defense of Sterling – Part 2 of 2 by John Brooks
The Theatre: Image Breakers by Brendan Gill
US Journal: [...]
1968/03/16 –
Cover by Charles E. Martin (CEM)
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“Notes from the Underfed (After Reading Dostoevsky and the New “Weight Watchers” Magazine On the Same Plane Trip” by Woody Allen
A Reporter at Large: Quang Ngai and Quant Tin — Part 2 of 2 by Jonathan Schell
“The Building” a poem by [...]
1968/03/09 –
Cover by Arthur Getz
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“Man and Daughter in the Cold” by John Updike
A Reporter at Large: Quang Ngai and Quant Tin — Part 1 of 2 by Jonathan Schell
“Running” a poem by Richard Wilbur
The Theatre: Usable Pasts by Brendan Gill
Off Broadway: Three Cheers by Edith Oliver
Musical [...]
1968/03/02 –
Cover by Albert Hubbell
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“The Something of the World” by Gilbert Rogin
“March” a poem by Jane Cooper
“The Sofa” by Maeve Brennan
“An Ordinary Evening in Cleveland” a poem by Lewis Turco
Letter from Saigon by Robert Shaplen
The Theatre: Off Broadway: by Edith Oliver
The Sporting Scene: Old Game, New Challenge about [...]
1968/02/24 –
The classic Rea Irvin annual cover
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“Indulgence in Games” by Dick Arndt, MD
“The Satellite” by Ted Walker
“Who Called That Pied-Billed Grebe a Podilymbus Podiceps Poediceps” a poem by Odgen Nash
Reflections: A New Situation in the World by Richard H. Rovere
“Piano Practice” a poem by Howard Moss
The Theatre: [...]
1968/02/17 –
Cover by James Stevenson
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“A Pair of Duelling Pistols” by Sylvia Townsend Warner
“Living in Hong Kong” a poem by Sandra Hochman
“The Wait” by John Updike
“Iowa” a poem by Michael Dennis Browne
The Theatre: In the Wilderness by Brendan Gill is about Arthur Miller’s “The Price”
Off-Broadway: Oh, Say [...]
1968/02/10 –
Cover by Arthur Getz
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“April Fish” by Mavis Gallant
“Patrum Propositum” a poem by Robert Fitzgerald
“A Day In the Country” by H.L. Mountzoures
How” a poem by S.J. Marks
A Reporter at Large: South Africa Part 3 of 3 The Peace of the Grave by E.J. Kahn, Jr.
The Theatre: Aren’t [...]
1968/02/03 –
Cover by William Steig
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“Known for Her Frankness” by Penolope Gilliatt
“High Wind at the Battery” a poem by Ralph Pomeroy
A Reporter at Large: South Africa Part 2 of 3 South West by E.J. Kahn, Jr.
“Furniture” a poem by Phyllis Harris
The Theatre: Do-Re-Mi by Brendan Gill
Letter from Paris [...]
1968/01/20 –
Cover by Charles Addams
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“The Lighthouse” by Arturo Vivante
“An Examination” by H.L. Mountzoures
“Trapper’s Report” a poem by Adrien Stoutenburg
“Geography: A Song” by Howard Moss
Letter from Saigon by Robert Shaplen
The Theatre: Silk Purse by Brendan Gill
Musical Events: Election Year by Winthrop Sargeant
The Current Cinema: Celebrities Makes Spectacles of [...]
1968/01/13 –
Cover by Charles E. Martin (CEM)
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
“The Children Are There, Trying Not to Laugh” by Maeve Brennan
“The Letter Writer” by Isaac Bashevis Singer
“No More Elegies” a poem by Jane Cooper
“Plane” a poem by W.S. Merwin
The Theatre: Many Voices by Brendan Gill
Off Broadway: New Troupe in Town by Edith [...]
1964/05/30 –
Cover by Arthur Getz
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
Man’s Face by Donald Barthelme
The Fair – 6 pages of pages of Stevenson
The Three Cats by Sylvia Townsend Warner
“Cadenza” — A Poem by Ted Hughes
Onward and Upward with the Sciences — The Tail of Taxonomy by Geoffrey T. Hellman
The Theatre: Melange by John [...]
1964/05/23 –
Cover by William Steig
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
I Spend My Days in Longing by John O’Hara
Morels a poem by William Jay Smith
The Carpet With the Big Pink Roses On It by Maeve Brennan
Vow a poem by John Updike
A Reporter at Large: Somthing to Take Back Home by Katharine T. Kinkead
The Theatre: [...]
1964/05/16 –
Cover by Saul Steinberg
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
Great Oafs From Little Monsters Grow by S.J. Perelman
Beisbol in Central Park a poem by Wallace White
The Luzhin Defense — Part 2 of 2 by Vladimir Nabokov
The Salmon Remembers a poem by Hilary Corke
The Theatre: Off Broadway by Edith Oliver
Musical Events: Out of the [...]
1964/05/09 –
Cover by Anatol Kovarsky
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
Was Lifted by Ears as Boy, No Harm Done by E.B. White
The Luzhin Defense — Part 1 of 2 by Vladimir Nabokov
Them, Crying a poem by James Dickey
May 10th a poem by Maxine W. Kumin
The Theatre: Grim Stuff by John McCarten
Musical Events: Housewarming by [...]
1964/05/02 –
Cover by Joseph Low
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
The Key by Berton Roueche
One More New Botched Beginning a poem by Stephen Spender
A Long Night by Sylvia Townsend Warner
The May Day Dancing a poem by Howard Nemerov
Profiles: Out Here Again is about Mary Lou Williams by Whitney Balliett
The Current Cinema: No Confidence by [...]
1964/04/25 –
Cover by CEM aka Charles E. Martin
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
The Days and the Neighbors by Robert Henderson
That Dying a poem by Alastair Reid
Which of Those Two Ladies Is He Married To? by Edna O’Brien
Five Poems by William Walden
Profiles: Center of a New World Part 3 of 3 by Christopher [...]
1964/04/18 –
Cover by James Stevenson
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
1109 Klingenstein by Gilbert Rogin
Looking Up a poem by Howard Moss
In the Sun by Elizabeth Taylor
An Expedient–Leonardo da Vinci’s (and a Query) a poem by Marianne Moore
Profiles: Center of a New World — Part 2 about Cambridge by Christopher Rand
The Theatre: For Thright Price [...]
1964/04/11 –
Cover by Arthur Getz
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
Stand Back for Walford W. Oglethorpe, Jr.! By Thomas Meehan
The Constant Lover a poem by Louis Simpson
Everything Neat and Tidy by Brian Friel
Profiles: Center of a New World — Part 1 of 3 about Cambridge by Christopher Rand
Estuary a poem by Ted Walker
The Theatre: [...]
1964/04/04 –
Cover by Peter Arno
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
Caf
1964/03/28 –
Cover by Abe Birnbaum
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
Add Hot Water: Serves Fourteen Million by Thomas Meehan
“The Skeleton in the Closet” — A Poem by Richmond Lattimore
Lovely to Look At, Delightful to Hold by Edna O’Brien
“Sea Knell” — A Poem by John Updike
Annals of Legislation — Part 3 of 3: The Real [...]
1964/03/21 –
Cover by Andre Francois
Goings on About Town
The Talk of the Town
Down the Line With the Annual by Donald Barthelme
Other People’s Houses by Lore Segal
“Closing Time” — A Poem by R.P. Lister
“Stealing Trout” — A Poem by Ted Hughes
The Theatre: Upon a Foundation by John McCarten
The Race Track: They’re Off by Audax Minor
Annals of [...]
