1964-05-23 The New Yorker Magazine Contents 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: Off Broadway by Edith Oliver Musical Events: Hit or Miss by Winthrop Sargeant On and Off the Avenue: This and That by M.M. The Lonesome Dream a poem by Lisel Mueller Shall We, for God’s Sake, Join the Ladies? by H.F. Ellis Letter from Stratford by Mollie Panter-Downes The Current Cinema: Danger! Virtue at Work by Brendan Gill The Race Track: Canada, Oh Canada! by Audax Minor Books: The Revolt of the Demons by Lewis Mumford