1968-03-23 The New Yorker Magazine Contents

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 of 2 by John Brooks

The Theatre: Vile Bodies by Brendan Gill about Gore Vidal’s “Weekend”

Off Broadway: Wishy Washout by Edith Oliver

The Race Track: Home Again by Audax Minor

The Art World: Signs about the Adolph Gottleib retrospective by Harold Rosenberg

Letter from Saigon by Robert Shaplen

Musical Events: Spooked Duke by Winthrop Sargeant

The Naked-Ape Crisis by H.F. Ellis

Letter from Washington by Richard H. Rovere

The Current Cinema: O Pioneer! by Pauline Kael

Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes

Books:Babes in the Wood by Naomi Bliven is about “Nicholas and Alexandra” by Robert K. Massie