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The New Yorker Full Magazine April 29, 1972 Abe Birnbaum Cover
This complete vintage issue of The New Yorker, dated April 29, 1972, features a vibrant and whimsical cover illustration by Abe Birnbaum, a longtime contributor whose distinctive, painterly style captured the humor and rhythm of everyday city life. The issue showcases The New Yorker’s hallmark blend of fiction, poetry, criticism, and commentary, with contributions from Ved Mehta, Herbert Warren Wind, and Naomi Bliven.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE TALK OF THE TOWN – 31
“PHOTOGRAPHS” – Henry Bromell – 36
“AS MAY BE” – Ted Walker – 40
“ACRE” (Poem) – Daryl Hine – 42
PROFILES (Amolak Ram Mehta—II) – Ved Mehta – 45
“THE HERMIT WAKES TO BIRD SOUNDS” (Poem) – Maxine Kumin – 46
THE THEATRE – Brendan Gill – 103
OFF BROADWAY – Edith Oliver – 104
“AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE COLORADO AND THE LITTLE COLORADO” (Poem) – William Meredith – 105
MUSICAL EVENTS – Winthrop Sargeant – 106
THE RACE TRACK – Audax Minor – 109
THE CURRENT CINEMA – Penelope Gilliatt – 110
THE SPORTING SCENE (Golf) – Herbert Warren Wind – 114
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON – Richard H. Rovere – 131
BOOKS – Naomi Bliven – 137
BRIEFLY NOTED – 140
Cover: Abe Birnbaum
Drawings: Joseph Mirachi, Edward Frascino, Robert Weber, Chon Day, Otto Soglow, George Booth, Mort Gerberg, Alan Dunn, Ed Fisher, Dana Fradon, Edward Koren, Mischa Richter, Warren Miller, Charles Barsotti, Henry Martin, Lee Lorenz.