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The New Yorker Full Magazine August 5, 1974 Charles Saxon Cover
This complete vintage issue of The New Yorker, dated August 5, 1974, features a witty and elegantly composed cover illustration by Charles Saxon, one of the magazine’s most iconic artists. The issue exemplifies The New Yorker’s trademark mix of literature, art, and commentary, with contributions from Penelope Gilliatt, Calvin Trillin, George Steiner, and Pauline Kael. It captures the intellectual tone and social observation that defined the magazine during the 1970s.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE TALK OF THE TOWN – 29
“SPLENDID LIVES” – Penelope Gilliatt – 34
“HOLDING OUR OWN” (Poem) – Ann Stanford – 36
“THE PARK” – Arturo Vivante – 40
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS (Movies) – Pauline Kael – 43
“ELEGY FOR TEDDY HOLMES, DEAD IN A FAR LAND” (Poem) – Philip Levine – 48
U.S. JOURNAL: Spokane, Wash. – Calvin Trillin – 60
THE RACE TRACK – Audax Minor – 65
THE ART WORLD – Harold Rosenberg – 66
DANCING – Arlene Croce – 75
BOOKS – George Steiner – 78
BRIEFLY NOTED – 87
Cover: Charles Saxon
Drawings: George Booth, Edward Koren, James Stevenson, Robert Weber, Dana Fradon, Mischa Richter, J. B. Handelsman, Stan Hunt, Lee Lorenz, Donald Reilly, William Steig, Joseph Mirachi, Sam Gross, Ed Fisher, Whitney Darrow Jr., Frank Modell, James Mulligan, Richard McCallister, Charles E. Martin.