October 24, 1994 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Comment: The Black Leadership Myth
  Henry Louis Gates, jr.
  , pp. 7-11
  It's time to stop following illusions of racial unanimity
- In the Mail, pp. 12-14
- Goings On About Town, pp. 15-36
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 37-41
  Reading Dr. Deborah Tannen, Lutece's meal ticket, Ken Lipper goes Hollywood, a new Germ...
- Letter from Washington: Clinton's Escape Clause
  Michael Kelly
  , pp. 42-53
  Even after Haiti and Iraq, the Democrats are relying on the G.O.P.'s Contract with Amer...
- Onward and Upward with the Arts
  Philip Hamburger
  , pp. 54-61
  Mrs. Roosevelt, Eight Feet Tall:A sculptor finds a key to Eleanor Roosevelt's towering ...
- A Reporter at Large: Lost in the Mail
  Jonathan Franzen
  , pp. 62-65
  Behind the wild failings of the Chicago post office is the bigger scandal of years of o...
- "October Light"
  Charles Simic
  , pp. 66-72
- "The Nines"
  Thomas Lynch
  , pp. 73-77
- A Critic at Large: Translating Brando
  Harold Brodkey
  , pp. 78-85
  Marlon Brando changed acting, sex, politics, and class---and he changed them differentl...
- Fiction: "Zombie"
  Joyce Carol Oates
  , pp. 86-94
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  Sex and the Single Man (3 Reviews)
  Craig Seligman
  , pp. 95-99
  The Folding Star, by Alan Hollinghurst
  1. The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst
  2. American Studies by Mark Merlis
  3. Winter Birds by Jim Grimsley
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  Anthony Lane
  , pp. 100-104
  Fun With Killers
  1. The Last Seduction (1994 Film) by John Dahl
  2. Bullets Over Broadway (1994 Film) by Woody Allen
- Musical Events
  Paul Griffiths
  , pp. 105-107
  Emmanuel Chabrier's centenary
- On Television
  James Wolcott
  , pp. 108-110
  "Last Call"
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  Books (3 Reviews) , p. 111
  Briefly Noted
  1. In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
  2. A Marriage Made at Woodstock by Cathie Pelletier
  3. Shelter by Jayne Anne Phillips
- Shouts and Murmurs
  Charles McGrath
  , pp. 112-114
  Another Royal Scandal
- Cover: Fall
  David Mazzucchelli