Vol. LX, No. 3: AUTUMN 2007 Bruce Bawer The Way of All Flesh Andrew Hudgins End-Days in the Garden Herbert Gold The Norwegian Captain Laurence Lieberman Granddad and the Humpbacks Liam Rector Class Curse Mary-Sherman Willis The Laughter of Women Alfred Corn Art II Notes on Contributors   ALSO IN THE AUTUMN ISSUE Clara Claiborne Park Grease, Balance, and Point of View in the Work of Anthony Trollope D. Nurkse Skating Upriver; A Wedding in Maine; Ring Effect Michael McFee Bald Spot Lola Haskins The Interpreters; In Tide Pools CHRONICLES Art Karen Wilkin At the Galleries: Toronto & New York Theatre Richard Hornby International Theatre Dance Siobhan Phillips Cunningham's Collaboration REVIEWS David Mason The Long and the Short of Robinson Peter Makuck The Art of What Remains Thomas Filbin How Dosty Did It Dean Flower Another Wharton Michael Barber If Lucky Jim Could See Him Now Susan Balée Jim Crace's Violent Verities COMMENT Jayanta Mahapatra Letter from India

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