January 16, 1995 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- Comment: Heroes, Inc.
  Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  , pp. 6-7
  As Dr. King goes digital, a complicated history gets X'd out
- In the Mail, pp. 8-9
- Goings On About Town, pp. 10-26
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 27-31
  Adam Bellow, now publisher; Camelot and Amy Vanderbilt; John Gotti's nemesis moves up; ...
- A Critic at Large: Ghetto Blasting
  Michael Massing
  , pp. 32-37
  The new wave of journalistic investigations into life in the inner city may end up serv...
- Our Far-Flung Correspondents: High-Heel Neil
  John Berendt
  , pp. 38-45
  One Republican businessman is known to all of Southern society; he's the swashbuckler--...
- Annals of Communications: Redstone's Secret Weapon
  Ken Auletta
  , pp. 46-47
  Sumner Redstone had the vision for Viacom, but it took Frank Biondi's focus to win Para...
- "Chaucer"
  Ted Hughes
  , pp. 48-54
- "The Red Hat"
  Rachel Hadas
  , pp. 55-63
- Postscript: Leigh Bowery
  Lucian Freud and John Richardson
  , pp. 64-65
- Life and Letters: This Living Hand
  Edmund Morris
  , pp. 66-69
  The author, who is Ronald Reagan's biographer, recounts the special significance of Rea...
- Fiction: "Influenza"
  Daniel Menaker
  , pp. 70-78
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  Fool Britannia (Review)
  David Remnick
  , pp. 79-82
  Treason in the Blood, by Anthony Cave Brown
  1. Treason in the Blood by Anthony Cave Brown
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  Night Crawlers (Review)
  James Wolcott
  , pp. 83-84
  My Education: A Book of Dreams, by William S. Burroughs
  1. My Education: A Book of Dreams by William S. Burroughs
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  Recommended Reading (4 Reviews) , p. 85
  The Father: A Life of Henry James, Sr., by Alfred Habegger
  1. The Father: A Life of Henry James, Sr. by Alfred Habegger
  2. Stalin and the Bomb by David Holloway
  3. Catching My Breath by Tim Brookes
  4. Voyage Around My Room by Xavier de Maistre
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  Anthony Lane
  , pp. 86-88
  Power Mad
  1. The Madness of King George (1994 Film) by Nicholas Hytner
  2. Death and the Maiden (1994 Film) by Roman Polanski
- Musical Events
  Paul Griffiths
  , pp. 89-91
  "Don Giovanni" at Glyndebourne, Salzburg, and Munich
- Shouts and Murmurs
  Garry Trudeau
  , pp. 92-94
  Great Exhortations
- Cover: I Had a Dream
  Mark Ulriksen