January 1981 Issue [American miscellany] Celebrity fare Download PDF Adjust Share The namedroppers' ball by Jeffrey Burke, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Authors and patrons Dance parties New York New York (State) Poetry Roseland (New York, N.Y: Ballroom) More from Jeffrey Burke Appetites Lunacy and the arrangement of books Writes of passage The letter of recommendation as a social force and literary genre First time out The perils of the fictional debut Adjust Share