January 1988 Issue [Readings] Against dinner parties Download PDF Adjust Share by Phillip Lopate, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 1971- 20th century Conversation Dinners and dining Social life and customs Table etiquette United States More from Phillip Lopate The Love of My Wife From A Year and a Day, which will be published next month by New York Review Books. Those who marry a widow may find themselves competing with a ghost. Years… Between insanity and fat dullness How I became an Emersonian Adjust Share