I took four rolls of film of Alan Lelchuk for the jacket of his new book, Miriam at Thirty-Four. Neither of us could decide what kind of picture it should be. Should he be nonchalant -- shooting baskets in the playground across the street? Serious -- among the daffodils in the backyard? Congenial -- having tea at the kitchen table'! Resourceful -- talking to women who happen to be walking up Flagg Street? We tried everything. I made postcards of the best shots and sent them to him in Canaan, New Hampshire.

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