Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (March 2)
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Ellises (for fiction), McClellands (for essays), or Whitakers (for random picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: February 16 & 23
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of February 16 & 23 “‘It’s just their wok and busy schedules are very hard to guggling with’“ A week off is a dangerous thing: I...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "SNAKE OIL!" Poems: “Ode 1” by Ricardo Reis: In case you didn’t know, Reis is a Pessoa heteronym. Outside of that context, this...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (February 16)
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Ellises (for fiction), McClellands (for essays), or Whitakers (for random picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: February 9
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of February 9 “Genet asked one European trainee what kind of revolutionary regime should take over Jordan. ‘One based on the...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "This is sort of going off" Poems: “Birdbath” by Henri Cole: A compelling little sonnet, seemingly plainspoken but resisting a...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (February 9)
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Ellises (for fiction), McClellands (for essays), or Whitakers (for random picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: February 2
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of February 2 “(In one letter, he told a colleague that he was tired of ‘your mesanthropy and a British version of a foul air...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "How can you possibly" Poems: “Where Is the Shrine to Johnny Shines?” by Tyehimba Jess: I was not previously familiar with...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (February 2)
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Ellises (for fiction), McClellands (for essays), or Whitakers (for random picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: January 26
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of January 26 “‘Trust me, Trump is not going to be the President forever. Remember that.’“ Must-Read: “Show of Force” (A...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "NO YEAH" Poems: “Psalm for the Slightly Tilted” by Ilya Kaminsky: A lovely tribute to disabled activism, clever but totally...
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Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (January 26)
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Ellises (for fiction), McClellands (for essays), or Whitakers (for random picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: January 19
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of January 19 “‘SHABBAT or HOLIDAYS, RIDE with SPONGEBOB.’“ The best thing in the issue this week is a pair of superb Talk of...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "I could be as famous as Keats" Poems: “Changing Table” by Meghan O’Rourke. The title will be too cute for some; I like it. I...
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Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (January 19)
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Ellises (for fiction), McClellands (for essays), or Whitakers (for random picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: January 12
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of January 12 “Children, a class whom the poet Mary Karr once described as ‘three feet tall, flat broke, unemployed, and...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "THE GRIM" Poems: “Approaching Sundown” by Jorie Graham: Long-ish Jorie Graham-ish nature poem. Didn’t activate for me; hey, it...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (January 12)
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Ellises (for fiction), McClellands (for essays), or Whitakers (for random picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: End-of-Year Edition
Last Week’s New Yorker: End-of-Year Edition Below you'll find the Top 25 Pieces Review, a special Letters Section, and at the bottom my 10 Favorite Pieces of...