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...
My favorite poems of the year!
Here are my ten favorite poems from the magazine of the year, counting down to my favorite, plus my original commentary for each. Reread my favorite twenty...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special Best of the Year
The Weekend Special My favorite pieces in each of these categories this year, below. Counting down to the best, in each case! All the writing is copy-pasted...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: December 29
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of December 29 & January 5 “When either of the two stars took the stage, though, I thought of a car that breaks down in the...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "THIS IS AWFUL AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN…" Poems: “Memory Palace” by Bianca Stone: This week, two wavy metaphors for selfhood....
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (December 29)
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: December 22
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of December 22 “she said it would be very easy for her to convert someone to Catholicism. ‘It has great appeal,’ she said. ‘Not...