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The Cartoon & Poem Supplement Special: Mid-Feb Through the Ages
July 8, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement Special Since the magazine is off this week but I’m not burnt out, let’s try something different! I’m gonna read through the...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (July 8 & 15)
July 6, 2024
The Weekend Special (July 8 & 15) Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your picks). As with restaurant...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: July 8 & 15, 2024
July 4, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of July 8 & 15 "un petit verre pour cinq pounds!" Must-Reads: “Casting a Line” - Kathryn Schulz runs through the brief oeuvre of...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · July 1, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "OH, DON’T WORRY" Poems: “Wallpaper Poem” by Phillis Levin: A sort of commodity fetishism as resistance takes hold – Levin is...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (July 1)
June 29, 2024
The Weekend Special (July 1) Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: July 1, 2024
June 25, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of July 1 "sometimes choir-boy-pure, sometimes huskier in tone." Must-Read: “Medieval Longing” - Alex Ross rides the mass...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · June 24, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "On his side, so I can watch him lying down." Poems: “Breaking” by Gboyega Odubanjo: Deeply eerie echoes of the poet’s own...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (June 24)
June 23, 2024
The Weekend Special (June 24) Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: June 24, 2024
June 21, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of June 24 "Surprised Eel Historian, PhD" Must-Read: “Ghosts on the Water” - Paige Williams respects her elvers.1 Those with...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · June 17, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Why settle for itsy-bitsy" Correction! Last week I structured my whole review of David Biespiel’s excellent poem “Half Hour to...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (June 17)
June 16, 2024
The Weekend Special (June 17) Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: June 17, 2024
June 13, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of June 17 "scheming generals, poison vials, and Albanians parachuting to certain death." Must-Read: “Everything in Hand” -...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · June 10, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "He’s not the rightful king" Poems: “Half Hour to Aberdour” by David Biespiel: A Jew journeying through Ireland will always put...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (June 10)
June 9, 2024
The Weekend Special (June 10) Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: June 3, 2024
June 7, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of June 3 "‘That’s gauche, maudlin, inaccurate — and uncomplimentary to the Pope.’" Must-Read: “The Long Ride” - William...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · June 5, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "PANIC BUTTON" Poems: “The Age of Miracle Weapons” by D. Nurkse: Crucial backstory here is that Nurkse’s father is a famous...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (June 3)
June 5, 2024
The Weekend Special (June 3) I was in transit at the beginning of this week – thanks for your patience. Some very good stuff this not-a-weekend. Pieces are...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: June 3, 2024
June 1, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of June 3 "‘killah grinds’" For the second time in three weeks, my print edition of the magazine simply never arrived. I usually...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · May 28, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "See you later, alligator." Poems: “Marigold” by Mary Jo Bang: Only three weeks since the previous Bang joint! As ever, a...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (May 27)
May 27, 2024
The Weekend Special (May 27) Guess what?1 Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your picks). As with...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: May 27, 2024
May 24, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of May 27 "the vexed ontological question of whether blowing up little green pigs with crates of cartoon TNT does or does not...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · May 20, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "If God is omnipotent…" Poems: From “Heritage” by Elise Paschen: Very rare to have an excerpt of a poem in the magazine. This...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (May 20)
May 19, 2024
The Weekend Special (May 20) C’mon in! Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your picks). As with...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: May 20, 2024
May 19, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of May 20 "‘If I call my sister in Miami on FaceTime, I don’t tell her, “Hey, I’m visiting you in Miami!”" Hey there! This...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · May 13, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "It doesn’t work." Poems: “Theology” by Ocean Vuong: The first half has, I’m sure, some kind of internal logic, but it feels...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (May 13)
May 13, 2024
The Weekend Special (May 13) Howdy. Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your picks). As with restaurant...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: May 13, 2024
May 9, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of May 13 "the pensive gaze of a protester whose face is obscured by a kaffiyeh" Must-Gaze: “A Campus in Crisis” - Jelani Cobb...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · May 6, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "That’s not fair." Poems: “Crossing Byways” by Yusef Komunyakaa: I don’t always vibe with – or, maybe, fully understand –...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (May 6)
May 6, 2024
The Weekend Special (May 6) Welcome to the Weekend Special. Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: May 6, 2024
May 3, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of May 6 "‘My imitation of a nonintrusive, permanent bannister.’" (shakes off the rust…) We’re back! Must-Read: Both must-reads...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · April 29, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Did we really have to come…" We’re back! Poems: “Second Nature” by Paul Tran: It’s tricky, you know… self-love in a slam poem...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (Apr 22 & 29)
April 21, 2024
The Weekend Special (Apr 22 & 29) Welcome to the Weekend Special. Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: April 15, 2024
April 18, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of April 15 "She appeared not to have got much sun lately; I touched her up with a little blush." This week is the Innovation &...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · April 15, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "I can say literally anything" Poems: "Hyacinth" by Catherine Barnett: A meditation on loss and corporeality. The dollar store...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (Apr 15)
April 14, 2024
The Weekend Special (Apr 15) Welcome to the Weekend Special. Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: April 15, 2024
April 13, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of April 15 "'Dig like a mole if you don't want to die.'" Must-Read: "The Assault" - Luke Mogelson waits for snow with the 1st...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · April 8, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "(C) A waltz of some sort" Poems: "Stitch" by Rae Armantrout: A wonderful little nugget of Armantroutian goodness – a...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (Apr 8)
April 7, 2024
The Weekend Special (Apr 8) Welcome to the Weekend Special. Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: April 8, 2024
April 5, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of April 8 "I am worried that my children are not warriors and are lost in it." Must-Read: "Opportunity Cost" - Peter Hessler...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · April 1, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "That and tequila." Poems: "Today, My Hope Is Vertical" by Jane Hirshfield: A little cute for me – definitely the sort of thing...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (Apr 1)
March 31, 2024
The Weekend Special (Apr 1) Welcome to the Weekend Special. Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags (for essays), or Herseys (for your...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: April 1, 2024
March 28, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of April 1 "guttural distortions of pitch, cawing glissandos, clattering bowing effects" Let's try something. I'm loathe to...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · March 25, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Careful." Poems: "To You" by Maxine Scates: A roving run-on memory circling the theme of grief. It's all a bit literal for me...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (Mar 25)
March 24, 2024
The Weekend Special (Mar 25) Welcome to the Weekend Special. Now with more 🍳 emojis, for the vibe. Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction), Sontags...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: March 25, 2024
March 22, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of March 25 "Driving through Hollywood, you’d often see marquees advertising 'Live Nude Girls.' She’d say, 'Much better than the...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · March 18, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "There are secret ceremonies and things..." Poems: "Edward Hopper (Yellow and Red)" by W. S. DiPiero: Not exactly an ekphrasis,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: The Weekend Special (Mar 11)
March 17, 2024
The Weekend Special (Mar 18) Welcome to the Weekend Special. Pieces are given up to three Munros (for fiction) or Sontags (for essays). As with restaurant...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: March 18, 2024
March 14, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of March 18 "'nothing,' 'hungry people,' 'dogs,' 'soldiers,' 'stairs,' 'houses,' 'gardens,' 'infidels,' 'my father.'" The...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · March 11, 2024
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "You're not supposed to..." Poems: "Late Shift" by Amy Woolard: There is a lot here. This has the feeling of many, many pages...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: The Weekend Special (Mar 11)
March 11, 2024
The Weekend Special (Mar 11) Welcome to the Weekend Special. Bear with me, these are going to come out on Mondays sometimes. We've hit the goal, so the...
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