Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (June 3)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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...