The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: March 11, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of March 11 "The first day I met him, we drank a whole bottle of Jack Daniel's and I was laying on the couch going, 'Uhhh,' and...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Unfortunately, the balloons are..." Poems: "Invitation" by Daniel Halpern: Halpern is the white-afroed Ecco Press guy, he's...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: The Weekend Special (Mar 4)
The Weekend Special (Mar 4) Welcome to the Weekend Special. Today there's a fiction review for you, and we're 4 paid subscribers away from also including the...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: March 4, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of March 4 "Now we've reached her, lo! the Captain / Gallant Kidd commands the crew / Passengers now their berths are clapt in /...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "He thinks..." Due to a technical issue, this newsletter initially sent with all links broken. Since there are just 90 of you...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "He thinks..." My apologies for the delay, dear readers. Buttondown encountered a rare glitch and deleted my 95%-written...