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December 18, 2023

Hey! Welcome to our new Buttondown digs! I'm still getting used to the place, so apologies in advance for any technical blips. (And sorry to paid subscribers...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: December 18, 2023

December 15, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of December 18 Must-Read: “What Makes a Murder?” - Sarah Stillman relitigates felony murder, a system of laws that imprisons...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: December 11, 2023

December 8, 2023

Holy Cow! When I started this newsletter at the beginning of the year, I expected to entertain my parents and get some writing practice out of something I...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: December 4, 2023

November 30, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of December 4 Must-Reads: “Songs of Herself” - Helen Shaw breaks biographical off-Broadway. Shaw at her best — a very high bar....

Last Week's New Yorker Review: November 27, 2023

November 24, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of November 27 Must-Reads: “Personal Statement” - Rachel Aviv is Joyce Carol Oates’ secret admirer. Fascinating. On the surface,...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: November 20, 2023

November 16, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of November 20 Must-Read: “The War on Chaplin” - Louis Menand takes pity on the little fellow. A straightforward history of...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: November 13, 2023

November 9, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of November 13 Must-Read: “Man Down” - Anthony Lane croons for two “unlikely” flicks. Nothing revolutionary, just Lane at his...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: November 6, 2023

November 2, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of November 6 Must-Read: “Through the Smoke” - Carolyn Kormann assesses the damage to Maui after massive wildfires. An...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: October 30, 2023

October 26, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of October 30 Must-Read: “If Not Now, Later” - Yiyun Li tends to what blooms. The magazine has lately been on a real kick of...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: October 23, 2023

October 19, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of October 23 Must-Read: “Hot Air” - Heidi Blake speaks for the trees that carbon-offset credits allegedly help preserve. I was...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: October 16, 2023

October 12, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of October 16 Must-Read: “Long Exposure” - Julian Lucas focuses on Teju Cole’s new novel about looking. Lucas’ summary of Cole’s...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: October 9, 2023

October 5, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of October 9 Must-Reads: “Big Little Lies” - Gideon Lewis-Kraus fudges the numbers with the behavioral economists whose work on...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: October 2, 2023

September 28, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of October 2 Must-Read: “Behind a Locked Door” - Margaret Talbot goes to Austria with a woman who was held in a...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: September 25, 2023

September 21, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of September 25 Must-Read: “Makeover” - Molly Fischer reads the Glossier dossier. Makes a canny and surprising choice to focus...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: September 18, 2023

September 14, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of September 18 Must-Read: “Hot and Bothered” - Parul Sehgal is on the case of James Ellroy, whose new book features Marilyn...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: September 11, 2023

September 6, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of September 11 Must-Read: “The Coup” - Jonathan Dee reads a new work of autofiction by a cultural advisor to Salvador Allende...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: September 4, 2023

August 31, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of September 4 This week’s magazine is the yearly(ish) Archival Issue, this time structured around animals. The archival issue...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: August 28, 2023

August 24, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of August 28 I was featured in Bradley Tusk’s podcast Firewall this week — you can listen to my interview here. Hello to all new...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: August 21, 2023

August 16, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of August 21 Must-Read: “Shark Bait” - Helen Shaw sees The Shark is Broken, a “dad play about a dad movie written for dad...

Last Week's New Yorker Review: August 14, 2023

August 10, 2023

Last Week’s New Yorker, week of August 14 What an excellent issue. If you have to pick one edition to take to the beach and read front-to-back… this is the...