Last Week’s New Yorker Review: August 12, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of August 12 "Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat." Apologies for the slight delay, dear readers; I’ve been...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "You’re doing well in the Bible Belt" Poems: “Mr. Cogito and Certain Mechanisms of Memory” by Zbigniew Herbert: This bears the...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ☀️ The Weekend Special (August 5)
The Weekend Special (August 5) Before we get started, I wanted to make a note in a free edition that paid subscribers have been getting archival cartoon...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: August 5, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of August 5 "A line like ‘I will never be able to find my way out of this forest’ needs a twinge of fear." Must-Read: “Forbidden...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Suck it up, hold it in." Poems: “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Wireless Warning System” by Dobby...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ☀️ The Weekend Special (July 29)
The Weekend Special (July 29) Pieces are given up to three Jacksons (for fiction), Malcolms (for essays), or Rosses (for your picks). As with restaurant...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: July 29, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of July 29 "like a feckless baby elephant stranded on the veldt." Must-Reads: The best thing in this issue is the short story by...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "But he’s always been nice" Poems: “Mother” by Jim Moore: Takes multiple turns. First it’s observational/confessional, with a...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ☀️ The Weekend Special (July 22)
The Weekend Special (July 22) Pieces are given up to three Jacksons (for fiction), Malcolms (for essays), or Rosses (for your picks). As with restaurant...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: July 22, 2024
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of July 22 "Damnation to the Governour and Confusion to the Colony" Must-Reads: “The Power of the Pirates” - Daniel Immerwahr...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "I CREATED MAN THIRTY-ONE HOURS AGO." Poems: “Port of Havana” by Nancy Morejón: A short observational poem from Cuba. Perfectly...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ☀️ The Weekend Special (Midyear)
The Weekend Special (Midyear) Time for a midyear refresh! Here’s what’s been changed: The emoji in the subject line!The award names!1New occasional section...
Last Week’s New Yorker Review: Best of the Year So Far
Last Week’s New Yorker, Best of the Year So Far Okay, that cartoons-through-time thing was a big hit, so there will be more of that coming at some point...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement Special: Mid-Feb Through the Ages
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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...