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...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🍳 The Weekend Special (June 24)
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
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
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)
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
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of June 17 "scheming generals, poison vials, and Albanians parachuting to certain death." Must-Read: “Everything in Hand” -...