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  1. sex scenes
    Sex Between the Pages at The New Yorker Festival“I used to know that [sex scenes] were good if I turned myself on while I was writing them. … now that doesn’t happen as much.”
    By Brandon Sanchez
  2. encounter
    The Meticulously Crafted Adventures of David GrannHow a bookish reporter became one of the most sought-after writers in Hollywood.
    By James D. Walsh
  3. 1.5x speed
    The People’s Maximum FunA pioneering podcast company becomes worker-owned.
    By Nicholas Quah
  4. rip
    Peter Schjeldahl, Art Critic for The New Yorker, Dead at 80Schjeldahl, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019, wrote the towering personal essay “The Art of Dying.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  5. books
    Hua Hsu Is True to the GameHis new memoir is both a coming-of-age story and an evolutionary step for Asian American literature.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  6. encounter
    Patrick Radden Keefe Is One of the Good GuysThe author of Rogues talks about killers, criminals, and the “inescapable cruelty” of his work.
    By James D. Walsh
  7. media
    Talking to New Yorker Archivist Erin Overbey About Her Byline-Diversity Project“I started in 2019 looking at our tables of contents. It really was a lengthy project. Once you get going, it’s kind of hard to stop.”
    By Choire Sicha
  8. labor
    Condé Nast Employees Protested Outside Anna Wintour’s HouseThe New Yorker Union members chanted, “Bosses wear Prada, workers get nada.”
    By Mia Mercado
  9. extremely online
    Jeffrey Toobin Suspended From New Yorker for ‘Zoom Dick Incident’Toobin reportedly masturbated during an “election simulation.”
    By Justin Curto
  10. new yorker festival 2019
    Liz Phair Just Wants to Live in a Period Drama and Help Cows Build VillagesLet’s get her on The Crown.
    By Justin Curto
  11. mad online
    Billie Eilish Riles Up New Yorker Readers of All AgesSomehow, a piece about the Gen-Z pop star led several generations to pontificate angrily about 9/11 in harmony.
    By Bridget Read
  12. weinstein books
    Ronan Farrow’s Weinstein Book Will Be Personal, He Says in Surprise AppearancePopping into a BookExpo lunch, he talked about “some of the low points I’m now reliving.”
    By BORIS KACHKA
  13. one grand books
    William Finnegan’s 10 Favorite BooksGeorge Orwell, Elena Ferrante, and more.
    By William Finnegan
  14. brooklyn book festival 2018
    The Brooklyn Book Festival’s Tote-Bag Power RankingsA status update on which tote was the GOAT (and which were not worth our time) at the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival.
    By Evan Allgood
  15. les moonves
    CBS Investigating Les Moonves Ahead of New Yorker Report“The Board will promptly review the findings and take appropriate action.”
    By Hunter Harris
  16. The New Yorker Staff Has UnionizedToday, they’re asking editor David Remnick and Condé Nast to voluntarily recognize them as a collective bargaining unit.
    By Noreen Malone
  17. feedback
    Lola Kirke Wrote a Letter to the Editor Over The New Yorker’s Gemini Review“I am disappointed by Anthony Lane’s glib criticism of my character’s appearance in the film Gemini.”
    By Hunter Harris
  18. one grand books
    Roz Chast’s 10 Favorite Books“I avoid books about either World War. Or any war, really.”
    By Roz Chast
  19. 6 Cats React to ‘Cat Person’“Robert sounds like a bad date, sure. But what kind of owner is he?”
    By The Cut
  20. the harvey weinstein case
    Weinstein Used Spies Posed as Women’s Advocates to Get Info About His VictimsAccording to Ronan Farrow’s newest investigation.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  21. lawyers
    Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Up in Advance of Possible ExposésThe mogul has reportedly been in touch with the Clintons’ crisis manager Lanny Davis.
    By Nate Jones
  22. rip
    S.I. Newhouse, Legendary Condé Nast Publisher, Dies at 89Another end of an era in publishing.
    By Benjamin Hart
  23. hairy situations
    Man Buns Have Made It to the Cover of the New YorkerThe struggle of the man bun is now a New Yorker cartoon.
    By Kathleen Hou
  24. 100 things
    100 More Jokes That Shaped Modern ComedyA second look at bits, sketches, one-liners, and even modern art that have influenced American humor for the past 170 years.
    By Jesse David Fox
  25. ‘The New Yorker’ Now Has a Cover-to-Cover Parody Thanks to ‘The Neu Jorker’A bunch of talented writers and illustrators have teamed up to create a very ambitious parody: a cover-to-cover take on an issue of The New […]
    By Megh Wright
  26. Where Digital Publications’ Comedy Videos Are Headed In April of 2001, a dot com bubble baby named Kozmo.com laid off over a thousand employees because its business model of […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  27. Other Magazines
    People Are Furious Over a New Yorker Poem About Chinese FoodWriter Calvin Trillin says he was “making fun of food-obsessed bourgeoisie,” but few people see it that way.
    By Clint Rainey
  28. last night on late night
    Late Night Presents ‘Live New Yorker Cartoons’Buckle up, buttercup.
    By Halle Kiefer
  29. movie critics
    Hollywood Bad-Boy Jesse Eisenberg Trolls Critics in New Yorker Piece“Based on an idea that I poorly executed in grad school.”
    By Nate Jones
  30. the double standard
    Grimes Has Heard Enough From Guy Producers“Half the population is not really being heard.”
    By Dayna Evans
  31. ‘Key and Peele’ Showrunner Jay Martel Looks Back on the Show’s EvolutionIn anticipation of tonight’s double-episode Key and Peele series finale, writer and co-executive producer Jay Martel wrote a piece for The New […]
    By Megh Wright
  32. ink-stained wretches
    Sasha Frere-Jones Leaves New Yorker for (Where Else?) a Tech Start-upGenius, the site formerly devoted to annotating rap lyrics.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. job openings
    The New Yorker’s David Denby Steps Down From Film Critic Post [Updated]To focus on his book.
    By E. Alex Jung
  34. ‘The New Yorker’ Profiles Tig Notaro’s Topless NYC Standup Set“She is a deadpan comedian of the driest vintage, and her face remained stolid. The patches of the audience that were stunned into silence […]
    By Megh Wright
  35. Louis C.K. on Chris Rock’s Film Career: ‘All He Really Needed to Do Was Be […]“Louis C.K. thinks that the solution to Rock’s movie problem was obvious in retrospect. ‘His honesty and thoughtfulness and intelligence—it […]
    By Megh Wright
  36. Video Feed
    City Bakery’s Maury Rubin Trashes Dominique Ansel’s“Most people don’t know anything about good pastry anymore,” he says.
    By Hugh Merwin
  37. short stories
    Tom Hanks Has a Short Story in The New Yorker“Alan Bean Plus Four.”
    By Lindsey Weber
  38. Read an Excerpt from Lena Dunham’s Upcoming Book ‘Not That Kind of Girl’“Sitting with my mother in the beauty salon one afternoon, I come across an article about obsessive-compulsive disorder. A woman describes her […]
    By Megh Wright
  39. ‘The New Yorker’ Profiles Eugene Mirman’s Live Version of ‘StarTalk’“Throughout the show, these jokes created pauses for laughter, welcome little breaks in the onslaught of science, that allowed our brains to […]
    By Megh Wright
  40. Simon Rich Reimagines a Classic Joke for ‘The New Yorker’Author, former SNL writer, and creator of the upcoming FXX show Man Seeking Woman Simon Rich wrote a humor piece in The New Yorker called “Guy […]
    By Megh Wright
  41. ‘The New Yorker’ Profiles ‘Mad’ Magazine as an Anti-Smoking Ad PioneerThe New Yorker ran an excellent article last week about Mad magazine’s big anti-smoking push during the ‘60s, which resulted not only in tons […]
    By Megh Wright
  42. Dick Cavett Reflects on His Worst Show Ever for ‘The New Yorker’Here’s a video of the “excruciating” September 18, 1970 episode of The Dick Cavett Show, in which guests John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, and Ben […]
    By Megh Wright
  43. ink-stained wretches
    The New Yorker Editor David Remnick Is Re-Learning to Play GuitarBy learning Grateful Dead songs.
    By Joe Coscarelli and Allegra Hobbs
  44. white house correspondents’ dinner 2014
    Mark Leibovich: WHCD Is Looking More B-ListThe This Town author still hopes that D.C. will stop celebrating itself.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  45. the internet
    Q&A: Susan Orlean on @Horse_ebooks and Her Internet ObsessionsAn interview with the writer about her latest article.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  46. Michael Cera Delves Into His Texting Past in ‘The New Yorker’“Jeremy, a man I am no longer in touch with, was someone I once considered a friend. It started out very simply: one day I received a text […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  47. deliverance
    Lena Dunham Wrote an Essay on Ordering DeliveryYou wouldn’t believe it, but Dunham wrote something about childhood, death, and soup.
    By Maggie Lange
  48. Amy Poehler Wrote About Her First Job at an Ice Cream Parlor“But when I stood in the dining room and demanded attention I was reminded of things I already secretly knew about myself. I wasn’t shy, I […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  49. ‘The New Yorker’ Writes About ‘How Podcasts Conquered Comedy’The New Yorker has a new article out today called “How Podcasts Conquered Comedy,” an in-depth history of how the newish medium has changed the […]
    By Bradford Evans
  50. equal rites
    Why The New Yorker’s Gay Bert and Ernie Cover WorksSome people are very upset about this. 
    By Dan Amira
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