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  1. A New George Saunders Story in The New Yorker Is Cause for CelebrationLooking for something to read? George Saunders, hilarious/wonderful short story writer and personal hero of mine, has a new piece in this […]
    By Adam Frucci
  2. ink-stained wretches
    Times Middle East Correspondent Dexter Filkins Jumps to The New YorkerHis new editor, David Remnick, says he’s “over the moon.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  3. Allison Silverman on Hipster Community OutreachHere’s another excellent piece by former Daily Show/Colbert Report writer Allison Silverman taking on the denizens of Williamsburg in this […]
    By Adam Frucci
  4. clickables
    Read 70 Years’ Worth of Airport-Security New Yorker CartoonsTo put your pat-down in perspective.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  5. Aziz Ansari, Randy, and the Nebulous State of ‘Alt-Comedy’This week’s New Yorker features a lengthy profile of Aziz Ansari, talking about his place in the “alternative comedy” scene and the fine line […]
    By Adam Frucci
  6. E-mail Auto-Response, by Martin MarksE-mail auto-response, by Martin Marks in this week’s New Yorker: “Thank you for your e-mail, which, if it is under three (3) sentences long, I […]
    By Adam Frucci
  7. Simon Rich Takes On GoogleSNL writer and book author Simon Rich has a piece in this week’s New Yorker about Google. Specifically, what Google’s dictionary defines […]
    By Adam Frucci
  8. ink-stained wretches
    New Yorker’s Daniel Zalewski Turned Down New York Times Magazine GigThe features editor instead opted to get some new perks at his current gig.
    By Chris Rovzar
  9. tv
    Watch Jason Schwartzman’s iPad Commercial for The New YorkerHe takes it in the shower and also uses it as a fig leaf.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  10. The New Yorker’s Young Gun CartoonistsIts parameters are tight: black and white. One square. One caption. It’s bare, and it’s simple. It doesn’t have dialogue or physicality or […]
    By Dustin Lushing
  11. Yoni Brenner Brings Football Humor to the New Yorker with Trick PlaysIn this week’s New Yorker, Yoni Brenner brings some high-minded sports humor to Shouts and Murmurs with Trick Plays: “Double Trick Inside […]
    By Adam Frucci
  12. courtney love
    Courtney Love Wants to Be Published in The New YorkerShe writes short stories, see. And epic text messages.
    By Bennett Marcus
  13. Raising a Good Enough BabyAndy Borowitz’s The Good Enough Baby, from this week’s New Yorker: “There are many misconceptions about babies and baths. The old saying ‘Don’t […]
    By Adam Frucci
  14. regular guys
    Mark Zuckerberg: He’s Just Like Us!What do “the boy king of Silicon Valley” and your average dude have in common? Everything!
    By Nitasha Tiku
  15. Allison Silverman: Et Tu, BrooklynFormer Colbert Report Executive Producer/Daily Show writer Allison Silverman has a humor piece in the New Yorker this week entitled Et Tu, […]
    By Adam Frucci
  16. Rants
    N.Y. Times Intrepidly Ventures ‘A Few Miles East on the 10’ to Eat inA long list of new restaurants and classics are omitted as the Gray Lady “discovers” Downtown destination dining.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  17. books
    What If Kanye West’s Tweets Were New Yorker Cartoons?“We lookin’ crazy fresh where’s paparazzi when you need em,” says one squirrel to the other.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  18. music
    See Country Singer Brad Paisley’s New Yorker Cartoon Contest SubmissionsSadly, the second casts a shadow on the glory of the first.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  19. oh republicans!
    If Mike Huckabee Had to Choose Between Nancy Pelosi and Helen Thomas, He’d Just Be Gay“At times, he seems unable to resist the force of his own funniness.”
    By Mike Vilensky
  20. 20 under 40
    Why Do The New Yorker’s ‘20 under 40’ Hate Love?Five of the eight stories in this week’s ‘New Yorker’ are about busted relationships.
    By Lane Brown
  21. books
    The New Yorker Names Its Twenty Best Writers Under 40And it’s not that surprising.
    By Willa Paskin
  22. neighborhood news
    On the Supposedly Narcissistic Nature of New YorkersIs this about the bagels again?
    By Jessica Pressler
  23. unibrow
    How The New Yorker ‘20 Under 40’ Is Like a Highbrow, Literary American IdolSimon Cowell is not involved.
    By Willa Paskin
  24. Animal Instincts
    The New Yorker and Top Chefs Alike Love AnimalMichael Voltaggio, Akasha Richmond, Nate Appleman, and Mario Batali share what they love about Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  25. cultural capital
    NYU Art Student Mortified About Showing the First Lady of France a Random Dog VideoAwkward.
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. music
    See The New Yorker’s Lady Gaga CartoonHighbrow high brow-brow.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  27. ink-stained wretches
    So Who Got Nominated for ASMEs This Year?A bunch of very smart, attractive magazines.
    By Chris Rovzar
  28. ink-stained wretches
    Condé Nast Prepping iPad Versions of Five Titles’GQ,’ ‘Wired,’ ‘Vanity Fair,’ the ‘New Yorker,’ and ‘Glamour’ will be the first to take the plunge.
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. ink-stained wretches
    David Remnick’s Biography of Obama Will Not Feature Gold Rims, Crushed Velour, or Other Ornamentation Commonly Associated With Sex TraffickersThe ‘New Yorker’ editor denies his book will be a “pimped out” version of his article.
    By Jessica Pressler
  30. twitterphobia
    A Lot of Old and New Media Types Went Crazy About Twitter This MonthSusan Orlean! George Packer! Nick Bilton! Leon Whatsisname!
    By Jesse Ashlock
  31. j.d. salinger
    The New Yorker’s Salinger Collection’The New Yorker’ has made the dozen stories J.D. Salinger wrote for the magazine available for free.
    By Lane Brown
  32. hard sells
    A Blink-182 Guy’s Sad Pitch to Vampire Weekend“You’re trying to live in an industry that’s dying. And so Modlife is trying to give you the chance to survive.”
    By Lane Brown
  33. Kitchen Supplies
    Economy Strikes New Yorker Stove CoverageFrom high-end Vikings to stoves for the developing world.
    By Aileen Gallagher
  34. lists
    New Yorker Editor Chooses His Best Movies of the DecadeMcLovin isn’t in a single one!
    By Adam K. Raymond
  35. Personalities
    My Friend Dan Barber …’New Yorker’ scribe Adam Gopnik likes dropping chefs’ names.
    By Daniel Maurer
  36. ink-stained wretches
    Names Dropped by Adam Gopnik in a Single InterviewSeven.
    By Jessica Pressler
  37. party lines
    Tilda, Schwartzman, and Karen O at NYer Festival“And my boyfriend is going to be the quarterback, and he’s British, so he doesn’t even know what that means.”
    By Jada Yuan
  38. james cameron
    The Truth About James CameronThe word “no” gives James Cameron an erection.
    By Lane Brown
  39. nikki finke
    Nikki Finke Charms The New Yorker“I used to say, and I meant this in a nice way, that my mother should have been a Nazi interrogator.”
    By Lane Brown
  40. the situation room
    Cindy Adams Has a T-shirt With Heart-Shaped Photos of Her Dogs ‘on the Breast’This is one of those times when we really wish the ‘New Yorker’ had pictures.
    By Jessica Pressler
  41. free stuff
    Update: Nicholson Baker Runs Up Awesome Set of Expenses For New Yorker Kindle ReviewHow nervous is ‘The New Yorker’ about the Kindle? Almost $3,000 worth of nervous!
    By Lane Brown
  42. how percussion works
    New Yorker Critic James Wood Books New Gig: ‘Guest Percussionist’On July 1, Wood will add “guest percussion” to a concert by author John Jeremiah Sullivan’s band, Fayaway.
    By Lane Brown
  43. early and awesome
    Eighteen-Year-Old Dodge Landesman Is Running for City Council Because He Hates High School“A lot of people will tell you that a good phony fever is a dead lock, but, uh … you get a nervous mother, you could wind up in a doctor’s office. That’s worse than school.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  44. the greatest depression
    The Story Behind Those Commerce Bank Pens“Finding one was a little like stumbling on an empty crack vial in a public park.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  45. the sports section
    Understanding the Underdog: How Gladwell Got Basketball WrongWhy Malcolm Gladwell’s assumptions about the game might mislead you.
    By Ben Mathis-Lilley
  46. the devil wears tweed
    The New Yorker Office: ‘A Little Creepy,’ Says Former EmployeeDan Baum’s Twitter account of getting fired from the magazine reveals some, but not all, of the secrets of the House of Remnick.
    By Jessica Pressler
  47. party lines
    David Remnick Is the Opposite of Rugged“If I ever got a country house, it would be in the Village.”
    By Jada Yuan
  48. reporting
    Does Russell Crowe Really Look Like a ‘Dumpling in a Wig’?Or is ‘Snark’ author David Denby just being snarky?
    By Jessica Pressler
  49. ink-stained wretches
    Annals of Law: New Guinea Tribe Sues New YorkerIt’s just your standard-issue case involving rape, murder, and pig theft.
    By Jessica Coen
  50. The Other Critics
    Tables for DupesA successful parody of the restaurant column in ‘The New Yorker.’
    By Aileen Gallagher
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