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The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · November 18, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Wow – the horses" Poems: “Senescence” by D.A. Powell: Superb, very on-brand stuff from Powell, who uses wordplay to stitch the...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (November 24)
November 18, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: November 17
November 15, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of November 17 “He turns a pimple into a beauty mark.” Must-Reads: “Bad Dads” (The Current Cinema) - Justin Chang knows it’s...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · November 12, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "infant formula" Poems: “Modern European” by Declan Ryan: Ryan’s first collection of poetry produces his first effort in the...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (November 17)
November 12, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: November 10
November 12, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of November 10 “A four-page spread gives instructions for a ‘midnight omelette supper for thirty,’ featuring a pound of herb...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · November 11, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "VOTE CENTAUR" Poems: “The World Was All Before Them” by Maya C. Popa: Excellent lust/loss poem, riffing on creation myths in a...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (November 10)
November 11, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: November 3
November 6, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of November 3 “‘She is dressed in a white gown, with green ornaments, which convinces me of what I had always supposed, that...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · November 5, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Someday, son," Poems: “Sorry for Existing” by Patricia Lockwood: Encyclopedic-slash-kaleidoscopic-slash-hallucinatory as per...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (November 3)
November 5, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: October 27
October 25, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of October 27 “(The authors suggest that one might save money while prioritizing the mental-health benefits of exercise by...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · October 22, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Tony’s been despondent" Poems: “Last Time” by Nick Laird: Irreducibly Irish, despite all the Bashō. Not sure I can say exactly...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (October 27)
October 22, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: October 20
October 19, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of October 20 “Scott enjoyed his trips to Sydney, where he joined a university choir and an ice-skating club made up of suburban...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · October 15, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Eye of frog is much healthier" Poems: “I Consider Myself” by Natan Last: Last is a regular crossword constructor but a first-...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (October 20)
October 14, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: October 13
October 14, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of October 13 “not race, not gender, not queerness, not diversity, not cancel culture, not sexual assault, and certainly not...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · October 9, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "You have him in your phone" Poems: “Bird Song” by José Antonio Rodríguez: A pretty basic explanation of post-structuralist...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (October 13)
October 8, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: October 6
October 6, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of October 6 “Mary, a believer in ‘watchful negligence,’ would let him and his three younger siblings wrap themselves in extra...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · October 2, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "ME" Poems: From “Hankerchief” by Robin Coste Lewis: Sort of a guessing game; where one imagines Coste Lewis will “stand...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (October 6)
October 2, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: September 29
September 28, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of September 29 “‘cheery sing-song voices, as if addressing a pre-school class.’” Must-Read: “After the Flood” (Books) - Katy...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · September 25, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "CREATE THE AUTHOR" Poems: “What I Might Sing” by Donika Kelly: A refractive, plainspoken reflection on race and patriotism in...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (September 29)
September 22, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: September 22
September 19, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of September 22 “There are stone renderings of a turtle and a tortoise, to connote the stability of the cosmos, and a...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · September 15, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Management wants you…" Poems: “Above Plakias, Crete” by Fred Marchant: Greek landscape as the summit of a vague personal...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (September 22)
September 15, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: September 15
September 14, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of September 15 “Tattoos, which fall under the ‘Symbolism’ category, constitute four points” After a refreshing summer break,...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
September 12, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Can you believe it’s fiscal quarter three already?" OK I’m running late with it and the poems kinda slap so this one’s free...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (September 8)
September 8, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: September 1 & 8
September 7, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of September 1 & 8 “Would a bird poop yellow? Maybe, if it had a liver problem.” Must-Read: “Vaunted” (Dept. of Amplification) -...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
August 27, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "We’re fortunate to live in a country" 🫓 The supplement is off next week, so everyone gets it for free this week. Poems: “70”...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (September 1)
August 27, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: August 25
August 22, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of August 25, 2025 “no matter how you slice it, selling fire insurance to arsonists is a terrible business model.” Must-Read:...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · August 18, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "God works…" Morning. Poems: “Suburban Divorcée” by Cate Marvin: For all I know this is from life, but it reads to me more like...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (August 18)
August 18, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: August 18
August 16, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of August 18, 2025 “‘He invited everyone for a cup of coffee. But we didn’t have a coffee maker. We had this antique hand...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
August 13, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "I hereby declare that all members" Yo! Poems: “Covid Snow” by David Baker: A poet with Covid watches squirrels and gives away...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (August 18)
August 11, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: August 11
August 11, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of August 11, 2025 “‘TUMMY — to dream of one’s tummy as great and large predicts a fair and large estate. Play numbers...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · August 6, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "My God." 👋 Poems: “The Eulogy I Didn’t Give (I)” by Bob Hicok: The third of these eulogies to make the magazine, this is...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (August 11)
August 6, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: August 4
August 2, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of August 4, 2025 “When the dental assistant sent the picture to my phone, she glanced up at me and said, ‘This is what you’ll...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · July 29, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "He was called away on an urgent matter." Hey hey hey. Poems: “Bob Marley, Live, 1980” by Kwame Dawes: The current poet...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (August 4)
July 29, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: July 28
July 25, 2025
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of July 28, 2025 “Forty chefs showed up for her funeral, all in white toques.” Must-Read: “The Case for Lunch” (Dept. of...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
$ · July 22, 2025
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "HUMAN-ERROR BABY CORN IN DELICIOUS CORN WATER" You know the drill: Just us chickens. Poems: “Astounding Stories” by Robert...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (July 28)
July 22, 2025
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Knapps (for fiction), Downeys (for essays), or Fords (for random picks). As with restaurant stars, even one...
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