Last Week's New Yorker Review: End-of-Year Edition
Last Week’s New Yorker: End-of-Year Edition Below you'll find the Top 25 Pieces Review, a special Letters Section, and at the bottom my 10 Favorite Pieces of...
My favorite poems of the year!
Here are my ten favorite poems from the magazine of the year, counting down to my favorite, plus my original commentary for each. Reread my favorite twenty...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special Best of the Year
The Weekend Special My favorite pieces in each of these categories this year, below. Counting down to the best, in each case! All the writing is copy-pasted...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: December 29
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of December 29 & January 5 “When either of the two stars took the stage, though, I thought of a car that breaks down in the...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "THIS IS AWFUL AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN…" Poems: “Memory Palace” by Bianca Stone: This week, two wavy metaphors for selfhood....
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (December 29)
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Ellises (for fiction), McClellands (for essays), or Whitakers (for random picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: December 22
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of December 22 “she said it would be very easy for her to convert someone to Catholicism. ‘It has great appeal,’ she said. ‘Not...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "I love it." This is the Cartoons & Puzzles issue, which I’ve handled various ways in the past; I’ve decided I’ll be covering...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: ⏰ The Weekend Special (December 15)
The Weekend SpecialPieces are given up to three Ellises (for fiction), McClellands (for essays), or Whitakers (for random picks). As with restaurant stars,...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: December 15
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of December 15 “‘To watch life with the eyes of a homosexual is the greatest thing in the world’” Must-Read: “Mind Over Matter”...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "‘End Feudalism’?" Poems: “Of the People for the People but by Me” by Lucie Brock-Broido: Not sure why now this excellent...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (December 15)
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: December 8
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of December 8 “fat biographies that are collections of dropped balls” Must-Read: “Mr. Microcosm” (Books) - Merve Emre says it’s...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "Great." Poems: “Blue Baby” by Mary Jo Salter: Look, this is a lovely tribute to read at a funeral or similar occasion. But...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (December 8)
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: December 1
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of December 1 “‘Every single detainee receives due process. Get a grip.’” This is the year’s last Centenary Issue, and its theme...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement "The carpet pads" Because it’s a long issue, which means more cartoons, I’m sending this one to all subscribers. Remember to...
Last Week's New Yorker Review: 🥐 The Weekend Special (November 31)
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 24
Last Week’s New Yorker, week of November 24 “a raver’s feces, which contains traces of LSD” Must-Read: “The Searchers” (The Current Cinema) - Justin Chang...
The Cartoon & Poem Supplement
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...