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The New Yorker's blend of reporting, commentary, criticism, fiction, and cartoons has garnered 36 National Magazine Awards - more than any other publication. Get the latest issue or subscribe!
New York City is not only The New Yorker magazine's place of origin and its sensibility's life blood, it is the heart of American literary culture. Wonderful Town, an anthology of superb short fiction by many of the magazine's most accomplished contributors, celebrates the 75-year marriage between a preeminent publication and its preeminent context with this collection of 20 of its best stories from (so to speak) home.
"Wedding Bells", by Margaret Talbot; "Money Unlimited", by Jeffrey Toobin; "Finish Line", by Xan Rice; and "Chills and Thrills", by Anthony Lane.
"China’s Crisis", by Evan Osnos; "Raw Deal", by Dana Goodyear; "Get Rich U.", by Ken Auletta; "Unreconciled", by Philip Gourevitch; and "Funny and Funnier", by David Denby.
"Six More Months", by George Packer; "Afterlife", by Christopher Heaney; "Invisible Hand, Greased Palm", by James Surowiecki; "Here’s Looking at You", by Nick Paumgarten; "The Climate Fixers", by Michael Specter; and "Double Lives", by Anthony Lane.
"A Lot of Gas", by Elizabeth Kolbert; "The Trade", by Ben McGrath; "Mayor Presumptive", by Rebecca Mead; "Mail Supremacy", by Lauren Collins; "Dentists Without Borders", by David Sedaris; and "Kids at Risk", by David Denby.
Charles Burns contributes covers and illustrations to The New Yorker. He first gained prominence for his work in Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly's Raw magazine in the 1980s, and has since worked on projects ranging from an Iggy Pop album cover to a recent ad campaign for Altoids. His graphic novel Black Hole is out in October.
"Vive la France", by Adam Gopnik; "Picks", by Reeves Wiedeman; "Machine Politics", by David Kushner; "A Ring of One’s Own", by Ariel Levy; "Invitation to a Beheading", by James Wood; and "Going the Distance", by David Denby.
"Satanic Reverses", by Hendrik Hertzberg; "A New Max", by Reeves Wiedeman; "Linjustice", by James Surowiecki; "Magic Mountain", by Nick Paumgarten; "Kin and Kind", by Jonah Lehrer; and "Born Free", by David Denby.
The New Yorker: A Fiction Trio features short stories by three masters of the form: "Path Light" by Tom Drury: A carelessly tossed bottle nearly misses a man and his dog and begins a quest to find out who threw it; "Coping Stones" by Ann Beattie: A neighbor's secrets unsettle a small Maine town; "The View from Castle Rock" by Alice Munro: A family emigrates from Scotland to Canada in 1818 with visions of their lives in the new world.
"Girls Will be Girls", by Margaret Talbot; "Crystal Ball", by Lizzie Widdicombe; "Club Med", by James Surowiecki; "Unsinkable", by Daniel Mendelsohn; "The British Invasion", by Lauren Collins; "The Disconnect", by Nathan Heller; and "Learning on the Job", by David Denby.
Certainly, all the writing in The New Yorker is memorable, and this collection is no exception. The authors include such best sellers as Malcolm Gladwell, Seymour Hersh, and Jonathan Franzen - and the subjects range from the lives of short-order cooks to the secrets of college admissions.
"Bad Choices", by Hendrik Hertzberg; "Getting In", by Ian Parker; "Testing, Testing", by Atul Gawande; "The Celebrity Defense", by Jeffrey Toobin; and "Love Hurts", by David Denby.
Andy Borowitz's books include Who Moved My Soap?: The CEO's Guide to Surviving in Prison, The Trillionaire Next Door: The Greedy Investor's Guide to Day Trading, Governor Arnold: A Photodiary of His First 100 Days in Office, and The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers. His Web site, Borowitzreport.com, has won five About.com Political Dot-Comedy Awards. He has been contributing humor pieces to The New Yorker since 1998.
"A Man, A Plan", by David Remnick; "Two Bejars", by Kelefa Sanneh; "Scrimmage", by James Surowiecki; "The Prince's Gambit", by D. T. Max; "Back to the Harbor", by Ian Frazier; "Cops and Cons", by Nancy Franklin; and "Out There", by Anthony Lane.
Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1996. He is the author of The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference and Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, which was published this year. Both books grew out of articles that first appeared in the magazine. Mr. Gladwell will discuss other works in progress as well.
"Heavy Burden", by Jeffrey Toobin; "Call That a Budget?", by James Surowiecki; "Gusher", by Steve Coll; "The God of Gamblers", by Evan Osnos; and "Have Mercy", by Anthony Lane.
Learn Mitt Romney's strategies for success - and who his inner consultant is - in this special presidential-candidate profile from the pages of The New Yorker. This article originally appeared in the magazine's October 29, 2007, issue.
"Burning Love", by Elizabeth Kolbert; "Sound of Silence", by Tad Friend; "An Avoidable Crisis", by James Surowiecki; "All the Angry People", by George Packer; "The Materialist", by Calvin Tomkins; "Hot and Bothered", by Anthony Lane.
