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 The New Yorker Still Has Much To Offer June 6, 2004
Peter Kenney (Birmingham, Alabama, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Most people agree that THE NEW YORKER is not quite what it used to be in the days when the work of Nabokov, Cheever, Salinger, Baldwin, Lowell and other literary giants frequently adorned its pages. The magazine, however, still does have "Goings On About Town" and "The Talk Of The Town" as well as fiction, a comic strip, articles, poems and insightful criticism of books, art, music, theatre and movies. Although it may lack some of the luster of its legendary past, THE NEW YORKER continues to have much to offer and the quality of its writing remains excellent.
 Nostalgic reasons October 19, 2005
L. Prendville (Long Island, New York USA (soon to be Houston))
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
The New Yorker has made it's way to our kitchen table since I was tall enough to see over the edge of the table. My Mom was an avid reader and now I buy the magazine, cause she would have wanted it that way.
I like it for the cartoons and I'm absolutely naive when it comes to politics, so I need this magazine to get some idea of what is going on.
With all the Blogging and other nonsense, I feel secure that the New Yorker does diligent fact checking before it prints something, so I rely on it where I won't rely on news printed on the internet.
Regards, Lara
Join good writing and Reading November 1, 2005
Maritsa Darmandzhyan (Tujunga, CA)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
There are many reasons to love this great magazine and a few reasons not to. One of the reasons not to is there many ads, but if you want to read what great writers write you have to make reading The New Yorker on your top 10 list.
you don't have to be a New Yorker to love it, but it helps October 12, 2006
Y. Schlussel (East Brunswick, NJ)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was introduced to the New Yorker when I first arrived at grad school--and have been an avid fan ever since. You don't have to live in NY to love this magazine! Its articles, stories, cartoons, poems and commentary never fail to turn a cup of tea on an afternoon break into something more--like being invited to engage with the clever minds of our day. If you are no longer in school, staying well informed in this way is priceless. There are insights here that appeal to our need to be reading something with style so thoroughly that they make you wish your busier friends had enough time to discuss some of the controversial or witty contents with you. The cutting edge reporting is unparallelled in "literary" magazines of this sort. I will never forget the provocative articles on low energy radiation and cancer that caused such a stir in the late 80's, when people began exposing themselves to computers on a regular basis. The New Yorker is a gem. Picking up a copy is like fine dining in an era of junk food. Treasure it.
Bias abounds, yet a good read March 5, 2007
J. Foster (Wisconsin)
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
As another reviewer recently said, the bias is indeed laughable...unless I suppose you share the viewpoints of the very liberal editors. Reading the front matter of the current issue, which contains short snippets of current affairs editorials and such, I was easily able to refute every point the author was trying to make. It is the same hyper-liberal sludge that is so far to the left that is easily passes for a joke.
Otherwise, despite the bias that may permeate the magazine, the main articles are lengthy, very well written, often unique and interesting, and intellectually satisfying.
While some viewpoints are amusingly bias to the sensible reader, the rest passes for excellent journalism.
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