The New Yorker (1-year)

Ever since Ms. Brown took over the reins (and has since left) the writing has tightened up, fewer words, more meaning. Turns out past authors were paid by the number of words printed, so for a highly expensive well researched article, editors and authors would slyly conspire to pay the author by letting them ramble on. To the detriment of the reader. Now that system seems to be by the wayside as the duplicate paragraphs are gone and yet the quality of the research is still great.

If you don't subscribe to the Sunday NYTimes, get this. Or drop the sunday edition and get just the daily, and subscribe to this. The writing is better, the subject matter wider. Great value in $/per page worth reading.


One true indulgence   April 14, 2002
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

The New Yorker belongs in the same category as the "little black dress," and oxygen: classic, sophistocated, and absolutely essential!

So many magazines go out of their way to gloss everything over; introspection loses out to shock value. News and "serious" magazines are not always immune. But to me, the New Yorker is. I know I am going to find something to make me laugh, something to make me think, and I will be that much better for it.

The variety in content is unbelievable. Last summer(approx.) they had a fascinating article about the voting system in Mongolia. I think in the same issue there was a man who found out his uncle was a famous gangster, and interviewed him in prison. A more recent issue(possibly last week's) had an article on teenagers in modern Japan. The issue I'm reading at the moment features Peter Bogdanovich and water problems in South America (still in the middle of that piece). To top it all off, there's always some excellent fiction I save for last.

The famous cartoons, of course, speak for themselves.


My Favorite Greatest Magazine   August 9, 2004
M. Sullivan (Portland, ME USA)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful

I would subscribe for the chance to see a Roz Chast cartoon each week alone, never mind Richard Avedon's photographs and the brilliant film reviews by Antony Lane and David Denby. Oh yeah, there's always a good piece of fiction and maybe a poem or two. This magazine is like a delicious 10 course meal for you brain. Feed it!


Bread and Butter   October 12, 2006
Jennifer A. Marca (DC)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

The new yorker was love at first site for me - I saw it on a friend's coffee table and I was drawn in intially by the photography and the intelligence of the writing. People always refer to the "Tina Brown ERA" as if it was a total disaster...but I disagree...perhaps because it coincided with my mid to late 20's, shortly after I first started subscribing to the magazine, when I needed culture as much as I needed knowlege. I thought TB added some sparkle to the nerdy publication - I loved the photo essays, and the women's profiles - I remember reading about Elizabeth Dole and Hilary Clinton, etc. Tina Brown got me hooked. David Remnick kept me going on a more nutritious and wordy diet. I do read it every week - skim, remove cards, read comics, check out the articles, go back to read the ones that are interesting. I have no idea why people would feel that they have to live in NYC to benefit.


Escape....   October 30, 2006
Angela (from the beach)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I live in a small town full of rednecks-- this magazine helps me escape.