Category: new yorker magazine database

Issue of 2005-04-11
Posted 2005-04-04
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ JOHN PAUL II/ David Remnick on the life of Karol Wojtyla.
INK / BATTLE OF THE TABS/Ben McGrath on the recent flare up between the Post and the Daily News
LOST TREASURES/ DEEP/ Adam Green finds an early diving chamber in storage at Coney Island.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ ALL TOGETHER NOW/ James Surowiecki on Sony and the dangers of going it
alone.
ART AND SCIENCE/ Richard Preston/ Capturing the Unicorn/ Two mathematicians tackle a tapestry.
FICTION/ Mohammed Naseehu Ali/ “Mallam Sile”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ John Cassidy/ Always With Us?/ Jeffrey Sachs’s plan to eradicate world poverty.
ON TELEVISION/ Nancy Franklin/ Living Large/ Kirstie Alley fills the screen in “Fat Actress.”
POP MUSIC/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ Slow Fade/ The afterlife of an indie band.
THE THEATRE/ Hilton Als/ Shades of Black/ Race relations in “This Is How It Goes” and “Julius Caesar.”
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Feelings/ “Sin City” and “A Hole in
My Heart.”
FROM THE ARCHIVE
PROFILES/ Richard Preston/ The Mountains of Pi/ Issue of 1992-03-02/ The Chudnovskys, who were then engaged in an exploration of pi, one of the most mysterious numbers in mathematics.
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Issue of 2005-04-04
Posted 2005-03-28
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ MATTERS OF LIFE/ Hendrik Hertzberg on the Terri Schiavo dilemma.
DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION/ THE JOY OF TRAFFIC/ Nick Paumgarten joins a bumper-to-bumper race into town.
DEPT. OF ENTOMOLOGY/ NIGHT VISITORS/Mark Singer on an outbreak of bedbugs.
MOSCOW POSTCARD/ A NIGHT AT THE OPERA/ Masha Lipman on the latest from the notorious librettist Vladimir Sorokin.
MEDICAL DISPATCH/ Atul Gawande/ Piecework/ How doctors make their money.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Henry Alford/ My Exes: The Set Lists
FICTION/ Donald Antrim/ “Solace”
THE CRITICS
THE THEATRE/ Hilton Als/ Glass Houses/ A delicate reimagining of Tennessee Williams’s classic.BOOKS/ Adam Gopnik/ Dining Out/ The food critic at table.
BOOKS/ Joyce Carol Oates/ Unforgettable/ A new thriller from an unheralded master of suspense.
DANCING/ Joan Acocella/ Class Act/ Matthew Bourne does Harold Pinter.
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ Young Fun/ Basquiat’s best work.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Two Women/ “Look at Me” and “The Upside of Anger.”
FROM THE ARCHIVES
A REPORTER AT LARGE/ Jack Alexander/ A Day with LaGuardia/ A profile of New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia/ Issue of 1937-10-16
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Issue of 2005-03-28
Posted 2005-03-21
THE TALK OF
THE TOWN
COMMENT/
UNTRUSTWORTHY/ Hendrik Hertzberg on the what the Social Security fund
means.
WIND
ON CAPITOL HILL/ SOFTBALL/ Ben McGrath attends the congressional
hearings on steroids in baseball.
THE
BOARDS/ STREETCAR UPDATE/ Lillian Ross on a Tennessee Williams
revival.
IN
YOUR FUTURE/ POPSTROLOGICALLY SPEAKING/ Nick Paumgarten tries out
the newest personality indicators.
THE
FINANCIAL PAGE/ LOCAL ZEROES/ James Surowiecki on the rash of
home-town boys gone bad.
SHOUTS
& MURMURS/ Larry Doyle/ Disengagements
ANNALS
OF COMMUNICATION/ Ken Auletta/ THE NEW PITCH/ Do ads still work?
FICTION/
David Gates/ “A Secret Station”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/
John Updike/ Incommensurability/ A new biography of Kierkegaard.
THE
THEATRE/ John Lahr/ March Madness/ Monty Python takes on Broadway.
BOOKS/
Louis Menand/ Something About Kathy/ Ishiguro’s quasi-science-fiction
novel.
MUSICAL
EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ Kafka Sings / Two new operas: Ruders’s “Kafka’s
Trial,” Adamo’s “Lysistrata.”
THE
CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Ghosts/ “The Ring Two” and “Oldboy.”
FROM THE ARCHIVES
PROFILES/
John McNulty/ The Sizzle/ A profile of the slogan-maker Elmer Wheeler/
Issue of 1938-04-16
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Issue of 2005-03-07
Posted 2004-02-28
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ BELIEVER/ Louis Menand on the life and death of Hunter S. Thompson.
ON TOUR/ DR. JUICE/ Ben McGrath attends a Jose Canseco book signing.
AWARDS SEASON/ THE POLLIES/ Adam Green on a proud night for political consultants.
GIZMOS/ TWO PENS/ Tad Friend on recent advances in ink dispensation.
SUMATRA POSTCARD/ OUR MAN IN MEDAN/ Dan Baum meets an American diplomat in post-tsunami Sumatra.
THE POLITICAL SCENE/ Jeffrey Toobin/ Blowing Up the Senate/ Extreme tactics in the fight to confirm judges.
FICTION/ Umberto Eco/ “The Gorge”
THE BACK PAGE/ Paul Rudnick/ “Further Proof That Lincoln Was Gay”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Adam Gopnik/ Voltaire’s Garden/ The philosopher as a campaigner for human rights.
ON TELEVISION/ Nancy Franklin/ Vision Quest/ The mind of the married medium.
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ Drawing Lines/ Cy Twombly at the Whitney.
POP MUSIC/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ Ring My Bell/ The expensive pleasures of the ringtone.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Devilment/ “Be Cool,” “Constantine.”
FROM THE ARCHIVE
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON/ Richard H. Rovere/ January 8, 1959/ A description of the political maneuverings surrounding a filibuster against civil-rights legislation./ Issue of 1959-01-17
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“There’s a certain enjoyment in facing death, periodically.”
– actor Robert Blake discussing–no, but good guess–discussing his appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, as quoted in a 1978 New Yorker profile by Kenneth Turan. [Day-um. Turan kept a Carson Watching Journal in 1976 that uses words–in his JOURNAL–like ‘exordium’? It’s like College Bowl meets Television Without Pity.]
Bonus celebrity murderer mention: O.J. Simpson

Issue of 2005-01-24
Posted 2005-01-17
NOTE: This week the Magazine published all its major pieces online for, I believe, the first time.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ UNSOCIAL INSECURITY/ Hendrik Hertzberg on the Bush Administration’s plans for retirement.
IN THE AIR/ DO-GOODER/ Dan Baum meets a Red Cross volunteer with a bag full of cash.
DEPT. OF EDUCATION/ SAFE JOURNEY/ Ben McGrath on sending a school hall monitor off to war.
POSTCARD FROM THAILAND/ SEA GYPSIES/ Eliza Griswold on the plight of the diminutive, indigenous Moken.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ DON’T DO THE MATH/ James Surowiecki on weighing costs and benefits in medicine and business.
ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY/ Seymour M. Hersh/ The Coming Wars/ The Pentagon has new powers.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Andy Borowitz/ Real-Estate Note
NEW YORK JOURNAL/ Rebecca Mead/ Funny Boys/ How to get rich off dumb jokes.
PROFILES/ Jon Lee Anderson/ A Man of the Shadows/ Iyad Allawi’s past and Iraq’s future.
LETTER FROM EUROPE/ Jane Kramer/ Blood Sport/ What’s really at issue in the foxhunt debate?
FICTION/ Thomas McGuane/ “Ice”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Jim Holt/ Measure for Measure/ The strange science of Francis Galton.
BOOKS/ John Updike/ Subconscious Tunnels/ Haruki Murakami’s dreamlike new novel.
THE THEATRE/ Hilton Als/ Mad Women/ “K.I. from ‘Crime'” and “Belize.”
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ That Eighties Show/ Revisiting the East Village.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ The Contender/ Ben Stiller onscreen.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
LETTER FROM TEHRAN/ SHADOW LAND/ JOE KLEIN/ Who’s winning the fight for Iran’s future?/ Issue of 2002-02-18 & 25
Q&A/ All That Nature Cares About/ Author Thomas McGuane discusses his work and the world of fiction writing today with the magazine’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman./ Issue of 2003-01-13
PROFILES/ Kenneth Tynan/ Fifteen Years of the Salto Mortale/ A profile of Johnny Carson which was not, despite what the page says, “Posted 2005-01-24″/ Issue of 1978-02-20

Issue of 2005-01-17
Posted 2004-01-10
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ FLOOD TIDE/ Hendrik Hertzberg on the response to the tsunami.
COLD CASE DEPT./ VISITING PREACHER KILLEN/ Jeffrey Goldberg remembers a trip to Philadelphia, Mississippi.
AFTER THE FLOOD/ THE THIRD “R”/ Akash Kapur on what follows rescue and relief.
WRONG NUMBER DEPT./ NOT DIRTY/ Michael Agger meets a man stuck with a rapper’s real name.
DEPT. OF INQUIRY/ STUMPED NEW YORK/ Rebecca Mead on the librarians at the New-York Historical Society.
ANNALS OF WAR/ Dan Baum/ Battle Lessons/ Officers learn what the Army couldn’t teach.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Billy Frolick/ 1992 House
FICTION/ Lorrie Moore/ “The Juniper Tree”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Adam Gopnik/ Renaissance Man/ The life of Leonardo.
BOOKS/ Hilton Als/ I, Me, Mine/ A new biography of Christopher Isherwood.
POP MUSIC/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ When I’m Sixty-Four
Aging rockers onstage.
ON TELEVISION/ Nancy Franklin/ Women Gone Wild/ “Desperate Housewives.”
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Go Fish/ “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.”
FROM THE ARCHIVE
THE TALK OF THE TOWN/ THE PICTURES/ Lillian Ross/ A visit to the set of Wes Anderson’s “The Royal Tenenbaums/ Issue of 2001-05-21

Issue of 2004-12-20 and 27
Posted 2004-12-13
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ INVASION VS. PERSUASION/ George Packer on the making of democracy in Iraq and Ukraine.
THE DIPLOMATS/ JUST WHISTLE/ Ben McGrath on a scandalous peacekeeping memoir.
LAB NOTEBOOK/ MEET THE BEATLES, AGAIN/ Nancy Franklin tests the physiological effects of acute Beatlemania.
THE BENCH/ HIGH TEA/ Jeffrey Toobin on the legal plight of a religious beverage.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ PUSH AND PULL/ James Surowiecki on how the market is shaping drug research.
FICTION/ Ian McEwan/ “The Diagnosis”
LIFE AND LETTERS/ Robert Lowell/ Dear Elizabeth/ One poet writes to another.
FICTION/ Edward P. Jones/ “Adam Robinson”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ by Peter Schjeldahl/ The Painting Life/ Looking again at Willem de Kooning.
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Dave Eggers/ Sixteen Tons of Fun/ Eric Idle brings the Holy Grail to Broadway.
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ Troubled Waters/ August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean.”
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ High Rollers/ “The Aviator,” “Million Dollar Baby,” “Hotel Rwanda.”
FROM THE ARCHIVE
ANNALS OF LITERATURE/ Elizabeth Bishop/ The Art of Losing/ A set of correspondence from the poet/ Issue of 1994-03-28
FICTION/ William Maxwell/ “Homecoming”/ Issue of 1938-01-01
PERSONAL HISTORY/ John Updike/ Christmas Cards, an essay/ Issue of 1997-12-22
FICTION/ James Thurber/ A Visit from Saint Nicholas (In the Ernest Hemingway Manner)/ Issue of 1927-12-24

Issue of 2004-11-29
Posted 2004-11-22
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ MORE WAR/ Philip Gourevitch on seeking true victory in Falluja.
DEPT. OF SCHOOL SPIRIT/ FARM TEAM/ Ben McGrath on the eager Democrats of the New York City Council.
EXCAVATION DEPT./ FOUND/ Peter Hessler traces rare bronze artifacts back to China.
CONTRABAND/ PSST! GOT MILK?/ Frederick Kaufman meets a coven of black-market dairy consumers.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ WHY GOLD?/ James Surowiecki on the shared fantasy of a precious metal.
PERSONAL HISTORY/ Jonathan Franzen/ The Comfort Zone/ At home with Charlie Brown.
REFLECTIONS/ David Sedaris/ Old Faithful/ Tests for a lover.
FICTION/ Roddy Doyle/ “The Joke”
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Robert Gottleib/ The Hitmaker/ Or, The Man Who Came to Broadway.
BOOKS/ Elizabeth Kolbert/ Why Work?/ A hundred years of “The Protestant Ethic.”
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ Shadowboxing/ Rage takes the stage.
MUSICAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ Maestro North/ A new era at the Boston Symphony.
ON TELEVISION/ Nancy Franklin/ Playing Doctor/ “Huff” and “House.”
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Sex Appeal/ Alfred C. Kinsey reconsidered.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
CARTOONS/ The First Decade: 1925-1934/ A selection from the recently published The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker.

Issue of 2004-11-01
Posted 2004-10-25
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ THE CHOICE/ The Editors on the coming election. [They used the first 3,856 words lay out Bush’s incompetence, failings, deceptions, and dangers, and 677 words to endorse Kerry as a strong, principled corrective and source of hope.]
A REPORTER AT LARGE/ Peter J. Boyer/ The Believer/ Paul Wolfowitz defends the war.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Paul Simms/ Making a Difference
FICTION/ Lara Vapnyar/ “Memoirs of a Muse”
PORTFOLIO/ Democracy 2004/ Photographic portraits of Americans by Richard Avedon.
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ John Updike/ The Great I Am/ Robert Alter’s new translation of the Pentateuch.
POP MUSIC/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ 1979
The year punk died, and was reborn.
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ Memento Mori/ The Aztecs at the Guggenheim.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Aftermaths/ “Enduring Love,” “Hearts and Minds.”
FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL/ PROFILES/ Winthrop Sargeant/ A Woman Entering a Taxi in the Rain/ A profile of Richard Avedon’s early work as a fashion photographer/ Issue of 1958-11-08
PORTFOLIO/ A collection of Avedon’s portrait photography from his years at the magazine.

Issue of 2004-09-13
Posted 2004-09-06
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ IN MODERATION/ Hendrik Hertzberg compares the face of the Republican Party to its platform.
DEPT. OF DISCOURSE/ CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE/ Ben McGrath roams the Republican Convention.
GIVERS/ MONEY HONEYS/ Lillian Ross rubs elbows with the rhinestone Republicans.
ON THE AIR/ YOUNG AMERICANS/ Dana Goodyear on a group of preteen pundits.
CAMPAIGN JOURNAL/ Philip Gourevitch/ Bushspeak/ How the President works the crowds.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Paul Rudnick/ Running Mates
PROFILES/ David Remnick/ The Wilderness Campaign/ Al Gore, four years later.
FICTION/ Marilynne Robinson/ “Kansas”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Thomas Mallon/ Golden Boy/ The life and letters of Truman Capote.
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Adam Gopnik/ Will Power/ Why Shakespeare remains the necessary poet.
THE SKY LINE/ Paul Goldberger/ Homes of the Stars/ A high-profile suburb for the Hamptons.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Journeys
Vincent Gallo’s new movie, and an F. W. Murnau retrospective.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS/ Truman Capote/ A Ride Through Spain/ Capote’s first piece for the magazine/ Issue of 1950-09-02
ONLINE ONLY/ An interview with Paul Goldberger.
ONLINE ONLY: Q & A/ A Writer’s Time/ Marilynne Robinson discusses her first piece of fiction in two decades.

Issue of 2004-09-06
Posted 2004-08-30
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ UNDER FIRE/ Hendrik Hertzberg on Republican attacks.
THE BIG SHOW/ SCOOPS/ Ben McGrath on the tricks of the news cycle.
DEPT. OF IMPERSONATION/ REPORTING FOR DUTY/ Tad Friend meets a copycat Kerry.
ON THE MOUND/ BITTERNESS/ Michael Shapiro on the curveball career of Jae Weong Seo.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ COME ONE, COME ALL/ James Surowiecki on how cities sell themselves to conventions.
TASTE TECHNOLOGIES/ Malcolm Gladwell/ The Ketchup Conundrum/Mustard now comes in dozens of varieties. Why has ketchup stayed the same? /[read a draft at Gladwell.com]
THE POLITICAL SCENE/ John Cassidy/ Tax Code/ The President gives hints of a radical agenda.

LETTER FROM SOUTH AFRICA/ Calvin Trillin/ Dissed Fish/ Confessions of a snoek lover.
FICTION/ Yoko Ogawa/ “The Cafeteria in the Evening and a Pool in the Rain”
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Adam Gopnik/ Through a Glass Darkly/ What do we talk about when we talk about wine?
MUSICAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ Unauthorized/ The final betrayal of Dmitri Shostakovich.
ON TELEVISION/ Nancy Franklin/ City of Glutes/ An Olympic homecoming.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Power Plays/ “Vanity Fair” and “Hero.”
FROM THE ARCHIVE
U.S. JOURNAL: BREAUX BRIDGE, LOUISIANA/ Calvin Trillin/ Eating Crawfish/ Issue of 1972-05-20
U.S. JOURNAL: KENTUCKY/ Calvin Trillin/ Stalking the Barbecued Mutton/ Issue of 1977-02-07

Issue of 2004-08-09
Posted 2004-08-02
The Talk of The Town
COMMENT/ CONVENTIONAL WARFARE/ David Remnick on John Kerry’s acceptance speech.
CONVENTION DIARY/ COMERS/ Ben McGrath on the moving and shaking at the Democratic National Convention.
THE WAYWARD PRESS/ BOSTON TERRIER/ John Cassidy at the conservative Boston Herald.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/CASH KILLS/ James Surowiecki on the dangers of corporate savings.
DEPARTMENT OF ENTERTAINMENT/ Adam Green/ Standup for the Lord/ The career of a Christian comedian.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Andy Borowitz/ New Year’s Resolutions, Seven Months Later
ANNALS OF WAR/ Dan Baum/ Two Soldiers/ The last journey home
FICTION/ George Saunders/ “Adams”
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Louis Menand/ Nanook and Me/ “Fahrenheit 9/11” and the documentary tradition.
THE THEATRE/ Hilton Als/ Talkers and Togas/ Revivals by Arthur Miller and Nathan Lane.
POP MUSIC/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ Mother Tongue/ The Streets and Dizzee Rascal break free of American hip-hop.
MUSICAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ Nausea/ A new “Parsifal” at Bayreuth.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Thrilled to Death/ “Collateral,” “The Bourne Supremacy,” and “The Manchurian Candidate.”
FROM THE ARCHIVE
ANNALS OF COMEDY/ John Lahr/ The Goat Boy Rises/ Profile of comedian Bill Hicks, who, along with Jesus, Brad Stine cites as an influence?/ Issue of 1993-11-01
A CRITIC AT LARGE/BRAINWASHED/ Louis Menand/ Where the “Manchurian Candidate” came from./ Issue of 2003-09-15
PROFILES/ Calvin Tomkins/ Good Cooking/ A profile of Julia Child/ Issue of 1976-12-23

Issue of 2004-07-12 and 19
Posted 2004-07-05
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ BLOWING BUBBLES/ John Cassidy on the dubious longevity of Alan Greenspan.
DEPT. OF RABBLE-ROUSING/ THE CHICAGO PRECEDENT/ Ben McGrath on Pat Buchanan’s convention memories– and plans.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ PAYING TO PLAY/ James Surowiecki on the new payola.
IN THE BELTWAY/ THE VICE-PRESIDENT’S DOCTOR/ Jane Mayer on what happened to Dr. Gary Malakoff.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Patricia Marx/ Chain Letter
LETTER FROM CAIRO/ David Remnick/ Going Nowhere/ The problem with democracy in Egypt.
FICTION/ Judy Budnitz/ “Miracle”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ David Greenberg/ Fathers and Sons/ George W. Bush and his forebears.
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ John Lahr/ King Cole/ The not so merry soul of Cole Porter.
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ All-American/ Childe Hassam at the Met.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony “Mmm, what I’d do with four mechanical arms” Lane/ Swing Easy/ “Spider-Man 2” and “The Clearing.”
FROM THE ARCHIVE
PROFILES/ Margaret Case Harriman/ Words and Music/ Cole Porter, soon after he suffered a debilitating horse-riding accident, talks of, among other things tailoring songs for performers like Bert (son of John) Lahr./ Issue of 1940-11-23
PROFILES/ Truman Capote/ The Duke in His Domain/ In Rick Lyman’s NYT obit for Marlon Brando, this piece is called “a patronizing portrait of a somewhat dim prima donna.”/ Issue of 1957 sometime (don’t they know?)