The New Yorker Summary

The New Yorker The first issue of the New Yorker magazine arrived on newsstands in February of 1925. The brainchild of an unlikely genius named Harold Ross, the periodical weathered a rocky start but ... Read more

An American author, Hamburger worked as a staff writer for the New Yorker beginning in 1939. In the following essay, he reminisces about various figures and editorial characteristics associated with t... Read more

Holmes was an American critic and educator. In the following excerpt, he discusses James Thurber's early years at the New Yorker. Joining The New Yorker in March of 1927 was the turning point i... Read more

Weales is an American novelist, critic, and educator. In the following excerpt, he provides an overview of the humorous writings that appeared during the early years of the New Yorker. In imitation of... Read more

Whyte is an American author who wrote several studies of American business, including The Organization Man (1956). In the following excerpt, he provides a satirical study of the prose style employed b... Read more

An American journalist, Harrigan has had a distinguished career as a foreign correspondent covering assignments in Vietnam, Cuba, South Africa, and other countries. In the following essay, he offers a... Read more

An American author, Brookhiser has written several books on American politics and was a speech writer for George Bush. From 1979 to 1987 he worked as a senior editor and later managing editor of the N... Read more

Trilling was one of the twentieth century's most significant and influential American literary and social critics, and he is often called the single most important American critic to apply Freu... Read more

An American educator and journalist, Drewry wrote on communications and American media. In the following excerpt, he surveys New Yorker profiles of famous journalists, including cartoonists, press age... Read more

Woodcock is a Canadian educator, editor, and critic best known for his biographies of George Orwell and Thomas Merton. He also founded Canada's most important literary journal, Canadian Literat... Read more

An American journalist, Diamond has worked as an editor for several prominent American publications, including New York magazine and Esquire. He has also written several book-length studies of America... Read more

In the following review of James Thurber's The Years with Ross, Salmon reflects on what he considers the "golden age" of the New Yorker. An over-zealous younger editor of The New ... Read more

As a longtime literary critic for the New Yorker, Hyman rose to a prominent position in American literature during the middle decades of the twentieth century. He is noted for his belief that much of ... Read more

In the following excerpt, the critic notes changes in the editorial stance and subject matter of the New Yorker as a possible reaction to the social and political upheavals of the late 1960s. "... Read more

In the following excerpt, Rutledge and Bart examine reasons for the financial success of the New Yorker. A. J. Russell, The New Yorker Magazine's urbane, well-tailored advertising director, sti... Read more