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2,033 words, approx. 7 pages 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 soon established itself as a bastion of literacy, wit, and... summary from source:
 The New Yorker Information
3,958 words, approx. 13 pages
 2004 cover with dandy Eustace Tilley, who debuted on the first cover and reappears on anniversary... 
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 The New York Observer The New Yorker at War
1/23/2005: 4,882 words, approx. 16 pagesGeneral Forrest Harding's house in Franklin, Ohio, is preserved as it was before his death in 1970, and it is a museum of disappointment. Musty evening wear fills the closet, a shrunken military tunic hangs from a stand. Hidden away in the drawers can be... summary from source:
The New York Observer A Friend Writes: 'Who Is Running The New Yorker?'
4/10/2005: 318 words, approx. 1 pagesOfficially, there is no such thing as the New Yorker masthead. The New Yorker is so averse to having a masthead that The New Yorker will not even comment about why it chooses not to have a masthead.As a result, the people who make the... summary from source:
The New York Observer How The New Yorker Made Muriel Spark's Reputation
4/17/2006: 1,085 words, approx. 4 pagesIn 1957, when Spark was 39 and unknown, someone at the English publisher Hamish Hamilton sent along to a friend at The New Yorker a startling story that had lately been published (in a magazine called Botteghe Oscure) by an unknown called Muriel Spark. "The... summary from source:
The New York Observer James Wood: \'d4I Won\'d5t Go Soft\'d5 at The New Yorker
8/14/2007: 542 words, approx. 2 pagesJames Wood has had a standing offer to join the staff of The New Yorker for about as long as people have been calling him the best literary critic in the world. Until recently, Mr. Wood did not want to go. He had contributed to...
Literary Criticism
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 Charles S. Holmes
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Holmes was an American critic and educator. In the following excerpt, he discusses James Thurber's early years at the New Yorker.
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Gerald Weales
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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.
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Edward A. Martin
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Martin is an American critic and educator. In the following excerpt, he examines the development of a distinctive brand of humor and satire in the New Yorker.
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