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 ...
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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...
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Shown joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1933 as a reporter for the magazine's "Talk of the Town" section and succeeded Harold Ross as editor of the magazine in 1952. In the fo...
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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.
Joining The New Yorker in March of 1927 was the turning point i...
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Hausdorff is an American critic and educator. In the following excerpt, he analyzes the editorial tone of the New Yorker as revealed by its contributors' treatment of political and economic sub...
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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.
In imitation of...
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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.
Developing the energy of American English...
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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...
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An American essayist and critic, Macdonald was a noted proponent of various radical causes from the mid-1930s until his death in 1982. In the following excerpt, he criticizes the attitudes and editori...
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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...
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An American critic, Kramer is best known for his books and essays on modern art. In the following review of James Thurber's The Years with Ross, Kramer characterizes the work published in the N...
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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...
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Donaldson is an American critic and educator who has written several studies of twentieth-century American literary figures, including Ernest Hemingway and John Cheever. In the following excerpt from ...
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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...
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Angell is an American author who has written several books about baseball and was the fiction editor of the New Yorker from 1956 to 1994. In the following essay, he reflects on the criteria for accept...
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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...
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Inge is an American critic and educator who has described himself as "a literary and cultural historian with strong interests in editing, bibliography, and criticism," as well as "...
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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...
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An American editor, Shawn joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1933 as a reporter for the magazine's "Talk of the Town" section. In 1952 he succeeded Harold Ross as editor of the...
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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...
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In the following essay, Utne reports on changes in the New Yorker under the editorship of Tina Brown.
From the founding of the New Yorker, its editor, Harold Ross, insisted on an editorial department ...
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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 ...
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In the following excerpt, Maloney discusses "legends" concerning various personalities and practices associated with the New Yorker.
This article is the work of a man who spent just unde...
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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 ...
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Peterson is an American educator and critic who has written numerous works on magazines and journalism. In the following excerpt, he traces the growth of the New Yorker from its origin through 1964.
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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.
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In the following excerpt, the critic offers observations on the more liberal social and political attitudes reflected by the New Yorker during the volatile era of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In mo...
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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...
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