#the-new-yorker

#the-new-yorker

Daniyal Mueenuddin joins Deborah Treisman to discuss 'Two Pilgrims,' by Peter Taylor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1963.

Assembling a magazine can feel like navigating a labyrinth-especially in the Daedalian offices of The New Yorker, where one wrong turn can lead to publishing peril.

Acocella's essay deals with the improbable five-year affair between the Left Bank philosopher Simone de Beauvoir and the tough-guy Chicago writer Nelson Algren-its title comes from their pet names for each other-and was occasioned by the posthumous publication of Beauvoir's love letters. Acocella begins with a block quote from one of the letters, a rarely attempted flex that may be the critic's equivalent of opening a song with the bridge.

In the aughts, after growing disenchanted with his dream of becoming a Disney animator, he decided cartooning would be his lot in life. When he learned, in the wake of the Great Recession, that The New Yorker was the primary outlet still publishing cartoons, cracking the code of America's idiosyncratic intellectual stand-by became his mission. Until that point, The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, Ren & Stimpy, and South Park had been his guiding lights ("all those '90s dudes").

The moment I saw the piece by Whitaker featuring me as a child, I developed a lifelong affection for The New Yorker.

Yiyun Li discusses the depth and intricacies found in William Trevor's short story "The Piano Tuner's Wives," revealing its emotional resonance and layered themes, inviting readers to explore shared human experiences.