The New Yorker

The Lost Mariner: The self-confidence that kept Columbus going was his undoing.

October 16, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article writtenb by  Elizabeth Kolbert for The New Yorker, published in the XXX issue. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * *…

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Inventing “60 Minutes”: How Don Hewitt’s new kind of news show ushered in the infotainment age. E. J. Kahn, The New Yorker, Saul Steinberg

October 2, 2023

Here is an excerpt from a “classic” article, written by E. J. Kahn, and published by The New Yorker (July 12, 1982). To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * *…

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The Lion and Me

September 3, 2023

Here is brief excerpt from a “classic” article by  John Lahr that was published by The New Yorker in its November 8, 1998, issue. To read the complete article, check 0ut others, abd obtasin subscription information, please click here. *…

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In the Bird Cage: Finding out what funny is

August 10, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a “classic ” article, written by Steve Martin and featured in The New Yorker (October 22, 2007).  To read the complete  article, check out others, and obtain information about subscription rates, please click here.…

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In Cold Blood—I:  An unspeakable crime in the heartland

July 18, 2023

Here’s an update from The New Yorker that may be of special interest to you. It introduces a “classic” article written by Truman Capote and published by The New Yorker (September 17, 1965). Click here * * * An illustration…

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What Was Nate Silver’s Data Revolution?

June 26, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jay Caspian Kang for The New Yorker (June 13, 2023). To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Pierre Buttin * * * Silver,…

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The Lion and Me

June 20, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a “classic” article by John Lahr, for The New Yorker (November 8, 1998). To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Getty Images  * * *…

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Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight

June 8, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a “classic” article by Judith Thurman for The New Yorker (September 14, 2009 Issue). To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The aviation…

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Tom Hanks on the Rewards and “Vicious Reality” of Making Movies

June 3, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Tom Hanks by David Remnick for The New Yorker. To read the complete interview, check out other articles, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Lloyd Bishop / NBC /…

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The Squid Hunter

May 8, 2023

Here is another “classic” New Yorker article written by David Grann and published on May 16, 2004. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about subscription rates, please click here. * * * Can Steve O’Shea…

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