I knew the Brooks article would settle the argument.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 January 2011 18:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
I had trouble just imagining people named Harold and Erica being the same age.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Friday, 14 January 2011 18:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
that article was not about people it was abt the Composure Class (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Empty Factoids)
― Lamp, Friday, 14 January 2011 18:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
omg that brooks article guys
― horseshoe, Friday, 14 January 2011 22:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
unacceptable
i saw the name and sort of hoped it was a different david brooks and after about two sentences i was like DX
― max, Friday, 14 January 2011 23:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Page 1 of 6?
forget it
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 January 2011 23:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Reading Jon Lee Anderson's recent article about Sri Lanka. I'm so curious what his personality is like, as far as how he behaves in a room with dictators and drug lords and everyone else he commiserates with as a reporter. (His article on Rio gangs from last year is terrific, too.)
― like launch the globs and strands (Eazy), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 17:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm sure he tries really hard not to say anything offensive.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 17:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
JL Anderson is great.
― Le mépris vient de la tête, la haine vient du cœur (Michael White), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 17:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
That's the thing -- I'm just really curious about what his manners and body language are like when he's sitting with legitimately paranoid, genuine killers.
― like launch the globs and strands (Eazy), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 17:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
(His article on Rio gangs from last year is terrific, too.)
loved this^^. favorite thing I read last year aside from maybe the Sibera travelogue (or was that 09?)
― gr8080, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 19:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
International subscriber so always about a week behind. That Brooks piece was such a bore, and added up to nothing as far as I could tell. Seemed like the editors took the day off when that made it onto the page.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 20:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
I would like to add my ire about the piece of shit that was that Brooks thing.
― quincie, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 20:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
All the action's over on the Brooks thread, it seems. Cloudberry!
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 20:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
New Yorker evidently messed up the John Lurie article. Have a look at the blog:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/08/video-john-lurie-the-drawing-show.html
― katharine, Thursday, 20 January 2011 02:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
Well, clearly Lurie's close friends and supporters didn't like it!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 January 2011 02:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
I got one par into the David Brooks article before I flipped to the Sri Lanka one.
Anyway, Jill Lepore on constitutional "originalism" is must-read: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2011/01/17/110117crat_atlarge_lepore
― Fairport Dinkum Convention (Leee), Saturday, 22 January 2011 19:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
just got her book, whites of their eyes.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 23 January 2011 05:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
Dan, have you read the Lepore book yet? What do you think?
Another great one:http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/01/24/110124fa_fact_gawande
I've only read three of Atul Gawande's pieces, but they are all so uniformly excellent. Does he ever write anything not worth reading?
― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Saturday, 29 January 2011 21:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Haven't read it. Have a backlog of books I'll never read from the holidays.
The Gawande articles are getting so much attention. This last one is getting picked up on all the political/progressive blogs as well general interest blogs.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 30 January 2011 00:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah atul's stuff is regularly great
― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 30 January 2011 21:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
if you are a(n american) sports fan, it's def worth reading ben mcgrath on concussions in football
― mookieproof, Sunday, 30 January 2011 22:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
gawande article on health care is so good, so inspiring in content and as journalism. wow
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 31 January 2011 03:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Definitely, that Gawande article was fantastic. I'm playing catch up on the last few issues and just read that one last night.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 31 January 2011 03:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
btw http://gawande.com/
― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 January 2011 03:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
he is awesome
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 31 January 2011 03:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
if you are a(n american) sports fan, it's def worth reading ben mcgrath on concussions in football― mookieproof, Sunday, January 30, 2011 12:21 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
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this one from 2009 is a great read too: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell
― gr8080, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
finally got my copy of the Jan 10 issue (i run about 3 weeks behind cover dates, being in the middle of the ocean and all. i'll see them on the news stand before my mailbox)
the freud in china thing was awesome but the story about banana scientists and the story about the sadaam statue were even better. gr8 issue
― gr8080, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
i always run about a month and a half late on the mag.
― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
I used to be great at keeping totally up to date, but lately I've been reading a bunch of random books I got over the holidays so I'm losing my place.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh i'm basically a year behind on reading.
i just mean when they actually arrive in my mailbox.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
is the new yorker better than the NYRB or LRB?
― smanghetti bollocknaked (cozen), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
woof!
US: 1 year (47 issues) of The New Yorker for $39.95UK: 47 issues (one year) for $120
― smanghetti bollocknaked (cozen), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
$40 is insane value
― smanghetti bollocknaked (cozen), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
NYer is great for original reportage, but the criticism pales next to NY- or LRB
x-ps
― C0L1N B..., Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's a totally different kind of thing to either. not really a ranking decision if you want to subscribe to one.
― caek, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
lrb is £12 per year in the uk, but it's monthly.
― caek, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
ta
thought the LRB was fortnightly, tho it might've changed since my sub lapsed
― smanghetti bollocknaked (cozen), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh you are right, it is fortnightly. £12 is for six months.
i get nyrb, which is $109 for european addresses. if you want a mag with short fiction or plenty of up to date criticism of stuff other than academic books and literary fiction then it is not for you. i just like it's very slow style.
― caek, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
its
i got my first 2 years of NYer for $25/year /braggin
― gr8080, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 23:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
My mother pays for mine!
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 23:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol my subscription was also a gift from my mother
― Lamp, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
ha, now I know what to ask my dad for as a birthday present
― ljubljana, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 00:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
When I was married we maintained two subscriptions so we'd not have to share. Marriage would no doubt have ended sooner had we tried to make due with just one sub.
― quincie, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
^me three
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 01:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
tho i asked for it originally & would pay myself
me four. her mom did the same for her so it's a family tradition now.
― Moreno, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 03:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
the reporter who profiled guillermo del toro in this weeks issue seems a little over obsessed with his weight. like, comically so.
― Moreno, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 03:33 (2 years ago) Permalink