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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 24, 2010, 01:00:07 pm ---I always enjoy her articles. If you have to cover shopping, that's the way to do it.
What makes the New Yorker so great is that it publishes so many writers whose work is almost always worth reading no matter what it's about, which besides Marx include Anthony Lane, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Ariel Levy, Atul Gawande, Larissa MacFarquhar ...
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Ian Frazier, Jane Mayer, Adam Gopnik, Nancy Franklin, David Denby, John Lahr, Hendrik Hertzberg, Joan Acocella, Tad Friend, Simon Schama. ... ;D
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 25, 2010, 08:26:50 pm ---Ian Frazier, Jane Mayer, Adam Gopnik, Nancy Franklin, David Denby, John Lahr, Hendrik Hertzberg, Joan Acocella, Tad Friend, Simon Schama. ... ;D
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Personally, I'd probably exempt a few of those from the "always worth reading" category, but the great thing about the New Yorker is that it appeals to a variety of tastes and interests.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 25, 2010, 09:04:38 pm ---Personally, I'd probably exempt a few of those from the "always worth reading" category, but the great thing about the New Yorker is that it appeals to a variety of tastes and interests.
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Not me. Especially the critics. I read them first in every issue.
And there is another woman whose name is escaping me--and it's driving me crazy! >:(
Front-Ranger:
Funny that the critique of Eat Pray Love is rather benign, even positive!!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 26, 2010, 09:12:29 am ---Funny that the critique of Eat Pray Love is rather benign, even positive!!
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With interesting things to say about Julia Roberts at this point in her career! :)
(I liked the comment that the book title has commas in it! ;D )
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