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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
I look at the ToC first and scan it for writers I like. I go to their articles first, and generally read them, especially if the subjects are promising. My second choice would be articles with writers I haven't heard of but whose titles are intriguing in some way.
If I tried to read it start to finish, especially the entertainment listings and Talk of the Town, I'd rarely get past, maybe, Shouts & Murmurs. I still read TotT editorials but generally skip over the short features.
If none of the stand-alone features is appealing, I'm most likely to find things I'm interested in in "The Critics" section, especially the "Books" pieces. Not because I want to find good new books, which I generally do in newspapers or other magazines or social media, but because I want to read the articles themselves, which are usually essays on the subject of the book, sometimes but not always including multiple writers on the subject (if I were the authors, my thrill of being featured might be slightly diminished by writers other than myself publishing essays about my subject).
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 01, 2024, 12:04:15 pm ---I usually don't read the ToC.
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I always do, to see if there are any articles by authors I particularly like, such as Jill Lepore and Adam Gopnik. I tend to read their articles first.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 01, 2024, 03:20:53 pm ---If I tried to read it start to finish, especially the entertainment listings and Talk of the Town, I'd rarely get past, maybe, Shouts & Murmurs. I still read TotT editorials but generally skip over the short features.
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I miss the old days when they included lists of what was playing where, especially what was playing on Broadway. It helped to keep me current. :)
Jeff Wrangler:
I heartily recommend "Deadline Extension" in the December 2 issue.
Jeff Wrangler:
I liked the Dec. 2 article about the bears of Lake Tahoe.
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