In the New Yorker...

[serious crayons]

Also enjoyed the article about Steve Earle. Jeff, what did you think of it?

I haven't read the Steve Earle article and don't have a strong opinion about him. But I once saw his sister, Stacey Earle, live -- she opened for Joan Baez, and I took my mom to the concert because she was always a huge Joan Baez fan. Anyway, I liked Stacey enough to buy her CD at intermission!

[Jeff Wrangler]

Also enjoyed the article about Steve Earle. Jeff, what did you think of it?

I liked it. I thought it was interesting.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I may have to scan the cover of the April 8 issue. The artist calls the picture "The Acrobat," but it might just as well be "The Gymnast."

[Jeff Wrangler]

I may have to scan the cover of the April 8 issue. The artist calls the picture "The Acrobat," but it might just as well be "The Gymnast."

I scanned it last evening, and it scanned fine. However, I didn't remove the mailing label because I was afraid it would tear the cover. I have since peeled off the label, and it did not damage the cover, so I'm planning to scan it again.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I scanned it last evening, and it scanned fine. However, I didn't remove the mailing label because I was afraid it would tear the cover. I have since peeled off the label, and it did not damage the cover, so I'm planning to scan it again.

I did this last evening, and it turned out quite well.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I just finished "The Day the Earth Died," by Douglas Preston (April 8 ). On page 59, there is a beautiful description of the West. I won't type it out because it's a little long, but it's the paragraph that begins, "I got in, and we drove for an hour or so. ..."

[serious crayons]

I just finished "The Day the Earth Died," by Douglas Preston (April 8 ). On page 59, there is a beautiful description of the West. I won't type it out because it's a little long, but it's the paragraph that begins, "I got in[to the pickup truck holding a paper bag], and we drove for an hour or so [in one direction across the screen]. ..."

[serious crayons]

I started reading Nicholas Lemann's piece about John Hersey. Wow, what an amazing guy. He worked closely with practically every famous person of his time. He wrote a book that won a Pulitzer, was turned into a long-running Broadway play and a movie, and he wrote it ... in a month. And that one wasn't Hiroshima!

He was so hugely successful that he was the object of schadenfreude from John F. Kennedy (whose girlfriend Hersey wooed away)!




 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I started reading Nicholas Lemann's piece about John Hersey. Wow, what an amazing guy. He worked closely with practically every famous person of his time. He wrote a book that won a Pulitzer, was turned into a long-running Broadway play and a movie, and he wrote it ... in a month. And that one wasn't Hiroshima!

He was so hugely successful that he was the object of schadenfreude from John F. Kennedy (whose girlfriend Hersey wooed away)!

Is this online (only)? I'm still making my way through the April 15 issue, and I don't have the April 22 issue with me here at work.

[serious crayons]

It might be online but I’m reading it in the 4/29 issue. Don’t think I’m that up to date. I’m sure my pile contains issues going back to at least October.