Emdashes. The New Yorker between the lines

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December202004

Compliments & Press

Filed under: Personal

“Fans of The New Yorker are a dedicated bunch. They relish its arrival every week, check the bylines, and then dive right into a 20,000-word piece. It’s no wonder this passion for a beloved magazine has spawned a site devoted to its pages past and present. Whip-smart writer Emily Gordon obsessively blogs about all topics great and small related to her favorite periodical…. Whether you’re a cover-to-cover obsessive or just a grazer passionate about “Talk of the Town,” you’ll find Ms. Gordon has created a delicious companion to America’s best magazine.” —Yahoo! Picks (With interview)

“A supercool blog about The New Yorker that anyone interested in the magazine’s past, present, and future should be reading.” —Quiet Bubble

The New Yorker between the lines is the mission of this site that, though unaffiliated with the magazine, is extremely attuned to its subtext, syntax, and semiotics.” —Manhattan User’s Guide (From the 400: a “thoroughly subjective selection of 400 links—from institutional websites to single-person blogs—that we think make a distinctive contribution to life in New York”)

“Give me quality of writing over quantity of posts any day. That’s one of the reasons I recommend a four-month-old blog on The New Yorker that oozes good stuff. You don’t have to be a refugee from John McPhee’s three-part series on geology to enjoy blogger Emily Gordon’s lovely touch with the language, as she alternately strokes and skewers the masthead.” —Lisa Stone (On fourteen “bloggers you may not know, but should,” for Jay Rosen’s PressThink)

“Read her blog about the magazine and anything else that strikes her fancy. Amazing collection of New Yorker links; nobody can touch Emily’s hard work there.” —Kevin Fitzpatrick, Dorothy Parker Society of New York

“Emdashes is wholly New Yorker-centric, for moments when one wants to read the amusing Q & A with The New Yorker’s librarians, or to ponder issues raised in the magazine. Emily Gordon is a smart and generous blogger; how I feel about The New Yorker depends on the day and the issue.” —Biffles at the Bijou

“Un blogue qui se consacre à disséquer la réputée snob publication, dans ses moindres détails.” —Sylvie St-Jacques, La Presse

Emdashes in the news:

In the Toronto Globe & Mail, pronouncing on the DVD archive. They printed a poem by me: “My Mother Saved Copies of The New Yorker.”

In the Daily News, on that notorious Brooklyn cover (no longer findable).

The La Presse interview. Test your French!

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