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(2.14/21.05 issue) My mailbox runneth over
Filed under: Headline Shooter Tagged: anniversary issues, Dave Eggers
On pp. 10-11 (the Toyota Avalon ad with the mechanical Tilleyish butterflies) of the Anniversary Issue, which only just arrived—the sole downside to Brooklyn. I'm already happy.
I also note with my usual wonder that www.thenewyorker.com is still the property of some guy. Is this a battle on the scale of Dave Eggers v. the various McSweeney families (some of whom proved to be quite flexible), I wonder, or are Remnick and friends secure in the belief that if you're smart enough to like the magazine, you're smart enough to find the website? (That's an idea whose time either will or has already come—websites so exclusive their acolytes have to hunt for them, like outlaw parties.) Still, the publication itself—"A web site for New Yorkers"—is, while full of useful links and sincere shout-outs to the NYC police force ("overall, the finest group of men and women in the entire country"), a gangly fifth cousin to its spiffy counterpart with its loud font clashes and iffy punctuation. As I type I've already convinced myself to root for the underdog, which I always do, so okay: Woof, Ed Kehoe! May your website prosper, and in 75 years let both of us be the subject of blogs! (Or whatever they'll have in the future. Soon enough, all of this will just be accessible on the backs of our eyelids and iPods will be the size of a mouse dropping. I once saw a coin in the British Museum that was just a tiny speck of metal; woe betide those with holes in their pockets!)
A Heartwarming Tale of Staggering Generosity [Salon]
Greek Fractional Silver [DougSmith]
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Emdashes, founded in 2004, is written and drawn by Emily Gordon, Martin Schneider, Pollux, Jonathan Taylor, and Benjamin Chambers, as well as occasional guest contributors. All posts before October 2008 are by Emily Gordon.
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Other writing by Emily Gordon
- Reviews: theater writing (for Time Out Chicago)
- Profile: Valerie Casey, Designers Accord founder, is spearheading the design of sustainability (for SXSW World)
- Feature: Rea Irvin: visionary art director, bon vivant, New Yorker founding father (for Print)
- Slide show: the Coney Island Mermaid Parade (for NYCgo.com)
- Feature: Muslim immigration iconography in the Netherlands, and an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali (for Print)
- Review: King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game by Paul Hoffman (for Newsday)
- Homage: Celebrating lindy-hop legend Frankie Manning (for NYCgo.com)
- Inquiry: Does a New Republic redesign mean a change of tune? (for Print)
- Interview: James Surowiecki on what's next for the wisdom of crowds (for Assignment Zero)
- Interviews: four up-and-coming designers under 30 (for Print)
- Profile: novelist and dance critic Laura Jacobs (for Newsday)
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