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The other night at the Gopnik/Marx event, my friend Paddy Johnson at the upstanding Art Fag City told me that she's now enjoying the help of an unpaid but much appreciated assistant, and if Art Fag City's got one, by gum, so can we. ("We" because in its third year, Emdashes is no longer a one-man show, and hooray for that.) Sadly, the prospective candidate I had my eye on, Emily Gordon of the Cornell Daily Sun, is going to med school after she graduates (such a loss for journalism, and New Yorker blogging), but that doesn't mean the other hordes of Emily Gordons, all of whom seem to be ace volleyball, soccer, or lacrosse players, aren't more than welcome to apply. If your name isn't Emily Gordon, Emdashes Inc.'s affirmative-action clause also encourages you to send your resume with a brief letter (demonstrating stellar spelling and punctuation skills) explaining your interest in the site, your degree of love for The New Yorker on a scale from one to a billion, your openness to HTML, how much time you have available, and your willingness to attend glittering events in my stead (All About Eve-style), when necessary.
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Hello! We are media enthusiasts and culture addicts—not to mention classically trained (as we like to say) professional journalists. This is our collection of generally civilized conversations about magazines, movies, politics, punctuation, and other things that stir us.
You'd like to read more about us individually? That's so nice! Here you can learn a lot more about the Emdashes team, the mysterious-sounding names of our daily and non-daily columns, and our guest contributors.
We welcome tips, questions, and comments, and are always looking for ardent new contributors who care about letters (postal, typographical, admiring, literary, and tough-love). Here's how to contact us.
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They say that dashes “are particularly useful in a sentence that is long and complex.” Emdashes—like em dashes—provides a thoughtful pause amid the hubbub.
Emdashes, founded in 2004, is currently written and drawn by Emily Gordon, Martin Schneider, Pollux, Jonathan Taylor, and Benjamin Chambers, as well as occasional guest contributors. (Unsigned posts through October 2008 are by Emily Gordon.)
The site is designed and maintained by House of Pretty and illustrated by Jesse Ewing for Inkleaf Studio. Additional drawings are by Carolita Johnson and Pollux (who also draws our daily comic, "The Wavy Rule"). The kissable Emdashes logo is by Jennifer Hadley, based on a 1943 Dorothy Gray ad.
Other writing by Emily Gordon
- Profile: Valerie Casey, Designers Accord founder, is spearheading the design of sustainability (for SXSW World; PDF, p. 20)
- Feature: Rea Irvin: visionary art director, man about town, and New Yorker founding father (for Print)
- Report: Learning to read with comic books--that are edited by Françoise Mouly (for Print)
- Interview: Designer Eleanor Grosch (for Print)
- Proposal: a better-designed Metrocard (for A Brief Message)
- Review: Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life by Linda H. Davis (for Newsday)
- Review: King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game by Paul Hoffman (for Newsday)
- Review: 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)
- Report: Eustace Tilley spruces up for The New Yorker's website redesign (for Print)
- Feature: Muslim immigration iconography in the Netherlands, and an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali (for Print)
- Micro-essay: on saving time through inspiration (for A Brief Message)
- Review: books about various New Yorker cartoonists by Liza Donnelly and Iain Topliss (for Newsday)
- Profile: screenwriter and novelist Joe Keenan (for Newsday)
- Review: The Complete New Yorker (for Print)
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Wow, this could be serendipitous. As it happens, Ms. Gordon, I was out doing internship interviews this afternoon. I'm a Master of Journalism student here at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. I'm nearing the halfway point of my program, which means looking for places to work for free over the summer. I'd love to go to New York, and my love for its pre-eminent magazine, using your scale, runs to the high eight digits.
I've just started a New Yorker-focused blog, so I've been snooping around yours. I hadn't roused the nerve to write you a fan letter, but I'm hoping if I work enough fawning servility into this quasi-official one you'll get the point.
I was at Emdashes today to see what you had to say about Adam Gopnik – in particular, his notion of deep time-quick time from the Darwin article of several weeks ago. He was on CBC Radio last night (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas), and I sat in a parked car for 20 minutes to hear him finish talking.
My HTML is pretty good. I have 15 hours a week to give you until the summer, and then as much as you need. Glittering events, no problem: I clean up good, I part my hair, I don't usually predrink.
I'll send you a copy of my CV as soon as I get to my home computer.
Sincerely,
John Bucher
jjbucher@gmail.com
http://newyorkercomment.blogspot.com
I'm beginning to think the younger generation isn't a lost cause after all. I'll be in touch, John Bucher.
p.s. I forgot to mention, Canadians get preferential treatment, but again, the field is open.
Hire that man!