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Adam Gopnik

Garrison Keillor Tells Us The Difference Between Plumbing And Storytelling

Posted 05.15.2013 | Books
Read More: Moth Ball 2013, Albert Maysles, A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor, Satori Shakoor, Moth Gala, Moth Ball, Storytelling, The Moth, Richard Price, Adam Gopnik, Books News

“Is the art of storytelling dead?” Garrison Keillor, the host for the 2013 Moth Ball in New York, said he was once asked this question by a fan...

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In Praise of the Author Crush

Stephanie Vanderslice | Posted 08.13.2012 | Books
Read More: Jane Eyre, Robert Hayden, Neil Gaiman, Pat Conroy, Garrison Keillor, Wuthering Heights, Li Young Li, Charles Baxter, War and Peace, John Vanderslice, Adam Gopnik, Books News
Stephanie Vanderslice

It seems to be all about the crush these days -- man crushes, chick crushes, book crushes. When readers talk about their literary crushes, most are referring to characters in fiction. But when I casually mentioned my longtime infatuation with author Charles Baxter, it seemed to strike a chord.

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Stories of Forgiveness

Carol Smaldino | Posted 04.03.2012 | Crime
Read More: Parole, Murder, Nicholas Tate, Prisons, Execution, Forgiveness, Jamie Fellnor, Adam Gopnik, Crime News
Carol Smaldino

I agree -- even though my own rage would be hyperactive if I or a loved one was violated -- I still agree that killing for killing's sake does not bring a person back, and who is to say that it does justice if it enmeshes us forever in a cycle of violence?

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Project Nim: The Dope on a Charismatic Chimp

Regina Weinreich | Posted 08.30.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Joyce Butler, Elizabeth Hess, Nim Chimsky, Bob Ingersoll, Stephanie LaFarge, Edie Falco, Calvin Trillin, Deborah Solomon, Ellen Kuras, Julie Taymor, Daphne Merkin, Laura Ann Pettito, The Chimp Who Would Be Human, Herbert Terrace, Project Nim, Adam Gopnik, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Nim Chimsky, the star of a new movie, died too soon. A charming troublemaker, this chimp was the subject of an experiment in understanding language and communication.

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How Internet Tools Emphasize Our Priorities

Dyane Jean François | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Internet, Sherry Turkle, Twitter, Tools, Online, Digital, Adam-Gopnik, Technology, Clay Shirky, Technology News
Dyane Jean François

To say that the internet turns people into loners would be slander against this passive technology.

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The Origins -- And Future -- Of Modernist Desserts

Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Desserts, Dessert Modernism, Modern Desserts, New Yorker, Pastry Chefs, Cooking, New Yorker Desserts, Adam Gopnik, Home News

Leafing through books at the neighborhood cookbook store, I slowly became aware that our dessert modernism sprang from somewhere else, and had a more ...

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Bouillabaisse Explained: Five Questions for Adam Gopnik

Cara Parks | Posted 08.08.2011 | Home
Read More: A.J. Liebling, Savoy Restaurant, French Cooking, Bouillabaisse Recipe, One Pot Cooking, One Pot Dish, Bouillabaisse, Adam Gopnik Bouillabaisse, A.J. Liebling French Cooking, Adam Gopnik, Slidepollajax, Home News
Cara Parks

I asked New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik to expound on the finer points of a true bouillabaisse, and how to create an elegant final product that transcends its humble origins.

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Curtains Down on a History of Patronage

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Page Six, Kirk Varnedoe, Art, AT&T, The New Yorker, Public Art, R.E. Allen, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The Gates, Possibilities, Installation, Central Park, Artforum, Moma, Community, Artists, High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture, Adam Gopnik, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

This is an example of a corporation and an advertising agency (BBDO in this case) taking from artists and not feeling any responsibility to give back to the community.

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Why Anya Hindmarch and I Are High on the High Line

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Anya Hindmarch, High Line, Friends of the High Line, Meatpacking-District, Adam Gopnik, Style News
Melissa Biggs Bradley

The elevated railway in the Meatpacking district that is being transformed into the city's newest public park will open its first phase (from Gansevoort to 20th Street) next month.

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Voluntary Slavery

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Harlem, Landmarks, Cory A. Booker, Michael Bloomberg, George W. Bush, Amanda Burden, Charlie Rangel, Alma Rangel, Barack Obama, Adam Gopnik, Yankee Stadium, World's Richest Men, Up-Zoning, Homelessness, Luxury, George Will, 2 Columbus Circle, Jamie Drake, Monique Washington, Atlantic Yards, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

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Wal-Mart Gives The New Yorker (And Forbes, Fortune, BizWeek etc) The Boot

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Keith Kelly, Conde Nast, New Yorker, Wal-Mart, Magazine Industry, Businessweek, Forbes, Fortune, Adam Gopnik, Magazine Racks, Business News

Good luck getting your hands on Adam Gopnik's latest treatise next time you visit your local Wal-Mart (WMT). The world's biggest retailer is pulling C...

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