Ted Conover: On Traveling and Being Free Behind Bars
It is a mix of journalistic integrity and personal generosity that has served him well and brought Ted Conover much attention for his in-depth reporting about the issues of our times.
It is a mix of journalistic integrity and personal generosity that has served him well and brought Ted Conover much attention for his in-depth reporting about the issues of our times.
Posted 05.13.2012
TIME's most recent cover -- if you haven't seen it, where have you been? -- probably takes the cake as far as provocative parenting imagery is concern...
Posted 05.01.2012
The New Yorker is as famous for its smart, cheeky illustrations as it is for its social commentary. The magazine has published commendable images, suc...
Charlotte Wilder | Posted 04.23.2012
There is no telling what era will capture our imaginations at any given time, and there is no reason we have to be unhappy now to want to explore or rework the past.
Death Race | Posted 04.11.2012
Michele Weldon | Posted 04.08.2012
Do we have to resort to using initials in our bylines so our gender is hidden in order to get published, lauded, hired or promoted?
Joyce McFadden | Posted 06.01.2012
I wondered what must it be like to have devoted your entire adult life to a cause continually under fire. And I wondered how she remains optimistic in spite of recent challenges to her life's work.
Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.02.2012
...moral tests imply logic, and we are outside that realm when we are talking about...Love...Faith...Children. Would these exist if rationality were the test?
Elana Estrin | Posted 05.08.2012
Spanning more than 30 years, from the 1970s through the present, and featuring manuscripts, correspondence, professional files and teaching material the archive covers the breadth of T.C. Boyle's prolific career.
Time Out Chicago | Posted 04.14.2012
Chicago's newest journalistic and literary enterprise combines a Jazz Age title and a nonprofit business model with a bold and ambitious 21st century ...
Jim Sleeper | Posted 03.26.2012
A president can't be a prophet, of course, but he can tell more of the truth than his advisers and apologists think he can about our entrapment in the slippery web of contracts and lies that is closing in on us.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 03.26.2012
2012 begins with the Russian and Chinese constellations once again falling into alignment.
Posted 01.24.2012
Once the love letter dominated the scene for writing your lover. But these days, nothing gets the blood pumping like a good sext. Like "Come over baby...
Carla Seaquist | Posted 03.16.2012
Why can't Art instruct? In addition to providing entertainment, consolation, beauty, and a reflection of our humanity by holding "the mirror up to nature," why can't Art also teach us a thing or two?
Michael Vazquez | Posted 03.14.2012
In anticipation of 12/21/12, this past year saw a return of the doomsday film. Melancholia was an okay end-of-the-world movie, but for this fan, it was not a very good Lars Von Trier film. Perhaps a third viewing is in order.
Posted 01.04.2012
A feud between America's most prominent Hispanic Republican, Marco Rubio, and America's most popular Hispanic network, Univision, is now a debate betw...
newyorker.com | Posted by Richard Socarides | Posted 12.20.2011
After a year in which we saw a number of high-profile gay-rights victories, including the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and the legislative enactm...
Chris Rodda | Posted 01.23.2012
Nothing can explain why this woman would take a chance on making up the addition to her story that appears in her new book -- that her great-great-grandfather, Halvor Munson, won a farm in Kansas from Jesse James in a poker game!
The Huffington Post | Ray Sanchez and Laura Steiner | Posted 11.23.2011
No stranger to controversial cover art, The New Yorker Thanksgiving issue depicts a gaggle of pilgrims scampering under a starry sky. A woman...
wwd.com | Posted 01.09.2012
The three are having career years — or at least years that should go down as All-Star seasons on their Hall of Fame plaques. There’s Wintour, who,...
Peter Brown Hoffmeister | Posted 01.08.2012
Memoirs are often written by the spurned lover, the abused child, the disenfranchised group member. Some memoir writers haven't dealt with their pasts, using the print medium to get even.
David Finkle | Posted 12.28.2011
The only fan letter I ever wrote to a public figure -- other than to child star Bobby Driscoll when I was a child -- went to the then New Yorker movie critic Pauline Kael.
Posted 12.24.2011
Chef Sean Brock has had it good lately. He was a 2011 Huffington Post Game Changer and the subject of a glowing New York Times profile earlier this ye...
Posted 12.19.2011
The New Yorker is known for its witty cartoons, but they often elicit a smirk or a chuckle rather than a full-blown LOL. However, we don't think y...
Elana Estrin | Posted 12.19.2011
"Almost the definition of a mensch, a good person, is that in their heart of hearts they're rather hard on themselves. And yet, you can't get out of bed in the morning if you don't love yourself. I'm merciless towards myself, so being merciless towards my characters comes naturally."
Ru Freeman | Posted 05.24.2012