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Ted Conover: On Traveling and Being Free Behind Bars

Ru Freeman | Posted 05.24.2012

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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.

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Alternative New Yorker Covers For Mother's Day

Posted 05.13.2012

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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...

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PHOTOS: 8 Controversial Covers 'The New Yorker' Didn't Publish

Posted 05.01.2012

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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...

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On Nostalgia: It Doesn't Come in Cycles, and It Doesn't Mean We're Miserable

Charlotte Wilder | Posted 04.23.2012

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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.

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Mitt Romney Is the New Al Gore

Death Race | Posted 04.11.2012

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Mitt Romney's not the person you want to invite over for a beer. But if your house was on fire you'd probably be happy to have him as a neighbor.

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Are Boy Bylines Better Than Girl Bylines?

Michele Weldon | Posted 04.08.2012

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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?

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What Do You Get When You Cross Gloria Steinem with a Call for Aspirin Between the Knees?

Joyce McFadden | Posted 06.01.2012

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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.

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Is There Any Rational Reason To Have Children?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.02.2012

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...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?

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Author T. C. Boyle's Archive Acquired by Harry Ransom Center

Elana Estrin | Posted 05.08.2012

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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.

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Introducing The Chicagoan: A Bold New Vision In Print

Time Out Chicago | Posted 04.14.2012

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Chicago's newest journalistic and literary enterprise combines a Jazz Age title and a nonprofit business model with a bold and ambitious 21st century ...

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Why Obama Defaulted In The 'State Of The Union'

Jim Sleeper | Posted 03.26.2012

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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.

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Moscow or Beijing?

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 03.26.2012

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2012 begins with the Russian and Chinese constellations once again falling into alignment.

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The Art Of Sexting

Posted 01.24.2012

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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...

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Why Can't Art Be Instructive?

Carla Seaquist | Posted 03.16.2012

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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?

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2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 03.14.2012

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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.

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Did Univision Extort Rubio? Or Is The GOP Trying To Avoid An Immigration Debate?

Posted 01.04.2012

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A feud between America's most prominent Hispanic Republican, Marco Rubio, and America's most popular Hispanic network, Univision, is now a debate betw...

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Former Clinton Adviser Sounds Off On Obama's Gay Marriage Stance In The New Yorker

newyorker.com | Posted by Richard Socarides | Posted 12.20.2011

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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...

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Did Michele Bachmann Really Expect to Get Away With Her Jesse James Story?

Chris Rodda | Posted 01.23.2012

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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!

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The New Yorker Thanksgiving Cover: The Undocumented Are Today's Pilgrims

The Huffington Post | Ray Sanchez and Laura Steiner | Posted 11.23.2011

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No stranger to controversial cover art, The New Yorker Thanksgiving issue depicts a gaggle of pilgrims scampering under a starry sky. A woman...

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Top Condé Nast Editors Enjoy All-Star Year

wwd.com | Posted 01.09.2012

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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,...

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The Wicked Art of Memoir Making

Peter Brown Hoffmeister | Posted 01.08.2012

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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.

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Easy Reader: Kellow's Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark Throws Radiant Light on the Renowned Movie Critic

David Finkle | Posted 12.28.2011

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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.

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The Man Who's Leading The Southern Food Revival

Posted 12.24.2011

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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...

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PICTURES: 9 Rejected 'New Yorker' Cartoons

Posted 12.19.2011

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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...

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Novelist Jonathan Franzen in Discussion With Time's Lev Grossman

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."

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