It is impossible to have too many New Yorker cartoons in one’s daily life, although Bob Mankoff may occasionally feel otherwise, amid a downpour. To this end, today three new iGoogle themes have debuted, courtesy of Mankoff and a brace, flutter, brood, pladge, loveliness of New Yorker cartoonists.
Category Archives: Little Words
Eating People Is Wrong
Here’s a mildly inaccurate but, for those of us who like silly wordplay, decent cannibalism joke starring The New Yorker, courtesy of Comedy Central and of the polymathic Ben Bass, who sent me the link.
It’s Summer Intern Time at Emdashes; Apply Today!
The last time we advertised for an intern, we got the incredibly talented John Bucher, who did his noble service and is now a contributing writer. I have no doubt he’ll go far.
Now, however, we must look to the future. If you’re a serious reader of The New Yorker, have a solid grasp of and appreciation for English syntax and punctuation, know at least enough HTML to get by, and have a bit of experience with blogging (even if you’re just an avid reader of blogs), and would like an unpaid but often entertaining position learning more about all of the above and doing some research and writing, please get in touch with Emily care of emdashes.com. You need not live in New York, but it would be a plus if you did.
Interview With Francoise Mouly: Hooked on Comics
For Print magazine, a quick glimpse at the debut of TOON Books, the winsome passion project of the RAW co-founder and New Yorker art editor.
Be Amazed, Be Very Amazed: Listen to Lorrie Moore
Benjamin Chambers writes:
Don’t miss two goddesses of contemporary fiction in this month’s New Yorker fiction podcast: the incomparable Louise Erdrich reads Lorrie Moore’s “Dance in America.” You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. Honest.
Adam Gopnik Brings the Magic
Martin Schneider writes:
Catching up on some of The New Yorker‘s online-only stuff here. In a podcast interview conducted by Matt Dellinger, Adam Gopnik does an exceptional job of explaining the substance of “The Real Work,” his article about Jamy Swiss and the art of performing magic.
It’s not online, but if you have the March 17 issue lying around, it is worth your while. So listen and read!
New Yorker Tops List of Ellie Nominations
With an even dozen, including one for newyorker.com for “general excellence online.” (Can’t you hear Bill & Ted saying that?) And a little magazine called PRINT, where I work, got one too! It’s a good day.
Lepore, Memoirs, Franklin, Oprah—It’s Already a Good Week
Yum, Jill Lepore has a big piece on memulists and fabulars (“Fake memoirs, factual fictions, and the history of history”), and Nancy Franklin, who I see is also the newyorker.com archive’s Featured Contributor, reviews Oprah’s Big Give. Who could ask for anything more?
Who Doesn’t Dig Eustace Tilley?
Babycakes and park appreciator, musician, and illustrator Morgan Taylor further demonstrates his good taste in a Gothamist interview.
Oliver Sacks Auditions for Part of Kent Brockman
Martin Schneider writes:
I love this picture:
(Photo by Chester Higgins Jr., from “In Praise of Early Adapters,” The New York Times, March 9, 2008.)