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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read the New Yorker because sometimes they have truly excellent and interesting reporting. There was an article about warfare in Mosul a few months back that was one of the best things I've read in ages. I also enjoy their science/medical journalism (e.g. Elizabeth Kolbert, Atul Gawande), their cultural critics (Anthony Lane, Emily Nussbaum), and the "Talk of the Town" columns are always fun. And hey, love the cartoons.

What I don't love about the New Yorker:[b] I haven't enjoyed their short fiction in ages.[/b] Maybe once in a blue moon I read a short story in there that blows me away, but most of the time it is totally meh. New Yorker short fiction all seems to have this same deadened feel to it. I also think that some of their long-term contributors are way past their prime and haven't written anything readable in a while - Adam Gopnik and Calvin Trillin come to mind. [/quote]

I agree with this - it just got to blah and depressing, although I will check out the Lionel Shriver one because I like her.  [/quote]

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