Category: New Yorker 2008

January 1, 2009

>2008 New Yorker Story of the Year

>Congratulations to Joshua Ferris! Perpetual Folly readers have spoken and Ferris’s story, The Dinner Party, has been chosen as the New Yorker Story of…
December 27, 2008

>4 Days Left to Vote

>There are just 4 days left to vote for the 2008 New Yorker Story of the Year. See Perpetual Folly: Vote for New Yorker…
December 27, 2008

>The New Yorker: “The Gangsters” by Colson Whitehead

>It seems as though the magazine saved the best for last. Not only is this a gripping story of two young brothers—who are close…
December 27, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Some Women" by Alice Munro

>This is a retrospective story that does a great job of contrasting the present with the memory. The narrator at one point compares a…
December 27, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Another Manhattan" by Donald Antrim

>With one exception—and I suspect some may quarrel with me about that—the stories in the Winter Fiction Issue (December 22 & 29) are among…
December 25, 2008

>Reminder: Vote for New Yorker 2008 Story of the Year

>Just a reminder: the polls are still open for New Yorker 2008 Story of the Year. Vote in the sidebar. The finalists are– January…
December 23, 2008

>Vote for New Yorker 2008 Story of the Year

>The year is almost over–just a week to go. I haven’t posted my comments on all of the fiction in The New Yorker Winter…
December 12, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Woman of the House" by William Trevor

>The New Yorker could do a lot worse than to publish a William Trevor story, so I was happy to see this one, and…
December 5, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Waiting" by Amos Oz

>This story presents a problem because I think it is one of the year’s best and so should be included in the “long list”…
December 1, 2008

>The New Yorker: Best Stories of 2008

>Thanks to all who left comments or sent me emails to suggest stories that should be included in the top-ten list. I agreed with…