Category: New Yorker 2010

> Packer has a forthcoming novel, The Thousands, from which this is presumably an excerpt. (She doesn’t say this explicitly in the Q&A, but…

> This is an excerpt from Shteyngart’s new novel, Super Sad True Love Story, due out in July. Not that the magazine is telling…

> Here’s another marriage in trouble, this time from the wife’s point of view. And again, a child is at risk. Trish is a…

> This story reminds me of a T.C. Boyle story in Harper’s earlier this year. Max, a Porsche mechanic with a successful business, is…

> Does this story remind anyone else of Lorrie Moore? The story is short and until the last paragraph every single sentence uses a…

> I think we’ll put this one on the best-of-the-year watch list. It’s about Lawrence, a recovering alcoholic and aspiring TV writer who is…

> The June 7th issue hasn’t arrived. I’ve complained (again) to The New Yorker. I’ve finally given up waiting and have read the story…

> A year ago, The New Yorker published a story by Jonathan Franzen called “Good Neighbors,” which I discussed here. I rather liked the…

> Let me first say that I’m annoyed with The New Yorker. Or the Post Office. For the fourth week in a row my…

> Although there’s more to Englander’s story than there was to Gilb’s story last week, I’m not sure, ultimately, that it’s more satisfying. I’d…