New issue received from: The New Yorker ( March 8, 2010)
Summary of this issue:
*Going on about town
*The talk of the town. Hendrik Hertzberg on the health summit; Freedom Riders; criminal podiatrist
*Profiles. Walking Through Walls. Marina Abramovic and the art of pain. Judith Thurmann
*Shouts & Murmurs. Not Your Father's Taliban. Andy Bororwitz
*On and off the avenue. BoroughHaul. Are you cool enough to shop in Brooklyn? Patricia Marx
*Letter from Chicago. The Daley Show. The most powerful major in America. Evan Osnos
*Onward and upward with the arts. Out of the West. Clint Eastwood's long journey. David Denby
*Fiction. "Ask Me If I Care." Jennifer Egan
THE CRITICS
*A critic at large. The history and future of 3-D. Anthony Lane
*Books. Briefly Noticed
*Pop Music. The eloquence of Bill Withers. Sasha Frere-Jones
*The theatre. “The Tempest”, “Clybourne Park”. john lahr
*The artworld. The Whitney Biennial. Peter Schjeldahl
*The current cinema. "The Ghost Writer". David Dendy
POEMS
*”A Message to Po Chu-I”. W. S. Merwin
*”The Thundershower”. Derek Mahon
COVER
*”Have Nominees”. Mark Ulricken
DRAWINGS
*Robert Mankoff, Isaac Littlejohn Eddy, Paul Noth, Danny Shanahan, Michael Crawford, Tom Cheney, Zachary Kanin, Leo Cullum, Drew Dernavich, Farley Katz, David Sipress, Christopher Weyant
SPOTS
* Maximilian Bode
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