New issue received from: The New Yorker (March 15, 2010)
Summary of this issue:
*Going on about town
*The talk of the town. Lauren Collins on misbehaving in Albany; James Surowiecki on a tax loophole
* Annals of economics. No Credit. Timothy Geithner's unpopular success. John Cassidy
*Shouts & Murmurs. Mannahatta. Yoni Brenner
*Profiles. NewNote. Esperanza Spalding's music. John Colapinto
*A reporter at large. Obama's Lost Year. The Main Street problem. George Packer
*Comic strip. Wilson in day 16,412. daniel clowes
*The sports scene. The Ski Gods. Downhill adventures. Nick Paumgarten
*Fiction. "The Knocking". David Means
THE CRITICS
*On television. "ThePacific". nancy franklin
*A critic at large. Chang-Rae Lee's “The Surrendered”. James Wood
*Books. Briefly Noted. James Wood
*Dancing. Mark Morris's "Socrates". Joan Acocella
*The artworld. “Skin Fruit”, at the New Museum. Peter Schjeldahl
*The Theatre. A Behanding in Spokane. hilton als
*The current cinema. “Green Zone”, “Mother”. Anthony Lane
POEMS
*"Liberty Brass". Edward Hirsch
*”Washing the Elephant”. barbara ras
COVER
*”In the Spotlight”, by JJ Sempé
*DRAWINGS
*Mick Stevens, Jack Ziegler, David Sipree, Zachary Kanin, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Christopher Weyant, Sam Gross, Barbara Smaller, Charles Barsotti, PC Vey, Roz Chast, Willian Haefeli, Edward Koren, Gahan Wilson
SPOTS
*Philippe Petit-Roulet
See also web page of the magazine
