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The New Yorker
So, any fans of The New Yorker out there? I'd like to think that most bookish people are fans of the magazine. I know I'm OBSESSED with it. Would love to hear what you think of this institution.
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Shortly after September 11 2001, when the slightest mention of a link between US foreign policy and the terrorist attacks brought accusations of heartless heresy, the then US national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice got to work. Between public displays of grief and solemnity she managed to round up the senior staff of the National Security Council and ask them to think seriously about "how do you capitalise on these opportunities" to fundamentally change American doctrine and the shape of the world. In an interview with the New Yorker six months later, she said the US no longer had a problem defining its post-cold war role. "I think September 11 was one of those great earthquakes that clarify and sharpen. Events are in much sharper relief."
Am I the only one who goes right to Shouts and Murmurs each week? I still have one from a few months back 'Pre-Approved for Platinum' on my fridge.
Tip for all: if you're a fan of Anthony Lane and a film lover get your hands on the very funny compilation of his writings "Nobody's Perfect".
Tip for Sk1977: subscribe for a year, its the price of 2 decent dinners out. When you're due for an annual renewal wait until the 100th notice and the price drops to $25 for the year. For the first time in my life being lazy pays off :)
Initially the conceit seems a bit silly?sunken ships, magic glasses, ghosts. But the story is committed to its premise, and is soon able to outgrow its limitations. It's not a magic realism story, where you can't decide if it takes place in our world or some extraordinary but somehow normal otherworld. It is just a latter-day tale of wonder, in the vein of Peter Pan: where the brilliant minds of children collectively reimagine the tragic until it is softened into the fantastic. This story does this well.