A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The Issue Of December 21, 1935 A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine closes out 2025 with its patented close look-see of an issue from long long ago. In this case it’s the issue of December 21, 1935 Read here. –Cover: Ilonka Karasz __________________________________________________
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–photo: Michael Maslin The New Yorker’s centennial included all kinds of interesting doings. Here’s the lot of them. The Special Issues: There were four special anniversary issues this year (called “centenary” issues on the magazine’s Table of Contents). The keepsake of the four for most readers is likely the Feb.17 & 24, 2025 (double) issue, shown above, which marked the
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Ornaments (And A Figurine) Of Interest It’s almost time to take down the Christmas tree, but no matter: Mike Rhode over at Comics DC recently emailed me about Charles Addams Addams Family ornaments: I wondered what else was available and found this: And then I found more and more — too many to show. I’d no idea! During the
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Liza Donnelly & Heather Cox Richardson On Tracking Santa Claus In another of their video series, long-time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly joins historian Heather Cox Richardson in this holiday entry. See it here! ___________________________________________________________________________ Addams Among The Holiday Stationery Late yesterday afternoon, I was walking, somewhat in a holiday shopping daze, through our local bookstore when my eyes caught
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