Fave Photos Of The Week Paul Karasik, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999, sent in these “snaps” of New Yorker folks from his weekend adventure at SPX. My thanks to Paul for sharing these with us. Above: Mr. Karasik on the left, with New Yorker cover artist, Tom Gauld. Above: Paul Karasik, Hilary Campbell, and Lonnie Millsap.
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Early Cover Release Every so often, The New Yorker rush releases its cover art for the following week. Here’s next week’s, by David Plunkert: ___________________________________________________________________ Video Of Interest: Amy Kurzweil & J.A.K. In Conversation From May of this year, Amy Kurzweil in a Book Talk at The Museum of Jewish Heritage, followed by a conversation with J.A.K.. See it here! Amy
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The Cover: As mentioned here last week, the cover, by David Plunkert, was early-released. I wondered, briefly, if the magazine might pull the cover and try for something reflecting the snowballing news that developed as we approached the weekend (Trump at Walter Reed). I believe that Friday is the magazine’s deadline, so it would’ve been tight. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons:
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Early Release: Next Week’s New Yorker Cover The second early release New Yorker cover in a row (the current issue, with Bob Staake’s RBG cover, showed up early last week). This one’s by David Plunkert. You can read about it here. _______________________________________________________________________ A Stevenson Rhino Whenever I’ve go into a used bookstore, I head straight for their humor section (no
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