New Yorker magazine alert thread

^^^Finished it yesterday. I was definitely waiting for a piece like this to appear, and was definitely surprised by the general takeaway that shit wasn't that bad and ppl were being way too alarmist.

But then, I basically couldn't follow the story back when it was unfolding that closely because it started giving me a nervous breakdown.

Would love to hear some other perspectives on the article.

what issue was it in

mar 14
and yeah im half way through it + am like jon, dont know enough abt the situation to judge it, it is really interesting that the general gist of the article is that ppl were freaking out a lil too much

i mean, ppl were right to freak out, but also, everyone involved was doing a really really good job working on it (including bp)

I read this article as a bizarro companion to the Haggis/Scientology piece.

read that Haaretz piece- loved it.

everyone should read this rodrigo rosenberg article

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/04/110404fa_fact_grann?currentPage=all

david grann is the best

lol that piece is some serious through the looking glass type shit

i was referring to the hollywood therapist one FYI

tho i am v much looking forward to reading the guatemalan conspiracy, i have it open in a tab all rtg

that piece is great great

btw i will sendspace u nyer articles that are subscriber-only

everyone should read this rodrigo rosenberg article

this is otm

tellin you guys, david grann is the shit, i highly recommend his collection of nyer stories from last year

http://www.amazon.com/Devil-Sherlock-Holmes-Madness-Obsession/dp/0385517920

^^ that. Top 3 Grann:

The Chameleon: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/08/11/080811fa_fact_grann?currentPage=all
The Mark of a Masterpiece: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/07/12/100712fa_fact_grann
and of course Trial By Fire: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann

Also recommend Lost City of Z, which is less wow but still really interesting.

Oh yeah. I'm really bad at paying attention to who writes what, but those 3 articles were all amazing.

I kind of love the New Yorker these days. Used to stan for Harper's but the only thing I've enjoyed reading in that recently was Vollmann's piece on the homeless people he associated with in San Diego. The New Yorker is bringing it with regularity.

er, Sacramento

which is probably a much sadder place to be homeless than San Diego

lol the art authenticator one was so R U SERIOUS sweet read xp

yeah i didnt realise the same dude wrote all 3 of those articles! that art one just got crazier + crazier

haven't read that one yet but "the chameleon" was pretty insane, i should check out that book

Finished the Rosenberg article -- WOW.

love the anna faris profile from this week

ANNA FARIS PROFILE!!!!???

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/11/110411fa_fact_miller

Is this piece any good?

i remember the one about the chameleon! these articles are amazing.

yall need to hop aboard the grann-wagon with me and plasmon

i went on a grann-spree last week

ordered that book too

the texas arson thing was so :(

I remember reading the chameleon one but I forgot what happened in it

anna as claire on six feet under wouldve been nuts

yeah texas arson thing was awesome, looking forward to re-reading it when my copy of the book comes.

learning this was a little bit of a let-down tho: http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/2009/10/willinghams-last-words.html

i wish grann had used the whole quote but this is BS:

Now that is a way different exit picture than the one Grann painted for us. Not only were Willingham's very last words the diametric opposite of the high-toned, religious sentiments Grann led us to believe were the very last, but they bear on one of the most difficult things to comprehend about this case -- motive. Why would a father intentionally burn up his baby girls?

Well, as incomprehensible as it seems, we know that some fathers do kill their young children, and anger at the mother is one common reason. If that tirade was directed at his ex-wife Stacy, as the reporter who was there believed it was, it helps fill in the motive.

yes all of granns meticulous reporting and evidence for innonce, proven wrong by the profane rantings of a man condemned to die

max otm

2/3rds of the way through the Rosenberg article. Holy shit. All I want to know is when is the Tony Gilroy movie version coming out?

Yeah, that Rosenberg article was an amazing read.

yeah, again grann lives up to the cliche "stranger than fiction"!

I meant to read just a couple of pages of the Rosenberg article at lunch and wound up finishing the thing in one go. The magazine is on an incredible roll. I wonder if its circulation and subscription figures have remained steady; I'd imagine it hasn't lost much of its urban liberal base.

Woah, those last words. Talk about changing tack halfway through.

Yeah. The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man -- convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for 12 years for something I did not do. From God's dust I came and to dust I will return -- so the earth shall become my throne. I gotta go, road dog. I love you Gabby. I hope you rot in hell, bitch; I hope you fucking rot in hell, bitch. You bitch; I hope you fucking rot, cunt. That is it.

think it's noted in this thread but $50 or so for a year's subscription is a ridiculous deal. and i don't even take advantage of the online archives very much.

I got the "educator's discount" last August: $32 then.

you monster

lol that quote is killing me... lord, why have you forsaken me? ride or die bitch fuck cunt booger.

I meant to read just a couple of pages of the Rosenberg article at lunch and wound up finishing the thing in one go. The magazine is on an incredible roll. I wonder if its circulation and subscription figures have remained steady; I'd imagine it hasn't lost much of its urban liberal base.

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im pretty sure theyve risen since remnick took over; the really amazing figure is that the mag has a resubscribe rate of near 90%

that rosenberg article is insane

had read the chameleon and the art piece before, the arson was new but had never really picked up name of author

need to renew my subscription

I got the "educator's discount" last August: $32 then.

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$25/year for the last 2 years, suckers

but i get them 3 or 4 weeks late, even the newstands here get them a week ahead of me somehow

I get the "my mom buys me a subscription" discount.

$0/year for 8+ years