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...Mars. "We've nailed the basic technology; the only thing missing is a decision to go." Barbara Maddux, who is doing a superb job as the head reporter on the entire Visions project, liked the "Will We Live on Mars?" question for more practical reasons: "As a New Yorker living in a tight housing market, I was surprised--and encouraged--by Jeff's optimistic answer...
Mishra's creamy narrative about a young Brahman's student days on the banks of the Ganges is reminiscent of one of those mildly exotic stories that turned up regularly in the old New Yorker. Mishra's eye is sharp, his prose flawless. But his hero is a bit detached, a kind of secular holy man who would rather commune with the deities of Western literature than embrace the reality around...
...generalizing, of course. Many Americans eat what they want, and thankfully so, since my efforts alone aren't enough to keep tripe on the menu at Pho Pasteur (hey, I'm trying). But recently a New Yorker article exposed a group of Manhattanites who have banded together in order to indulge their clandestine love of offal, which proves that offal-eating is generally looked down upon in the States as inherently unclean...
Many of those peers had a high opinion of Mary. Janet Flanner ("Genet") called her "the most educated female mind of our time in both America and England." The New Yorker editor William Shawn went so far as to say, "There aren't many people you could mention in connection with Samuel Johnson. But you could mention Mary McCarthy." That's going too far. McCarthy left some good travel writing, interesting memoirs and some biting stories. Her best sustained work was her personality--forceful, witty, sometimes generous, often merciless...
Either book publishing changed last week or Stephen King should start himself a cult. With minimal advertising, he got more than 500,000 readers to go online to download his new 66-page short story. The economics certainly worked in his favor. The New Yorker or Playboy might have paid him $10,000 for the piece, says King. But he estimates he'll make at least $450,000 for the e-book...