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Hersh, who recently published an article on the subject in The New Yorker, was hosted by the Harvard Law School Forum...
This "unique perch," as he dubbed it, prompted him to start writing--four years ago for The New Yorker and more recently in his book The Measure of Our Days-- about the emotionally-laden experiences of caring for patients with blood disease, cancer and HIV. These patients, nearing the end of life, arrive at provocative revelations that Groopman treasures...
When Atlanta fifth-grader BRENDAN DUNWOODY wore a New York Yankees shirt to class last week, he knew he was committing a small act of subversion. It was, after all, Braves Spirit Day at his school, and his teacher had warned the transplanted New Yorker against wearing his native colors. When he showed up in his jersey anyway, she promptly--and according to his father, appropriately--made him change his uniform. The local act of defiance turned into a media maelstrom when a New York paper picked up the story. The school began receiving harassing calls, while the Dunwoodys' answering...
...Things Considered" on National Public Radio. Conversely, someone who wants to read salacious material about Elizabeth Taylor or Elvis can pick up a supermarket tabloid. These media outlets have been relegated to the margins, and hence have freed up the bulk of the media to what New Yorker editor David Remnick has called "infotainment...a fairly weak gruel." That is, all the news that's fit to sell...
...have spent the past few days flipping back and forth mentally between the Clinton-Lewinsky business and a new book by the New Yorker's Philip Gourevitch titled We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda...