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...output, Salinger, at 42, has spoken with more magic, particularly to the young, than any other U.S. writer since World War II. The appearance this week of his new book, Franny and Zooey (Little, Brown; $4), actually two long, related stories that originally ran in The New Yorker, is not just a literary event but, to countless fans, an epiphany. Weeks before the official publication date, Salinger's followers queued up, and bookstores sold out their first supplies. To a large extent, the excitement is fueled by memories of Salinger's most famous work. For of all the characters...
Although a New Yorker for most of his like, Hook travels often on lecture tours but hates to be on the road ("like a captain who hates the sea"). He says that New York offers no special stimulus to him: "I am stimulated wherever I go. A philosopher does not need special external surroundings, although because of my interest in social and political thought, New York interest...
Thousands of undergraduates and graduate students returned to Harvard in the fall of 1960 to find many of their professors already actively engaged in advisory roles for the chosen candidate--Sen. John Fitsgerald Kennedy '40. The switch from Adlai Stevenson was made with only a few bruises. The New Yorker cartoon aptly showed a messenger running into a smoked-filled room, "it's Harvard, professor, they went last June's exams corrected...
Winter said the publishing company feels that "the flavor of New Yorker does not come across" in all parts of the country. The Lampoon was selected as a competitor because of the "resounding success" of its parody of Madamolselle which will be released in June...
...professional staff will be drawn from former Lampoon editors and, according to unconfirmed rumors, dissatisfied members of the New Yorker staff. Some Lampoon editors will also advance directly from the insert to the professional staff after graduation unless the equality of the College group goes bad", according to Winter...