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Updike’s own interest in the University, though, was not initially literary. Growing up on a diet of New York 1940s magazines like Colliers and The New Yorker, Updike developed a childhood love of cartooning. He worked intently on his drawing, aspiring at one point to be a Disney animator...
...June of 1954 Updike graduated summa cum laude. In his alumni reports, he has upheld this academic training as preparation for the critical work—such as his frequent reviews for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books—that have increasingly become a part of his corpus in the 50 years that followed...
...random gathering of people turned out to be an unexpected collective genius at ox-weight appraisal. Starting with this anecdote, James Surowiecki, financial columnist for the New Yorker, builds a fascinating case, summed up in his title and subtitle: The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations (Doubleday; 296 pages...
...HOFF, 91, cartoonist and author of such children's books as Danny and the Dinosaur; in Miami Beach, Fla. Hoff originally wanted to be a painter, but his art-school teachers told him to "try something else." He did--and went on to contribute 571 cartoons to the New Yorker...
These antics were not only cruel, but also particularly insensitive to Arab culture. Bernard Haykel, professor of Middle Eastern studies at New York University, explained in the April 30 issue of the New Yorker, that the severity of these actions is compounded by the nature of Islamic law, which prohibits homosexual acts. “Being put on top of each other and forced to masturbate, being naked in front of each other—it’s all a form of torture,” said Haykel...