whats your favorite article/piece from the new yorker? no constraints other than the outlet in which it was published. working on something - ThreadSky

jduffyrice.bsky.social • 99 days ago

whats your favorite article/piece from the new yorker? no constraints other than the outlet in which it was published. working on something

Stealing Time by David Grann. Actually read it in his book The Devil and Sherlock Holmes which was a collection of his NY essays. All good-great.

The Werner Herzog profile where Christian Bale shouts, “I’m not gonna feckin’ die for ya, Werner!”

Trial by Fire by David Grann was the first that came to mind https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/07/trial-by-fire

This was the first one I thought of, too. Devastating.

Trial by Fire came out when I was in law school and changed the trajectory of my life

Climate of Man

It’s an old one but … The Truth at El Mezote https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1993-12-06/flipbook/133/ I believe it was later reprinted as a book called The Massacre at El Mezote .

I have honestly lost track of what I have read that was published where, but I love this and will always feel grateful that New Yorker keeps it online.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/02/23/atchafalaya

“The Lottery Letters” by Ruth Franklin, about the letters to the editor regarding Shirley Jackson’s short story, “The Lottery”.

Too many favorites over the years, but this has stayed with me because of the times we live in.

The Many Lives of Pauli Murray
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-many-lives-of-pauli-murray