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1968-02-03 The New Yorker Magazine Contents

1968/02/03 —

  • Cover by William Steig
  • Goings on About Town
  • The Talk of the Town
  • “Known for Her Frankness” by Penolope Gilliatt
  • “High Wind at the Battery” a poem by Ralph Pomeroy
  • A Reporter at Large: South Africa Part 2 of 3 South West by E.J. Kahn, Jr.
  • “Furniture” a poem by Phyllis Harris
  • The Theatre: Do-Re-Mi by Brendan Gill
  • Letter from Paris by Genet
  • The Race Track: Horses on the Grass, Hurrah! by Audax Minor
  • Letter from Washington by Richard H. Rovere
  • “For My Lover, Returning to His Wife” a poem by Anne Sexton
  • The Current Cinema: Moo Who? by Pauline Kael
  • Musical Events: Double Dip by Winthrop Sargeant
  • The Air: Watchman, What of the Night? … Or God Bless Our Public Interest: Further Fables for Our Time by Michael J. Arlen
  • Books: Willie Morris (b. 1934 – ) and Frank Conroy (B. 1936 – ) by Susan Lardner

    • 1968-01-20 The New Yorker Magazine Contents

    1968/01/20 —

  • Cover by Charles Addams
  • Goings on About Town
  • The Talk of the Town
  • “The Lighthouse” by Arturo Vivante
  • “An Examination” by H.L. Mountzoures
  • “Trapper’s Report” a poem by Adrien Stoutenburg
  • “Geography: A Song” by Howard Moss
  • Letter from Saigon by Robert Shaplen
  • The Theatre: Silk Purse by Brendan Gill
  • Musical Events: Election Year by Winthrop Sargeant
  • The Current Cinema: Celebrities Makes Spectacles of Themselves by Pauline Kael
  • Letter from Paris by Genet
  • The Air: A Whole Lot of Fun by Michael J. Arlen
  • Books: Cry Havoc about Louis-Ferdinand Celine by George Steiner

    • 1968-01-13 The New Yorker Magazine Contents

    1968/01/13 —

  • Cover by Charles E. Martin (CEM)
  • Goings on About Town
  • The Talk of the Town
  • “The Children Are There, Trying Not to Laugh” by Maeve Brennan
  • “The Letter Writer” by Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • “No More Elegies” a poem by Jane Cooper
  • “Plane” a poem by W.S. Merwin
  • The Theatre: Many Voices by Brendan Gill
  • Off Broadway: New Troupe in Town by Edith Oliver
  • Musical Events: Profusion and Confusion Reign by Winthrop Sargeant
  • Letter from Cambodia by Robert Shaplen
  • The Current Cinema: Movies as Opera by Pauline Kael
  • Letter from Paris by Genet

    • 1946-10-19 The New Yorker Magazine Contents

    1946/10/19 —

  • Cover by Constantin Alajalov
  • Goings on About Town
  • The Talk of the Town
  • “Ellie” by John O’Hara
  • He’s the Kinda Character Who Burns the Candle from Both Sides by Arthur Kober
  • “Landscape, Or Portrait” a poem by Rolfe Humphries
  • Making a Man Out of Him by John J. Espey
  • Shakespeare One Better by William L. Copithorne
  • “Singing Commercial for a Great Big Bank” a poem by Philip Wrenn
  • The Theatre – The Boys in the Back Room by Wolcott Gibbs is largely about “The Iceman Cometh” by Eugene O’Neill

  • Football – Like Father, Like Son by J.W.L.
  • That Was New York – Walter Hunt by Jean Libman Block
  • The Art Galleries: Panorama, 1910-46 by Robert M. Coates
  • On and Off the Avenue – About the House by B.B.
  • Room in Algiers by John Robinson
  • Our Far-Flung Correstpondents – Tokyo Revisited by Helen Mears
  • The Race Track – Fast Runner by Audax Minor
  • What You Going For? by Len Zinberg
  • The Current Cinema: Good Old Al focuses on “The Jolson Story” with brief mentions of “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” and “The Bachelor’s Daughter”
  • “Then Both Shall Be” a poem by Mark Van Doren
  • Musical Events – Residents and Visitors by Robert A. Simon
  • Books – He Lived, He Wrote by A.J. Liebling

    • 1956-10-27 The New Yorker Magazine Contents

    1956/10/27 —

  • Cover by Abe Birnbaum
  • Goings on About Town
  • The Talk of the Town
  • “The Best Four Years” by St. Clair McKelway
  • “A Letter for Allhallows” a poem by Peter Kane Dufault
  • “The Beam” by Nancy Hale
  • “Old Faces of ’56” a poem by John Updike
  • Onward and Upward With the Arts – Porgy and Bess in Russia: Part 2: The Meses Are Heard by Truman Capote
  • The Theatre – In A Very Minor Key by Wolcott Gibbs
  • Football – Man of the Hour by J.W.L.
  • Early Journeys by Maddy Vegtel
  • The Art Galleries – East Is West and West Is East by Robert M. Coates
  • “Narrative Dirge for Wind Instruments – Or, Blow the Man Down” a poem by Philip W. Wrenn
  • A Reporter at Large – The Campaign: Stevenson & Co. by Richard H. Rovere
  • “The Mesa Land” a poem by Reeve Spencer Kelley
  • Musical Events – New Operas by Winthrop Sargeant
  • The Current Cinema – The World as Todd’s Oyster by John McCarten is about “Around the World in 80 Days” (less than a page)
  • Letter from Llandudno by Mollie Panter-Downes
  • The Race Track – Bumpety Bump by Audax Minor
  • Books – The Man Inside by Anthony West

    • 1956-08-11 The New Yorker Magazine Contents

    1956/08/11 —

  • Cover by Perry Barlow
  • Goings on About Town
  • The Talk of the Town
  • “Further Fables for Our Time” by James Thurber (one page)
  • Japanese Prints by Reiko Hatsumi
  • “The Strange Case of the Lucrative Compromise” a poem by Ogden Nash
  • Profiles: Nagelmackers’ Way about Leo Cesoli is by Joseph Wechsberg
  • The Current Cinema – So Sad, So Sad by John McCarten covers “Autumn Leaves” and “Bigger Than Life” in just under a page
  • “Green Song” a poem by May Sarton
  • On and Off the Avenue – About the House by S.H.
  • The Race Track – A Bully Brooklyn by Audax Minor
  • A Demonstration by Mohamed Mehdevi
  • Books – Briefly Noted

    • 1956-02-25 The New Yorker Magazine Contents

    1956/02/25 —

  • Eustace Tilly anniversary cover by Rea Irvin
  • Goings on About Town
  • The Talk of the Town
  • “Caveat Emptor” by Frank Sullivan
  • “Anybody for Money?” a poem by Ogden Nash
  • In Italy by Mavis Gallant
  • “Jet-Vapor Trail” a poem by Peter Kane Default
  • Profiles: Yrs. Truly, A. Lincoln about Joseph Cosey by John Kobler
  • The Theatre – Two Views of the South by Wolcott Gibbs
  • The Decision of Instinct by Anne Sinclair Mehdevi
  • On and Off the Avenue – Feminine Fashions by Lois Long
  • “Tsokadze O Altitudo” a poem by John Updike
  • The Race Track – Charles Town by Audax Minor
  • Letter from Paris by Genet
  • The Current Cinema – Bring on the Ants by John McCarten is about “Picnic” (under a page)
  • Letter from Washington by Richard H. Rovere
  • Books – Briefly Noted

    • 1968-12-28 The New Yorker Magazine Contents

    1968/12/28 —

  • Cover by Andre Francois
  • Goings on About Town
  • The Talk of the Town
  • “The Horses” by L. Woiwode
  • “Barometers” a poem by Helen Bevington
  • “The Cafeteria” by Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • “New Years, 1948” a poem by L.E. Sissman
  • Profiles: Red Norvo by Whitney Balliett
  • The Theatre: The Tragic View by Edith Oliver
  • The Art World: Surrealism in the Streets by Harold Rosenberg
  • The Current Cinema: A Sign of Life by Pauline Kael about Ingmar Bergman’s “Shame”
  • Musical Events: It’s the Tops by Winthrop Sargeant
  • “The Prints” a poem by W.S. Merwin
  • Books: Verse by Louise Bogan