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Publications

New Yorker

History

Tea and Sympathy

The city of Boston, the Tea Party movement, and the rightful heir to the American Revolution.

Jill Lepore New Yorker Apr 2010 25min Permalink

Thinking in the Rain

An artist takes on “the umbrella problem,” which runs so deep the U.S. Patent Office has four full-time examiners dedicated solely to assessing ideas for umbrella improvement.

Susan Orlean New Yorker Feb 2008 20min Permalink

Tech

iPad vs. Kindle vs. the Future of Books

“Amazon has done a great job,” Jobs said. “We’re going to stand on their shoulders and go a little bit farther.” Or they were planning to stand on Amazon’s neck and press down hard.

Ken Auletta New Yorker Apr 2010 25min Permalink

Arts Media

After the Flood

A review of Treme, the new HBO show about post-Katrina New Orleans from David Simon, creator of The Wire. “The series virtually prohibits you from loving it,” Franklin writes, “while asking you to value it.”

Nancy Franklin New Yorker Apr 2010 Permalink

Crime World

The Hunted

The inside story of how an ABC nature shoot in Africa end up producing  a snuff film.

Jeffrey Goldberg New Yorker Apr 2010 1h5min Permalink

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