It was started in 1925, and is published 47 times annually.
It does have a focus on the cultural life of NYC, but also has a large national and international audience.
It's famous for its cartoons, short stories, and nonfiction articles.
In recent years, they started a cartoon captioning contest (anyone over 13 can enter) and the winner gets their caption published. I had an English teacher in HS who entered the contest every week (to no avail- yet!).
Many pieces that were originally published in TNY were eventually adapted into films
Original Editor was Harold Ross. There have been four editors since him (one being Gottlieb)
The average age of readership is 47.
Most readers have left-centered views
The magazine originally did not have a political stance, but started in 2004 (they endorsed John Kerry, Obama, Obama again, and then Clinton in 2016)
https://lithub.com/20-iconic-new-yorker-covers/
Here is a link to some of the most famous covers of TNY. You’ll probably recognize a few! The one that depicts the world from the perspective of a New Yorker is one of the more famous ones that I was familiar with.
(Notably, the first one in the article, of Bert and Ernie, caused a bit of controversy. I remember reading about it a few years ago, it was in response to the steps taken towards the legalization of same-sex marriage. Some people were upset with the implication that Bert and Ernie were a couple. Their creators/producers insisted that puppets cannot have a sexual orientation, I believe. Other people loved the cover, though.)
Famous authors published in TNY: Truman Capote, J D Salinger, E B White, Stephen King, many more
Also notable: Art Spiegelman (author of Maus) worked at TNY for 10 years
In the 2017 copy of the magazine I borrowed from Prof. Stockman, the short story piece (which was my favorite) is “Dogs Go Wolf”, by Lauren Groff. I really enjoyed it.
Also, I like how the formatting places the poems within the text of other articles. The formatting in general of TNY is extremely aesthetically pleasing, in my opinion.
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