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Tag Archives: Magazines
Tokyo meets The New Yorker
Way back in 2017 I shared a story about a marvelous art and design project that creates faux-magazine covers called , The Tokyoiter, and was reminded of it by a recent post in a blog that I follow. The concept, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Tourism
Tagged Graphic design, Magazines, The New Yorker, Tokyo
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Might as well just stay home
I really emjoyed this riff on New Yorker covers created by Tokyo-based artist and designer Luis Mendo. If you liked them as much as I do, check-out his other work and consider buying prints or postcards too.
A Specter is Haunting Texas
The constant news stories this past week about the pitiful state of the State of Texas reminded me of the little known post-apocalyptic science fiction satire by the way under appreciated author Fritz Leiber. In the very dark, but humorous … Continue reading
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Fritz Leiber, Galaxy, Magazines, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Free Reading Materials (really pt.2)
While millions of people are staying home to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Scribd is making their digital library of ebooks and audiobooks free for everyone: scribd.com/readfree
Not The New Yorker
As an unapologetic fan of Wes Anderson films, I have been looking forward to the release of his upcoming movie The French Dispatch. Although we still have to wait until July 24, 2020 to see it, the trailer and a fun … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Film, movies
Tagged Magazines, Paris, The New Yorker, Wes Anderson
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Somethings may be beyond satire
This week’s issue of the New Yorker features a post-modernist satirical short story by the award-winning author George Saunders. “Little St.Don” is told in a series of semi-comic vignettes that aim to capture our living nightmare. I’m a big fan of Saunder’s … Continue reading
Posted in USA, Writing
Tagged George Saunders, Magazines, Man Booker Prize, New Yorker
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Death Before Decaf
As a life-long coffee addict and devoted aficianado, I was thrilled to get turned-on to a periodical that is “about coffee, the people who drink it, and the cities they inhabit.” Drift magazine is all about the joys of wandering great cities, … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Photography, South America, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Coffee, Havana, Magazines, Melbourne, Stockholm, travel magazines
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Not Quite The New Yorker
The Not Yorker is an unofficial, unaffiliated site that collects and curates rejected New Yorker magazine cover illustrations. The project is the work of three Brooklyn-based illustrators still aiming for their own covers.
At The Bookstore
“ I like to loiter around the city looking for interesting things,” the artist Jenny Kroik says. Her painting for this week’s New Yorker cover depicts a serious browser at the Strand Bookstore, the cherished bookshop in lower Manhattan. “I have … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA
Tagged Bookstores, Magazines, New York City
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