I Saw the World End
At this instant 80 years ago (8:15am August 6, local time), Little Boy—a 15-kiloton, uranium-fueled atomic bomb—destroyed Hiroshima, killing (per US military estimates) ~70,000 men, women, and children, including 12…
Life Inside a Singular Artists’ Enclave in Brooklyn | “The Candy Factory” | The New Yorker
Cory Jacobs and Jason Schmidt’s documentary short follows a creative community held together by collaboration and the efforts of a woman who is part landlady, part fairy godmother.
A City of Churches
Donald Barthelme
The New Yorker magazine’s first 100 years
The New Yorker, the beloved weekly magazine encompassing journalism, fiction, poetry and cartoons, is celebrating its one-hundredth birthday. "Sunday Morning" contributor (and New Yorker writer) Kelefa Sanneh goes inside the…
How a Legendary Cartoonist Cast Light in Dark Times
In “Drawing Life,” directed by Nathan Fitch, the New Yorker’s George Booth looks back on fifty years of work — including the only cartoon to be published in the issue…
Chris Ware in “Chicago” – Season 8 | Art21
Chris Ware, known for his New Yorker magazine covers, is hailed as a master of the comic art form. Ware’s complex graphic novels, which tell stories about people in suburban…
Neighborhood Nostalgia Comes to Life | The Originals | The New Yorker Documentary
Five friends recount what life was like in Brooklyn in the nineteen-seventies—from the games they played in the street to the criminal elements they tried to avoid—in this short film…
“You Were Perfectly Fine,” by Dorothy Parker
“Oh, I’m great,” he said. “Corking, I am. Know what time I got up? Four o’clock this afternoon, sharp. I kept trying to make it, and every time I took…