Jonah Lehrer Resigns From The New Yorker After Fabricating Bob Dylan Quotes
Jonah Lehrer has resigned from his position with The New Yorker after allegations that he fabricated quotes from Bob Dylan in his book called Imagine: How Creativity Works, according to Poynter. In June, it came to light that Lehrer had previously reused his own material in The New Yorker’s blog—material he had previously published in The Wall Street Journal. Poynter reported that Lehrer’s resignation came less than an hour after the new allegations were reported.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCast of Arrested Development to Reunite at New Yorker Festival
It's not the long-awaited announcement of the Arrested Development movie, but it's the next best thing: The cast of the beloved canceled Fox sitcom will reunite for a special panel at this year's twelfth annual New Yorker Festival, which will be held citywide Sept. 30 through Oct. 2. More specifically, the reunion/panel will occur Sunday, Oct. 2. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsThe 20 Best Magazines of 2010
While we no longer publish print, we certainly still cherish it, and these magazines are the biggest reason why. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayAwesome of the Day: 1000 Awesome Things Blog
Why settle for one awesome thing, when you can have 1000? This blog, and the book that goes along with it, highlight life’s moments of pure Awesome—small joys like “Looking up while underwater,” “Driving over a small hill in your car” and “Picking things up with your feet.” The Wordpress site has been celebrated by everyone from NPR to Fox News, proving, once again, that Awesome is universal.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayNew Yorker Cartoons Captioned By Kanye West Tweets
The comedy team of Paul and Storm is on a roll. After helping start the #wookieleaks trend (according to their website), they, along with author Josh Cagan, have now given the world #kanyenewyorkertweets, a series of New Yorker cartoons captioned with the wonderfully ridiculous tweets of Kanye West.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayThe New Yorker Unveils "20 Under 40" Author List
Sorry, Dave Eggers.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsNew Yorker Online Jigsaw Puzzles (Awesome of the Day)
The New Yorker has recently turned 85 years of magazine covers into online jigsaw puzzles. Choose a level of difficulty from 1 to 3 and an easy-to-use app will randomly pick a cover going back to 1925 for you to tackle. From Saul Steinberg’s “View of the World from 9th Avenue” to the Obama family terrorists, you can assemble hundreds of cover illustrations without ever repeating, wasting dozens of hours of your employer’s time (unless you’re a Paste staffer—get back to work!).... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityNew Yorker Online Jigsaw Puzzles (Awesome of the Day)
The New Yorker has recently turned 85 years of magazine covers into online jigsaw puzzles. Choose a level of difficulty from 1 to 3 and an easy-to-use app will randomly pick a cover going back to 1925 for you to tackle. From Saul Steinberg’s “View of the World from 9th Avenue” to the Obama family terrorists, you can assemble hundreds of cover illustrations without ever repeating, wasting dozens of hours of your employer’s time (unless you’re a Paste staffer—get back to work!).... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayNew David Foster Wallace Short Story Surfaces in The New Yorker
[Photo by Steve Rhodes] If David Foster Wallace wasn’t the best writer of the last few decades, then his scraggly hair and sly grin certainly sit high up on the list. “Genius” isn’t a word to be thrown around lightly, but how else to describe Wallace’s brand of writing? Perfectly caustic (yet somehow gentle) wit, deeply probing, explorative in terms of human nature, undeniable humor, the descriptors go on.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsPosthumous David Foster Wallace story published in New Yorker, book promised for 2010
Following months of speculation as to what would happen... read more
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