<p>It’s that dreaded time of year - the magazine drive! </p>
<p>Can anybody describe the difference between these two magazines? I read one at the hair salon, but I can’t remember which one it is.</p>
<p>The New Yorker is the one you can actually read, with clever cartoons and long articles. New York is the trendy, brittle one that Gael Greene used to write restaurant reviews for. Both have their merits, but the New Yorker is a classic.</p>
<p>We’ve gotten New Yorker for years and years: great articles about all kinds of esoteric stuff you never knew you could be fascinated by, plus excellent musing on current events, issues, etc. The best fiction, wonderful cartoons, etc etc.</p>
<p>We recently started getting New York for free. One or two interesting articles a week, a lot of pointless fashion and celebrity stuff. Both have loads of listings, reviews, etc of stuff to do in NYC, though the latter might have the edge there.</p>
<p>I’d definitely say that New Yorker is the one to get.</p>
<p>New York is handy if you live in or near New York City. The reviews and insider goss are very good. Outside the Big Apple? Snooze city…</p>
<p>The New Yorker has excellent in-depth reviews for film and theatre and dance. They are the premier literary magazine for new American fiction. They have serious political writers, breaking current stories; ie Seymour Hersh and his coverage of Iraq. Basically, it’s a good two to three hour read each week.</p>
<p>(btw…Was I alone in imagining Seymour Hersh looked like Yogi Berra? He’s actually quite dapper and British…)</p>
<p>I love The New Yorker. I don’t always take the time to read it all but it’s well worth reading. If there were but world enough and time, I’d subscribe to The Atlantic as well.</p>
<p>Hmm. That all makes it sound as if I’m stuck on the wrong coast. Really, I’m not.</p>
<p>I have a subscription to the New Yorker and have to admit that the part I turn to first is the last page with the catoon caption contest. </p>
<p>A couple of months ago, the magazine, always known for its cartoons, started having illustrators supply a cartoon with NO caption. Readers are invited to submit appropriate captions and three are printed in a subsequent issue. Then readers vote on their favorite. I generally think all three are great!</p>
<p>I think the results have been phenomenal and superior to most of the traditional cartoons.</p>
<p>I do read the stories as well – not all, but it’s a great magazine to keep handy in the car for waits in offices, etc.</p>