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'New Yorker' Fiction By The Numbers
And also in further data-crunching, this analysis of the New Yorker's fiction section. "Just 10 writers account for 82 (or 23%) of the 358 stories to appear over the last seven years. Just 18 writers account for 124 (or 35%) of the stories." That is almost okay, since there were 12 Alice Munro stories published in the last six years. (Which serves to assist in getting their lady-boy ratio up to 36.6%.)
Alice Munro knows more than G-d.
This statement is true.
She cannot write enough. J'adore.
Every time the New Yorker publishes a new Alice Munro story, I feel immediate warm-bellied gratitude and then marvel for a few minutes about how very very shitty it'll be when she dies. This is an exact and clockwork-seeming sequence of emotions, and it's a good year when I feel them three times.
What is The New Yorker's policy on fiction submissions? If I send a story, will I hear back from you?
D. Beth Metzger
Halifax, Nova Scotia
We are happy to look at fiction submissions, which should be e-mailed to fiction@newyorker.com. Due to the overwhelming number of submissions we receive, our response time is usually between two and three months, and you will hear back from us by e-mail.
Deborah Treisman
The New Yorker's Fiction Editor
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/ask/2008/12/questions-for-treisman.html#ixzz0bs3viAP8
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do not read every alice munro story in a row, on a camping trip, unless you want to realise it's mostly the same story. it is a GOOD story, though.
Surely you mean lady:boy ratio, unless you're implying…