Posts tagged as David Remnick
David Remnick On The Rolling Stones
"The Stones have not written a song of consequence in thirty years, but they have survived four decades longer than their great contemporaries the Beatles." READ MORE
Why R. Crumb Will Never Draw for the 'New Yorker' Again
For every freelancer who's ever had a story or a photo or an illustration killed by a capricious-seeming magazine editor, take heart! It happens even to the most famous of us. In the new issue of The Paris Review-edited by TPR managing editor and Awl pal Caitlin Roper!-R. Crumb explains why he'll never draw for David Remnick's New Yorker again. READ MORE
No Fantasy Sports for Old Men
"At 51, I have decided fantasy should be limited to sex, not football." READ MORE
People Really Do Like It Long Online
This is very true, from one David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker: "One of the great Web orthodoxies was that no one would read anything of any length online. Bullshit." Yes! It's one of the most pleasing and surprising facts of the Internet! Anyone who says that long-form writing doesn't perform well online is working for some MSN celeb picture site or just hates words.
Hands Off That Rumpus, Dave Eggers!
Tom Scocca: So because I am a subscriber to the New Yorker, my current issue is still the August 24 issue, which I guess people could buy off newsstands something like 10 days ago. READ MORE
