Reviews
An Editor's Burial: Journals and Journalism from the New Yorker and Other Magazines by David Brendel
rebeccaasavage's review
3.0
As a glimpse of a personally curated collection of Wes Anderson’s favourite parts of the New Yorker, this is exactly as promised. As an effective anthology, it leaves something to be desired. For this piece to have its full effect as the first, a more conscientious narrative of Anderson’s thoughts would have been needed. Shamelessly, I was taken in by the promise of a guided journey through someone’s passion and instead got a shtick meant to capitalise on curiosity inspired by the movie. Ah, well.
sanito's review
challenging
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Favorites:
- Equal in Paris by James Baldwin
- Thirty-two Rats from Casablanca by Joseph Mitchell
- The Events in May by Mavis Gallant
- Here at The New Yorker by Brendan Gill
pgsweetdee's review
3.0
A nice companion to The French Dispatch, and a nice window to someone like myself who has never read the New Yorker and doesn't know the first thing about its history.