The Best and Worst of the New Yorker’s First Issue
Tags: Literary Analysis · Books · Media Critique
Curious about the New Yorker's 1925 debut? Growing up with a subscription and a huge cartoon collection meant I read the first issue with low expectations. I pick the best and worst of that 36-page debut: the "old lady in Dubuque" line, Rea Irvin’s Eustace Tilley, a racist Of All Things joke, 1920s crossword gossip and nose-obsessed profiles. A New Yorker first issue review for My Life 100 Years A
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