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New Yorker Turns 100!

Celebrate 100 years of The New Yorker! From insightful articles to witty cartoons, explore a century of this iconic magazine with these titles from the Greenwich Library.

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  • A centennial anthology celebrates a century of short fiction from the renowned magazine, featuring iconic stories like J.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain" and showcasing the evolution of…
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. — 813 CENTU
  • At Wit's End

    Cartoonists of the New Yorker

    MacWeeney, Alen,
    An exclusive sneak peek inside the creative minds of more than 50 New Yorker cartoonists, celebrating legends and newcomers alike with stunning photography and engaging profiles.
    BookNew York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2024] — 770 MACWE
  • Your Caption Has Been Selected

    More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

    Wood, Lawrence (Lawyer),
    A behind-the-scenes look at The New Yorker cartoon caption contest, its history, how it's judged, and the secrets to writing a winning caption.
    BookNew York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2024. — 741.5697 WOOD
  • The World She Edited

    Katharine S. White at the New Yorker

    Reading, Amy,
    A lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White, who helped build the magazine’s prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women.
    BookNew York : Mariner Books, 2024. — 070.4109 WHITE READI
  • Roz Chast illustrates her own dream world, a place that is sometimes creepy but always hilarious, accompanied by an illustrated tour through “Dream-Theory Land” guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023 — GRAPHIC CHAST...R
  • Very Funny Ladies

    the New Yorker's Women Cartoonists

    Donnelly, Liza,
    An updated and revised edition of Funny Ladies, this book has even more cartoons from iconic contributors and rising stars of The New Yorker.
    BookGuilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, 2022. — 741.5697 DONNE
  • What's So Funny?

    a Cartoonist's Memoir

    Sipress, David,
    From a longtime New Yorker staff cartoonist comes an evocative family memoir, a love letter to New York City, and a delightful exploration of the origins of creativity--richly interleaved with the author's witty, beloved cartoons.
    BookBoston : Mariner Books, [2022] — 741.569 SIPRE SIPRE
  • Trick Mirror

    Reflections on Self-delusion

    Tolentino, Jia,
    Presents nine original essays examining the fractures at the center of culture today, offering insights into the conflicts, contradictions, incentives, and changes related to the rise of toxic social networking.
    BookNew York : Random House, 2019. — 973.93 TOLEN
  • The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons

    a Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive

    This monumental, two-volume, slip-cased collection includes nearly 10 decades worth of New Yorker cartoons selected and organized by subject with insightful commentary by Bob Mankoff and a foreword by David Remnick.
    BookNew York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Hachette Book Group, 2018. — 741.5973 NEW
  • Peter Arno

    the Mad, Mad World of the New Yorker's Greatest Cartoonist

    Maslin, Michael,
    The biography of the legendary New Yorker cartoonist covers his extraordinary life as a dashing celebrity artist who lampooned the very jazz-age life of excess he was living and describes how he resuscitated the nearly failing magazine…
    BookNew York : Regan Arts, 2016. — 741.5973 ARNO MASLI
  • Man in Profile

    Joseph Mitchell of the New Yorker

    Kunkel, Thomas, 1955-
    Renowned for having captivated audiences with his profiles of ordinary and often down-and-out people, Mitchell was considered to be one of The New Yorker 's best reporters. Kunkel paints a vivid portrait of the writer best known for his…
    BookNew York : Random House, 2015. — 818x MITCH KUNKE
  • Cast of Characters

    Wolcott Gibbs, E.B. White, James Thurber, and the Golden Age of the New Yorker

    Vinciguerra, Thomas J.,
    Presents a revealing look at the unique personalities and personal lives of the writers and editors who built not only "The New Yorker" magazine, but also a movement.
    BookNew York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015] — 051 VINCI
  • Reporting Always

    Writings From The New Yorker

    Ross, Lillian, 1918-2017
    Collects the best pieces from a New Yorker journalist's 60-year career, including bringing readers into Robin Williams' living room; Harry Winston's office; the afterschool hangouts of Manhattan private-school children; the hotel rooms of…
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2015. — 070.44 ROSS
  • Presents an anthology of long-form essays, short humor pieces, poems, stories, and cartoons culled from the archives of The New Yorker and commemorating the enduring relationship between people and cats.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2013] — 636.8 BIG
  • A collection of anecdotes, essays, fiction pieces, and illustrations-- all about dogs, and all from the pages of New Yorker magazine. From Charles Addams to E.B. White, this book is a gift to dog lovers everywhere.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2012] — 741.5697 BIG
  • Presents rejected and alternate covers to the prestigious magazine and includes insights from the artists and magazine editors explaining the cover selection process.
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Abrams, 2012. — 741.652 MOULY
  • Collects every Beattie story published in "The New Yorker" magazine throughout a thirty-five-year period, in an anthology that offers insight into modern American family life.
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2010. — FICTION BEATT...A
  • 20 Under 40

    Stories From the New Yorker

    A collection of twenty stories by North American writers under the age of forty who the editors of the New Yorker felt were, or soon would be, standouts in contemporary fiction.
    BookNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. — 813 TWENT
  • Steinberg's high-concept graphic art-epitomized by his oft-imitated cartoon map in which a Manhattan distended with self-importance shoves the continents of North America and Asia to the margins-is enchantingly showcased in this lavishly…
    BookNew York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005. — 741.5092 STEIN SMITH
  • Disquiet, Please!

    More Humor Writing From The New Yorker

    A compendium of literary humor from the pages of "The New Yorker" features essays and articles by S.J. Perelman, Dorothy Parker, Calvin Trillin, Garrison Keillor, Steve Martin, David Sedaris, and Ian Frazier.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2008] — 817 DISQU