Tag Archives: New York Times Magazine

C.J. Chivers (Rhymes With Shivers) Is One Helluva Writer

On a beautiful sun-dappled afternoon last May, I sat on a bench in Square Henri Galli, a Paris pocket park across the Seine from Île Saint Louis, and while des enfants frolicked about, read a New York Magazine article that … Continue reading

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Big Town Scotty Brown Makes NYT Mag

This Sunday is WWSD-Day in the New York Times Magazine (tip o’ the pixel to Politico’s Playbook). What Would Scott Brown Do? In case you weren’t keeping track — don’t worry, that was a joke! — Scott Brown, the short-time … Continue reading

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When A Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .

Well, that’s just sad. The hardworking staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • About a week ago, the Boston Globe ran a story about CBS’s decision to stop broadcasting the … Continue reading

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Taylor Branch’s Pen State Of College Athletics

From our Late to the Party desk: Sometimes it’s good to be behind the curve. The hardreading staff has just started digging into Taylor Branch’s monumental October 2011 Atlantic piece The Shame of College Sports (described by Frank Deford in … Continue reading

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New York Times Magazine Has Rare Impact

The New York Times Magazine spends most of its time deconstructing politics, science, culture and society in a way that seems designed to induce terminal bouts of torpidity. But Sunday’s New York Times Magazine cover was different: The cover story … Continue reading

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