http://www.litdrift.com/2009/09/09/the-holy-grail-of-magazines-down-a-notch/ Storytelling in the 21st Century Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.litdrift.com/2009/09/09/the-holy-grail-of-magazines-down-a-notch/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Michelle Wittle Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:30:37 +0000 http://litdrift.com/?p=1570#comment-194 I think "The New Yorker" is the Holy Grail of literary magazines because it was founded by members of the most famous writing click of the 20th Century. Its beginnings captured a time in America and New York when good writing was every where and real talented writers were best sellers. I loved Dorothy Parker from the moment I read, "One Perfect Rose" and when I think of "The New Yorker" it is her I think of. I can just picture her grabbing lunch with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, et. al. and just tossing her cut throat witty quips at them. But is the magazine still that way today? To be honest, I only pick up the fiction issues. I do feel that it has lost some of its intended founding purpose. I think “The New Yorker” is the Holy Grail of literary magazines because it was founded by members of the most famous writing click of the 20th Century. Its beginnings captured a time in America and New York when good writing was every where and real talented writers were best sellers.
I loved Dorothy Parker from the moment I read, “One Perfect Rose” and when I think of “The New Yorker” it is her I think of. I can just picture her grabbing lunch with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, et. al. and just tossing her cut throat witty quips at them.
But is the magazine still that way today? To be honest, I only pick up the fiction issues. I do feel that it has lost some of its intended founding purpose.

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