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11 picks · 2005–2006

Top authors: Ben Greenman (3), Amy Davidson Sorkin (2), Matt Dellinger (2)

Working Poets
Alice Quinn · October 30, 2006

The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Alice Quinn, talks with these two longtime contributors about how they discovered their vocation, the impact of the …

At Sea
Blake Eskin · July 31, 2006
Cheney’s Cheney
Blake Eskin · July 3, 2006
Dog Days
Ben Greenman · May 22, 2006

Malcolm Gladwell discusses Cesar Millan, the host of the National Geographic TV show “Dog Whisperer.” and what canine behavior tells us about human …

Whole Hog
Matt Dellinger · May 1, 2006
Faith Matters
Matt Dellinger · April 17, 2006

Peter J. Boyer discusses the controversy and the changing face of religion in America.

After the Warlords
Amy Davidson Sorkin · March 27, 2006

Jon Lee Anderson talks with Amy Davidson about President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, of Liberia, her country’s civil war, and his time as a boy there.

The Nuclear Edge
Amy Davidson Sorkin · February 13, 2006

Steve Coll talks with Amy Davidson about the tensions between India and Pakistan, the role of jihadis, and the nuclear black market.

Hot on the Trail
Ben Greenman · January 23, 2006

Tad Friend talks with Ben Greeman about police car chases in Los Angeles and what they mean to the city.

Found in Translation
Deborah Treisman · December 26, 2005
Gray Days
Ben Greenman · December 19, 2005

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