REPORTER AT LARGE about two peace groups. One is the Vietnam Moratorium Committee, called the Moratorium, & the other the New Mobilization Committee to End…
Best New Yorker Articles of 1970
Explore 52 featured picks from The New Yorker's 1970 issues.
52 picks · 52 issues · Top author: Francine du Plessix Gray (2)
Most featured section: Fiction
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REPORTER AT LARGE about Allard K. Lowenstein, a new member of the House of Representatives. He was sworn in Jan. 3, 1969, just before his 40th birthday. In…
The writer and her sister, Lisa, grew up in the Middle West. In the summer they vacationed at a place called Neah. There is a feeling of family continuity …
"Now that the automobile has been disproved, it is no longer chic to boast of one's ignorance in equine matters. Horses are distinctly "in" these …
It was autumn. Mr. Paget's wife was still in the hospital, in a coma, unchanged after two months. Mr. Paget occupied himself making visits to the …
REPORTER AT LARGE about defoliation operations in S. Vietnam, whichbegan late in 1961, and herbicides for civilian use, which has been going on since soon …
William Whitworth’s 1970 Profile of Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. “A perfectionist in an imperfect world, he dreams of fried chicken so golden and delicious that it will bring tears to the eyes of a grown man.”
Seven short passages with an introductory paragraph. One passage is entitled "SHOUTING SLEEPING RHYTHMIC HANDCLAPPING WHAT RECOURSE?" It tells of a …
Story in 3 parts. 1. "The Locker Room". The narrator's country is at war. He is a member of a group of aging men, called to the locker room, presumably…
PROFILE of Bertram A. Powers, president of the New York Typographical Union No. 6. The body was founded by Horace Greeley, who was its first present. He …
Short parody of Hermann Hesse. Tells about the adventures of a young man who longs to join a quest. Sad Arthur, a banker's son, runs off to Leonia, N. …
PROFILE of Calcutta. Long interview with Mother Theresa of the Missionaries of Charity, a Catholic congregation founded by her in 1948, who devote …
Katharine S. White reviews the “ever-spreading flood” of England’s books about gardens and horticulture, including a sixteenth-century manual of herbs and flowers and “Vita Sackville-West’s Garden Book.”
Writer reminisces about his Cousin Ellen, who wrote poetry for the local papers and was the greatest non-stop talker you ever listened to. The poetry was …
REPORTER AT LARGE about India. Writer discusses various aspects of the country. He first discusses background of the Sikh religion and interviews 2 Sikh …
Writer gives advice oh handling embarrassing social situations. He describes a series of improbable incidents, occurring during dinners, special events, …
PROFILE of former Monsignor Ivan Illich who for 7 yrs was director of a center of higher learning in Mexico. Its progressive character alarmed the Vatican …
REPORTER AT LARGE about Nepal. Gives history of the country, and goes into detail in discussing the Shah dynasty, which is still in control today under …
REPORTER AT LARGE about Nepal. Writer & friends go on a trek through the back country of Nepal to the base of Mt. Everest. Gives history of the highest …
The young, in the week of Kent State, asked more—insisted on more—and in so doing restored breath to a country that had seemed in many ways close to extinction.
REPORTER AT LARGE about U.S. deserters who live in Sweden under a type of political asylum. Reporter interviews various men who would be faced with …
PROFILE of a symphony orchestra; the Cleveland Orchestra, whose conductor has been George Szell since 1946. It is one of the 5 leading orchestras in the …
Story about a black boy & a white boy and the fight between them that begins one day after school in the school yard. Though the writer suggests several …
REPORTER AT LARGE about the efforts by conservationists to check the widespread poisoning of prairie dogs in South Dakota, on which the almost extinct …
The writer gives his own humorous version of six Hassidic tales about Rabbis. The first is about a man who asks Rabbi Ben Kaddish where he can find peace. …
"Marriages, like chemical unions, release upon dissolution packets of the energy locked up in their bonding." Story about the break-up of a marriage. …
REPORTER AT LARGE interview with Eugene Rostow on U.S. foreign policy. Refering to the Korean war, Mr. Rostow is quoted "I think it was the feeling of the …
PROFILE o f Giovanni Mardersteig, the world renewed publisher of hand printed books, who runs the Officina Bodoni and Stamperia Valdonega publishing houses…
The chaotic events during a spring day at the Acme Art Museum (presumably the Metropolitan Museum) & a look at its director, Jarvis Cope (presumably Thomas…
Lengthy discussion in PROFILE of Valencia, Spain. The falla is an object that is burned & the festival during which this happens. This is during the spring…
Story about John Winkleman, a 19 yr. old student and aspiring writer. He has received his draft notice & must report at the end of the semester. Portions …
PROFILE of the Netherlands. Dr. Arie Querido, professor of social medicine at the University of Amsterdam, says that two problems with Dutch housing …
PROFILE of the Netherlands, the most densely populated nation of the Western world. As early as the 15th cent. Holland was predominantly urban. Since the …
PROFILE of Amnesty International, a London-based organization that aids political prisoners throughout the world. There are at least a quarter of a million…
REPORTER AT LARGE about a Moroccan, Omar ben Allel, whose 13-year-old daughter, Khadija, was lost during a pilgrimage. One way to make money in Morocco was…
REPORTER AT LARGE about the abduction of 13-year-old Khadija, a Moroccan, daughter of Omar ben Allel. Her family & others continue to search for her. Story…
REPORTER AT LARGE about the marriage of a thirteen year old Moroccan girl. She had been abducted by a man named Mohammed ben Mohammed ben Mohammed. She was…
“Throughout my boyhood, I thought that to be loved would have amounted to an injustice,” the author writes, in this Profile of himself, from 1970.
Story about Jeanne, a girl who is murdered by her lover, with whom she lives. Another man who was with her at the time ran to get help & so may have …
REPORTER AT LARGE about the National Guard. At present it consists of 478,860 men & an annual appropriation slightly in excess of one billion dollars... & …
When Jesus said, "Consider the lilies of the field, how they toil not: and yet even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these," he was …
REPORTER AT LARGE. After 2 1/2 years of fruitless talks in Paris, a cease-fire or at least a lowering of the level of hostilities-has finally become a …
I. The New Testament In Living Color A dream sequence which refers to a red-letter edition of "Crime and Punishment", the Word "Yes", a landlord, & a dark …
Satirical story with footnotes & illustrated with drawings. Writer gives five reasons why he is an unsuccessful artist. Among them are that his paintings …
PROFILE of German-born (1902) psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson, author of the book "Childhood and Society." Relates his theories & work with troubled & normal…
E. B. White’s parody of “The Greening of America.”
Short story about the physical hazards of show business. Writer mentions two examples that appeared in newspaper articles & tells about "Pousse-Cafe", a …
PROFILE of a group of young women active in the cause of the human female. Only their first names are given. Two were well known in the city's new …
Micky Hudd, a 12-year-old English boy, wore a Devil's costume, which his mother had made, for the Carnival. This was the first time he was permitted to…
Writer grew up in Whittier, California. She tells about her baptism & confirmation in the Anglican Church. It had been delayed because of family …
Thomas Whiteside on how anti-smoking activists killed the cigarette advertisement.