The New Yorker facts for kids

The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes articles, essays, stories, and cartoons about many topics. Though much of the magazine is about New York City, many readers are outside of the city. The magazine is known for its articles about politics, careful fact-checking, its cartoons, and short stories by many notable authors. It was founded by Harold Ross and the first issue was released on February 17, 1925. Though it was formerly a weekly magazine, it now publishes a new issue 47 times a year, with five longer two-week issues. In 2004, it had about 996,000 subscribers (people who paid to receive it).

The magazine has included short stories by J. D. Salinger, Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, E. B. White, John Hersey, whose essay Hiroshima filled an entire issue, and Shirley Jackson, whose story The Lottery drew more mail than any other story published in the magazine.

Images for kids

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  May 30, 1925 cover by Ilonka Karasz, a regular cover artist for The New Yorker

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  Image of Alfred d'Orsay (1801–1852), published by James Fraser (1783–1856).

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  Barry Blitt's cover from the July 21, 2008, issue of The New Yorker

See also

In Spanish: The New Yorker para niños