English 624: The New Yorker
SeminarThe New Yorker
English 624: Fall 2005
Virginia Commonwealth University
Professor Bryant Mangum



"Talk" Topics

Andrew Blossom                             The Role of the Whites, E.B. and Catherine
Lindsay Chudzik                              Dorothy Parker and the Round Table
Kim Wood                                       James Thurber:  Biography, Personality
Mary Levi                                        Thurber’s New Yorker Drawings
Laura Harrison                                “Famous” Contributors During the Ross Years
Jesse Ulmer                                      The “Profile” Section
Anna Journey                                   Evolution of New Yorker Poetry
Lauren Maas                                    The "Fiction" Issue
Channing Billups                             A Perspective on New Yorker Humor
Anne Sisk                                        The William Shawn Era (including apprenticeship)
Courtney Fenner                              Social/Political Outlook of The New Yorker
Sam Chapin                                     The New Yorker’s Handling of Manuscripts
Michelle Stillwell                             The New Yorker and “Non-American Authors”
Cynthia Lotze                                  The Tina Brown Era
Yazmina Beverly                              The David Remnick Era