The New Yorker recently crested the million-follower mark on Twitter. To celebrate, last week the magazine invited readers to post their favorite New Yorker articles on Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag #favetny. One-year subscriptions to the magazine were awarded to a number of randomly selected entries. The pieces picked by the winners span the full range of The New Yorker’s history, and include fiction, humor, criticism, and reporting. Here they are, in reverse-chronological order:
“A Murder Foretold,” by David Grann, April 4, 2011, selected by Ken Meyer.
“Letting Go,” by Atul Gawande, August 2, 2010, selected by Gary Wheeler.
“Only Mr. God Knows Why,” by Anthony Lane, June 28, 2010, selected by Diana Ward.
“Up and Then Down,” by Nick Paumgarten, April 21, 2008, selected by Wade Jenkins.
“The Ambien Cookbook,” by Paul Simms, July 31, 2006, selected by PalMD.
“Swamp Nurse,” by Katherine Boo, February 6, 2006, selected by westoftheloop.
“Animals All Around Us,” by Jack Handey, May 5, 2005, selected by Andy Ross.
“Jumpers,” by Tad Friend, October 13, 2003, selected by Melissa Martin.
“An Exile in Paradise,” by Richard Brody, November 11, 2000, selected by Bryan Thomas.
“Barry Diller’s Search for the Future,” by Ken Auletta, February 22, 1993, selected by Dorian Benkoil.
“Coyote v. Acme,” by Ian Frazier, February 26, 1990, selected by BleuZ00m.
“Family Group,” by Ved Mehta, November 15, 1982, selected by Denise Bolton.
“Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu,” by John Updike, October 22, 1960, selected by Sam Dyskstra.
Review of “The House on Pooh Corner,” by Dorothy Parker, October 20, 1928, selected by Carol Beggy.
