New York Review Of Books

NYRB is east coast/ European and Jewish-liberal-intellectual-centric which I realize is a barely literate assessment... just saying. I've subscribed for several years. This subscription, though, was a gift to my sister who is also marginally educated but smart and curious. Since I'm a small-prairie-town Anglo, and since a subscription is fairly expensive to my budget, it should be obvious that I value what I learn here but for the reader that tries to read his subscriptions cover-to-cover, I think you'll be glad when you've completed each issue and can set it aside. I do consider NYRB part of the sort of ongoing education I want. Many of the reviews expose me to authors and history I was unaware of and I've read a number of books I've learned about here.If I could change one thing about NYRB it would be the format which is large, floppy and can only be read for any length of time by placing it on a table, not sprawled out on a sofa or curled up in an easy chair.

I am surprised by how much I truly enjoy reading this magazine. Maybe because I'm not the target intellectual audience, it's not what I thought a "book review" magazine would be. I don't read every article, some of the ones on the arts just don't interest me. But many of the reviews are just incredibly written and I always feel just a little bit smarter for having read an issue. It really is my favorite magazine now.

Great issues of literary and political importance always get their space in the New York Review of Books and it's never dull. Edmund White, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Jerome Groopman, Michael Tomasky, Mary Beard, Cass Sunstein, Gary Wills, Mark Danner... these are only a few of the writers who have published in the NYRB recently. This pretty much is the only place to find long-form analysis and criticism of books and current events by writers with great intellectual heft.The only two publications to which we subscribe without fail are the NYRB and the London Review of Books and it wasn't until recently that I discovered that they are sister publications founded by the same people. Between the two, we have an incredible coverage of all things literary and political worldwide.The Kindle formatted edition is complete and works extremely well and we would never be without it.

Been reading the Review for so long, it. A fine flower of the best minds operating in the metropolis,it has given marvellous results as moral and political conscience of the progressive, hihgbrow Americans. The long articles devoted to literature,history and all the new phenomena of political life have kept alive the intensity of debate about the modern mind. Always perfectly engaged in theimportant debates about native Americans, race, architecture and poetry, it has offered its readers the very best in engaged thought. Very highstandards obtain in every field, not for the lazy, Its prestige does not need to be emphasized . Indispensable to be up-to-date in the rapidlychanging panorama of the world.

NYRB features long, in-depth articles about recent books and events. The "reviews" frequently take the book under discussion as a starting point for a wide-ranging essay which then becomes a work in its own right. Indeed, I've seen articles in NYRB referred to in academic papers. Don't fear that NYRB will bore you, however. I've often found a NYRB article to be a great introduction to an area of thought or literature previously unknown to me.The only negative is a rather tedious Michael-Mooreish political stance. I have no objection to seeing Bush bashed, but wish that NYRB could do so in a more creative and less repetitive manner. Maybe once in a while we could hear from someone who actually likes the man?Nevertheless I find NYRB an indispensable periodical. I find it a great complement to The Economist, which features a more pro-business and pro-free trade economic stance and wider, but less deep, coverage of the world.

The New York Review of Books is a brilliant, liberal journal of politics and the arts. Most likely, if you aren't reasonably liberal, you will not like it. While in the 1960s, the journal had a reputation for being radical, I do not consider it to be so anymore. The articles are simply fascinating and well-written by people noted in their various fields. I certainly do not agree with everything in NYRB; in some cases, it is too liberal for my taste. But I never feel like writing is hostile to people who do not agree. Plus, there are plenty of articles on science and the arts that are not overtly political.

The best reviews give the reviewer's insight on the book in question; the worst reviews are a display of the reviewer's erudition with little or no mention of the book being reviewed. Although we get both styles in the NYR, even the worst reviews will educate the reader on the subject matter at hand.The books selected tend to be more scholarly and "serious" than are found in the NY Times Book Review.Worst feature: not having the money to buy all the books one finds compelling here.

In-depth review of a few books with particular importance to current issues is the reason I like this format. Perhaps as important is that most reviews include counter-points when the reviewer disagrees with the author. This allows you, the reader, to compare and contrast arguments. While the "NY Times Book Review" (a sister publication) provides a review of many more books per issue, the reviews seem brief by comparison and generally do not offer a lengthly analysis. I chose the kindle edition for portability while grudgingly giving up the tactical feel and color of the hard copy edition as well as the interesting ads for books.

I have been reading the NYRB for many years.I think it publishes some of the best reading one can get on books and writers and issues of great interest.I always recommend it to intelligent and culturally curious friends who have a wide field of interests and an open mind.If you have no space for the paper edition get the Kindle edition which is also much cheaper.

Lots of words and comas and full stops. The pages accommodate all the words.

This magazine is the most informative, the most intellectually stimulating, and the most engaged publication that I know of and is essential reading for people who care about good writing, and free thought, in our modern, vulgar, stupid, and dumbed-down world.

This is brilliant. Excellent articles and easy to use on Kindle. You can either view the whole page which makes the writing very small but gives you a good overview, or have it broken down to be more readable in a conventional Kindle way. Highly recommended!

what I would really like to review is a product I bought that I have had to return, at my own expense, that did not work - the TAKSHO LCD Digital Hygrometer Thermometer, Mini Digital Temperature Meter, Humidity Meter for Greenhouse/Car/Home/Bedroom/Office/Humidore, Pack of 4 were not fit for sale - each one had totally different readings with bonkers differences of 50C between eachother. Amazon would not let me review them, I have returned by post to Slovakia and wonder if they will ever get there, costing almost as much as the product. I lose out on non refundable shipping in both directions. Love you NY Review of Books, even if you are so very very American but hate Amazon more and more when simple products like this are just pieces of crap. x