TalkTNY: Issue of January 12, 2009

Barney’s Great Adventure A congressman’s moment arrives. by Jeffrey Toobin

Q. Barney Frank claims not everyone should be a homeowner. Is federal assistance for affordable housing a fair exchange for the mortgage interest deduction of homeowners? What about those in the middle?

The Speech Inaugural Addresses, great and otherwise. by Jill Lepore

Q. What are the strong elements of Lepore's essay? Where is it weak?

Face Time

The staff photographers Martin Schoeller and Steve Pyke talk about how they got their start in photography, how they research their subjects, and how assignments for The New Yorker differ from work for other magazines. Schoeller and Pyke are featured in “Portraiture Now: Feature Photography” at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington, D.C., through September 27, 2009.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/01/12/090112on_audio_portraiturenow

Introduction

It's a "book club" for devoted readers of The New Yorker magazine.

Based in Santa Monica, TalkTNY, the New Yorker magazine reading group, gathers at a cafe or coffee shop to talk about recent articles and cartoons in the magazine. We usually choose between 8 and 12 pieces for discussion.

Meetings are held every other week, usually on Wednesday evenings.

"Week after week, The New Yorker offers its community of dedicated readers a unique perspective on current ideas and evolving issues: one that combines humor and intelligence with depth and style. Readers come to its pages to laugh, to be informed, to be surprised, to be moved."

To learn more or attend one of our meetings, email us: TalkTNY at gmail dot com.

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Issue of January 12, 2009

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