| The New Yorker is a 2000 National Magazine Award winner in the category of FICTION (awarded to honor a magazine for its publication of excellent fiction). The magazine was nominated twice in this category.
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"The Third and Final Continent," by Jhumpa Lahiri, June 21 &28, 1999 Download the article: <PDF: 736K> Jhumpa Lahiri has just published her first book, a collection of stories entitled “Interpreter of Maladies,” for which she just won the Putlizer Prize. |
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"The Barber's Unhappiness," by George Saunders, December 20, 1999 Download the article: <PDF: 320K> George Saunders teaches creative writing at Syracuse University and is the author of "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline." |
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"Dominion," by Robert Stone, December 27, 1999 Download the article: <PDF: 640K> Robert Stone is the author, most recently, of “Damascus Gate.” He is working on a new novel. |
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"An Actor Prepares," by Donald Antrim, June 21 & 28, 1999 Download the article: <PDF: 1100K> Donald Antrim is the author of three novels, including "The Verificationist," which came out in February. |
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"The Toughest Indian in the World," by Sherman Alexie, June 21 & 28, 1999 Download the article: <PDF: 384K> Sherman Alexie is a Spokane / Coeur d’Alêne Indian. He has published eight books of poems, a collection of stories, and two novels, “Reservation Blues” and “Indian Killer.” He also wrote the screenplay for “Smoke Signals,” which had its première at the 1998 Sundance festival. |
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"The Bear Came Over the Mountain," by Alice Munro, December 27, 1999 Download the article: <PDF: 544K> Alice Munro is the author of a novel and eight collections of stories, including "The Love of a Good Woman." |
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