The New Yorker & Fiction: A Sad Story From: The Washington Post | Date: June 27, 1994| Author: | Copyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

It is a revealing measure not merely of the parlous state of American literary fiction but also of the current editorial climate at The New Yorker that of the 196 pages in the magazine's "special" fiction issue, only 46 are actually devoted to new fiction, and those 46 are liberally sprinkled with cartoons, advertisements and illustrations. Perhaps it is true, as the contents page declares, that "The New Yorker Celebrates Fiction," but its celebration is wary, halfhearted and unconvincing.

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