Archive - Saran Wrapped Letters

#37 – ‘Why We Go to Cabarets’: The first newsstand hit of The New Yorker

A take on the iconic article

May 19 •

April 2025

#36 – The New Yorker Centenary Cover: A Q&A with Camila Rosa

On the cover for The New Yorker’s centenary, creative process and the message she seeks to convey

Apr 18 •

March 2025

#35 – Infinitely Inspiring Art of Anita Kunz

On her New Yorker covers, recent projects and early years of her career

Mar 30 •

#34 – The New Yorker Covers: A Conversation with Françoise Mouly

On The New Yorker cover evolution, hundredth anniversary issue extravaganza, the art editor's mandate and more

Mar 14 •

February 2025

#33 – 'Pick the biggest one and fire’: A Conversation with the Comma Queen

On her breakthrough piece for The New Yorker, the best writing advice she’s received, her favorite Greek Goddess and much more!

Feb 7 •

January 2025

#32 – My Year With The New Yorker

A special project announcement

Jan 31 •

December 2024

#31 – On songs that don't take over your day

even when they do, it's in a good way

Dec 28, 2024 •

November 2024

#30 – On Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

10 fun facts about the library (in an increasingly more interesting order)

Nov 9, 2024 •

October 2024

#29 – On the making of an opera

and a quick announcement about this newsletter

Oct 5, 2024 •

September 2024

#28 – On Serendipity

A fascinating book on the history of "serendipity"

Sep 21, 2024 •

#27 – On what I learned from being on Substack for a year

Happy one-year anniversary!

Sep 7, 2024 •

August 2024

#26 – On Novelist as a Vocation by Murakami

Writing advice from Haruki Murakami

Aug 24, 2024 •

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