50 Tries
A chronicle of my attempt to publish a "Shouts & Murmurs" piece in the New Yorker during my second round of chemotherapy for breast cancer. Links to submissions appear on the right; a red "X" indicates a formal rejection from the magazine.
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Archives
February 2008
December 2007
November 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
Submissions
37. Overseas Production
36. Restaurant Review: My Mother's Kitchen Confidential
35. The Real Me
34. My Fake Romances
33. Scarsdale Nursery School News -
X
32. Highlights From the Gardening Column
31. My Life: The Television Without Pity Recap
30. Modern Love: Feline Groovy
29. No Princesses Allowed
28. Diary of a Desperate Housewife
27. Competitve Parenting's Bad Mother of the Year Award
26. My Shih-Tzu's Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun
25. Vows: To Have and to Hold
24. The Ethicist: A Hummer of a Problem -
X
23. Lives: Our None Too Perfect Child
22. Lives: Tripping the Kitchen Fantastic
21. Requesting the Honor of Your Presence
20. Kissing John McPhee
19. New Charity Wristbands
18. Donald Rumsfeld Hit by Cupid's Arrow -
X
17. Extreme Winnie-the-Pooh UNO!
16. Jerry Orbach Crosses Over -
X
15. Many Happy Returns -
X
14. An Open Letter to the New Yorker's Shouts & Murmurs Editor(s)
13. I'll Be Clay for Christmas -
X
12. Proust Questionnaire -
X
11. Christmas Cancelled Due to Low-Carb Dieting Craze, Possible Elf Unionization -
X
10. Season's Greetings (Wink!) -
X
9. Even More Cabinet Resignations Expected
8. The Twelve Steps -
X
7. Things That Might Actually Happen Now That the Red Sox Have Won the World Series
6. Modest Options to Consider if George W. Bush Is “Re”-Elected -
X
5. The Rest of Us
4. Killing Me Softly
3. Where I Was Between 1972 & 1973
2. Oops! My Mom Called the Lawyer Again
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