From an Email:

Well, you know I don't think the New Yorker's even that great, only
that it's maybe the 2nd best mag in the us, after the New York Review
of Books (not to be confused with the new york times book review,
which is part of the NYtimes).

Anthony Lane is their best reviewer, and, at his best, one of the
best around. but I obviously don't worship him as you say.

I like to be nemesis, though. Perhaps I can have other arch villians
in my lair, that I train and work with?

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