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Nathan Heller

@nathanheller

New Yorker staff writer, Vogue contributing editor, semi-pro eavesdropper, overcaffeinated earth child. Now writing THE PRIVATE ORDER for Penguin Press.

California and New York Katılım Temmuz 2009
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Nathan Heller
Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
Just a reminder that my courteous, well-dressed, low-volume newsletter—announcing new pieces of my writing, my occasional public appearances, and nothing else—has been compelled to change platforms. It is now on Substack, and you can sign up here. nathanheller.substack.com/about
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Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
A great many value-eroding errors have already been made by collapsing authority, quality, power, and audience to a thin web of data points. It's a fallacy. Let's get real.
Dylan Byers@DylanByers

NEW Jeff Bezos statement: “The Post has an essential journalistic mission and an extraordinary opportunity. Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus. Jeff [D’Onofrio], along with Matt [Murray] and Adam [O’Neal], are positioned to lead The Post into an exciting and thriving next chapter.”

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Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
At what point did we decide that anyone who put pistachios in a Hershey bar was allowed to charge twenty bucks for it? This is in many ways the most successful retail scam I've ever seen.
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The New Yorker@NewYorker·
When Gavin Newsom first entered public office, at the age of 28, there was a feeling that he would flourish without ascending to the top—too slick, too swank, too smug. Three decades later, the criticisms are the same, but his prospects have transformed. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/KV6N0q
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Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
Holding room for books coverage—fiction and nonfiction; bad, good, maybe great—clears ground for a culture that values ideas and ambitious art. It announces we're a real society in which it's worth trying to think and create new things; it's the basis of a fun, interesting world.
Jacob Brogan@Jacob_Brogan

I'm heartbroken by the Post's decision to eliminate its books coverage. The actual fact of my job aside, the existence of a standalone books section felt like a real celebration of a culture of literacy, dialogue, and even debate. It was a place to discover and celebrate.

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Nick Field@nick_field90·
"The Governor, who has not changed his cellphone number since becoming mayor of San Francisco, in 2004, has nine thousand twenty-two personal contacts on his phone" newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
Thinking today of a Christmas Eve, years ago, when I got to the register at @CityLightsBooks just ahead of Tom Stoppard. He wore a tweed suit and a big silk scarf and carried a stack of books with the merry air of someone who found just the thing, just in time. Sic perpetuum sit.
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Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
The Glib, Asinine Artlessness of Web Headlines has become too much. Can we go back already to when headlines were good? Who on Earth wants these?
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Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
My theory that issues cropping up in San Francisco show up in other major cities two or three years later holds. Here's my @NewYorker piece on the crime-and-collapse narrative that became a political tool there after the pandemic. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
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Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
I've noted that in "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968), the title character, superrich, described as a man who "has everything," is said at one point to have a net worth of $4 million—around $30 million today. Easy to forget how recently and how wildly the top bracket has ballooned.
derek guy@dieworkwear

Imagine getting a 3,200 square foot home, fully custom made for your needs, by one of the greatest architects of all time, for less than half a million dollars. Full story at NPR. npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-…

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Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
I'll just observe that the now-aging idea that people can't deal with traditional textual journalism, want "other platforms," etc., has always been wisdom flowing from the top down, not the ground up. (Can also report public transportation continues to be full of people reading.)
Max Tani@maxwelltani

From last night's @semafor media newsletter: New York Times culture staff last week pressed the paper's leadership over the reassignment of four critics and what the changes mean for the future of arts criticism at the Times

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Nathan Heller@nathanheller·
What I find I want in this hard time is sumptuous works of art, patiently and beautifully made, filled with human contact and light—a reminder of what we had and could maybe have again.
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