(RM) The New Yorker

The New Yorker Magazine

Thursday, 19 July 2007

This is just a quick note to get people to buy the upcoming issue of the New Yorker. As I mentioned in my last entry, a writer for the magazine came to LuiKotal the same time as I did. Ian Parker stayed here for about three weeks to get a feel for the bonobo work we do, and to better understand bonobos in general. In addition to what he learned from us, I'm sure he also did additional legwork to have a broad picture of the species.

The article is now complete. About a week ago, the fact-checker for the magazine emailed us to verify a few things, and said it would be going to press today, the 19th of July. I assume, therefore, that the issue in question will be on newsstands very soon: probably Monday the 23rd. If not then, it should be in the following issue.

Soooo... I encourage anyone who's interested to go and get that issue of the New Yorker. Ian's story will surely give a decent portrait of the species, and probably also of the rigours of life here in the forest. Hopefully, any mention of me will be positive!

Again, any feedback on Ian's writing or on mine would be appreciated here:)

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Update:

The article came out on June 30th. It's really long.

There's also a response by Frans de Waal, debunking some of Ian's facts.

Basically, the article is nice prose, but not to be taken as a reference into the science of bonobos.