Liana Finck is a famous American cartoonist and author. She has worked as a cartoonist and an illustrator and has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015. Liana also appears in Very Semi-Serious, an HBO documentary about New Yorker cartoonists. She created her first graphic novel, A Bintel Brief in 2014. In addition, she is the author of Passing for Human.
Eric Drooker is an American graphic novelist and painter. He currently serves as a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker. In 2010, Eric was in charge of conceiving and designing the animation for the film Howl. a movie based on the epic poem by Allen Ginsberg. Allen collaborated with Eric on the book Illuminated Poems.
Liza Donnelly is an American cartoonist and writer. She is best known for her work in The New Yorker and serves as a resident cartoonist on CBS News. Liza is the creator of digital live drawing, a new form of journalism wherein she draws using a tablet, and shares impressions and visual reports of events and news instantly on social media.
John Cassidy (Full Name: John Joseph Cassidy) is a prominent English-born American journalist and author. He is also a British expatriate. As of now, John works at The New Yorker as a staff writer. Furthermore, he works at The New York Review of Books as a contributor. Prior to joining The New Yorker, John served at The Sunday Times of London as an editor.
Harry Bliss is an American cartoonist and illustrator. He has illustrated many books and produced hundreds of cartoons and 21 covers for The New Yorker. Bliss owns a syndicated single-panel comic titled Bliss.
Elif Batuman is a preeminent American journalist, academic, and author. As of now, she works at The New Yorker as a staff writer. Furthermore, Elif is the author of three books, two novels Either/Or and The Idiot as well as a memoir The Possessed. In the year 2018, The Idiot was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Daniel Alarcón is a popular Peruvian-American novelist, journalist, and radio producer. As of now, he serves as an assistant professor of broadcast journalism at the Columbia University Journalism School. Also, he writes about Latin America for The New Yorker. In addition, he is co-founder, host, and executive producer of Radio Ambulante.
Al Franken (Full Name: Alan Stuart Franken) is a popular American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who worked as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 through 2018. Currently, Al works as the host of The Al Franken Show Saturday mornings on SiriusXM radio. This show covers topics including global affairs, politics, the 2020 presidential election, and entertainment.
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, public intellectual, and cultural theorist. He currently serves as an international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London. Also, Slavoj is a visiting professor at New York University as well as a senior researcher at the University of Ljubljana’s Department of Philosophy. Mainly, Slavaj works on continental philosophy especially Hegelianism, psychoanalysis and Marxism.
Susan Straight is a famous American writer. She has authored her memoir In the Country of Women, which was named Best Book of the Year by NPR and CodeSwitch. In 2001, She was a National Book Award finalist for the novel Highwire Moon in 2Straight and is also a frequent contributor to NPR and Salon.com. In addition, she works as a Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing and the director of the graduate program at the University of California.