Comments on: ADAM GOPNIK ON MAGIC IN THE NEW YORKER http://www.austinkleon.com/2008/04/03/adam-gopnik-on-magic-in-the-new-yorker/ Austin Kleon is a writer, cartoonist, and web designer living in Austin, Texas. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:01:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Austin Kleon http://www.austinkleon.com/2008/04/03/adam-gopnik-on-magic-in-the-new-yorker/comment-page-1/#comment-37361 Austin Kleon Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:54:08 +0000 http://www.austinkleon.com/2008/04/03/adam-gopnik-on-magic-in-the-new-yorker/#comment-37361 Here's a blog post that does a better job of articulating my feelings about the piece: <a href="http://sebald.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/telling-civilians-the-secrets/" rel="nofollow">Telling Civilians The Secrets</a> <blockquote>I usually find that Adam Gopnik’s New Yorker pieces resonant on levels that go beyond his ostensible subject....Gopnik writes that one of the common threads that seems to link great magicians is their relationship to their audience; great magicians don’t work on their audiences, they work with them. As I read The Real Work, my mind kept sliding over into literature. Literature works best when it is a collaborative effort between writer and reader, a relationship that begins anew with every reader....</blockquote> Here’s a blog post that does a better job of articulating my feelings about the piece:

Telling Civilians The Secrets

I usually find that Adam Gopnik’s New Yorker pieces resonant on levels that go beyond his ostensible subject….Gopnik writes that one of the common threads that seems to link great magicians is their relationship to their audience; great magicians don’t work on their audiences, they work with them. As I read The Real Work, my mind kept sliding over into literature. Literature works best when it is a collaborative effort between writer and reader, a relationship that begins anew with every reader….

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