Ian Frazier

New York

Contributing at The New Yorker

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Articles

Prayers for Everyday Life

Mar 10, 2025 | newyorker.com | Ian Frazier

Throughout the dayOh, dear God,May I not have thrown away theTop to the sour cream. Dear Lord,Look at all those ants. Oh, Jesus,Where did all that water in theBasement come from? Blessed Mary, mother of God,What happened to my hat? It was my favorite hat. Mary who is without sin,Grant by your mercy that somedayI will be able to just call it upLike I do my phone. At the workplaceDear God Almighty,Why hasn’t that idiot Liam been fired?
Ian Frazier on George W. S. Trow’s “Eclectic, Reminiscent, Amused, Fickle, Perverse”

Mar 2, 2025 | newyorker.com | Ian Frazier

George William Swift Trow, Jr.,’s family called him Swift. The name fit his quickness of wit and spirit, and his grace. His friends, of whom I was one, called him George, pronounced in a descending tone as if in reference to his firmly grounded authority on subjects important to the rest of us, or not. The Trows had been in New York City for generations. When I came from Ohio, in 1974, I knew nothing about the city and had no connection to it except as a destination for ambition.
Greetings, Friends!

Dec 16, 2024 | newyorker.com | Ian Frazier

Peal, Christmas bells! Ring loud and long!May choral groups rejoice in song!Though not a few of us are bummed outLet gloom and doom be hereby drummed out.
The Return of Trump-IV

Nov 12, 2024 | almendron.com | Adam Gaffney |Ian Frazier |Kim Phillips-Fein

Paisley Currah This is what Donald Trump could do to transgender people during his second presidency: discharge all trans service people from the military; impose a nationwide ban on medical care for trans youth; prevent Medicaid and Medicare from paying for transition-related care even for adults; permit private health providers to exclude transgender-related coverage; ban all trans girls from playing on any girls teams regardless of age, sport, or level of competition; deny federal funding...
The Return of Trump—IV | Paisley Currah, Trevor Jackson, Kim Phillips-Fein, Ian Frazier, Adam Gaffney, Madeleine Schwartz

Nov 11, 2024 | nybooks.com | Adam Gaffney |Ian Frazier |Kim Phillips-Fein

Paisley Currah • Trevor Jackson • Kim Phillips-Fein • Ian Frazier • Adam Gaffney • Madeleine Schwartz * This is what Donald Trump could do to transgender people during his second presidency: discharge all trans service people from the military; impose a nationwide ban on medical care for trans youth; prevent Medicaid and Medicare from paying for transition-related care even for adults; permit private health providers to exclude transgender-related coverage; ban all trans girls from playing on...
Sleep Essential for Health

Oct 7, 2024 | newyorker.com | Ian Frazier

To achieve good health, you must maintain a regular sleep schedule, and be able to get back to sleep once you are awake. At least eight hours of sleep—or nine hours, or even more, if you include the time you spend awake, trying to get back to sleep—is essential. Scientists who study sleep patterns stress the significance of stress, which makes it hard not only to get to sleep but to get back to sleep if you wake up in the night. They advise you to just go back to sleep.
Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough

Sep 7, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Ian Frazier

“New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up, but the Battery’s down…”Well, for a good part of Ian Frazier’s massive project, PARADISE BRONX: The Life and Times of New York’s Greatest Borough, the opposite seems to be the case. It’s the Bronx that’s down, thanks to economic issues, drug abuse, corruption and racism. At one point, I’m sure the Bronx was a paradise. Kids played various games in front of their apartments and in the street, always wary of approaching cars.
Suffering, Grace and Redemption: How The Bronx Came to Be

Sep 6, 2024 | lithub.com | Ian Frazier

Anthony Van Angola was the name of an enslaved African man in New Netherland in the seventeenth century. It’s not common to know the name of a slave from a long time ago, so repeating the name—Anthony Van Angola—is worthwhile. There were thousands of others like him in the colony. The Dutch brought enslaved men and women with them almost as soon as they landed. African slaves were in what’s now New York from 1626, the year after New Amsterdam’s founding.
PARADISE BRONX by Ian Frazier Read by Robert Fass

Aug 31, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Ian Frazier

Robert Fass performs this homage to New York City's northernmost borough, the Bronx, thoughtfully and skillfully. His pace reflects the author's peregrinations and considerations of the only part of the city connected to the continent. His tone is that of an engaged reporter committed to noting things large--the highways that penetrate the Bronx--and small. Through it all, listeners gain an understanding of the truth and irony of the title. This audiobook is the work of a dedicated observer.
AudioFile’s Most Anticipated Audiobooks of September

Aug 30, 2024 | lithub.com | Ian Frazier |Robert Fass |Edoardo Ballerini |Garrett Graff

Each month, our friends at AudioFile Magazine share a curated list of the best audiobooks for your literary listening pleasure.