Dear subscriber,
Hello from the Staten Island Ferry. It’s late here in New York, or early. We’ve decided to launch the new issue on the water. We’re out on the deck. It’s cold but the view is beautiful.
The latest issue, Five Dials 34, is available to download now. It features Karl Ove Knausgaard, Nick Hornby, Margaux Williamson, Emily Berry, Tom Basden, Stuart Evers, Sigmund Freud, Colin Barrett, and many others.
The theme of the issue is ‘Jokes / Not Joking at All.’ We asked our travel companion, a Staten Islander named Jerry, if the ferry was a suitable venue for a launch.
‘What’s the theme again?’ he asked.
Jokes, we replied.
‘Are you making fun of Staten Island,’ he asked.
Of course not.
‘A lot of people joke about it. What’s the best thing to do on Staten Island? Leave it. Very funny. Or you’ll hear how it’s the unhealthiest borough. No punchline. People will just say that and start laughing.’
Jerry said that when it comes to the Staten Island Ferry, there’s always a stowaway joke. There are so many variations on the stowaway joke.
‘You’ll have a woman who thinks she’s on journey to Europe, or you’ll have a man who’s escaping the cops, or whatever. And at some point in the joke, after the person’s been hidden on this boat for weeks, they’ll meet the captain — the captain’s the only nice crew member — and hear the news. Europe? No, this is the Staten Island ferry.’
‘I personally like this boat,’ said Jerry.
The view?
‘Being out on the water every night,’ he replied. ‘The air.’
Not long after, he pressed the button and sent out this email.
Enjoy the issue.
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