Vinson Cunningham

Vinson Cunningham is a staff writer at The New Yorker. His début novel, “ Great Expectations,” came out in March, 2024.

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The Precious Contingencies of Immigrants in “Sanctuary City”

the theatre · October 11, 2021

Vinson Cunningham reviews Martyna Majok’s play, presented by New York Theatre Workshop at the Lucille Lortel, which focusses on two precisely defined characters to explore the injustices experienced by Dreamers in America.

Prep for Prep and the Fault Lines in New York’s Schools

annals of education · March 9, 2020

Vinson Cunningham on whether programs that help low-income students of color get into selective private schools obscure the system’s deeper inequalities.

"A Bootlegger's Story I. How I started

no department · September 25, 1926

When prohibition law passed I was waiter at Sherry's. Wife saved money earned in other days and opened beauty parlor. Man followed me home, said …

Reporter at Large "The Champion"

a reporter at large · August 14, 1926

Tells about interview with Jack Dempsey, prizefighter, at Ritz. Said he would like to fight Harry Wills. Tex Rickard only man to promote it and he …