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DEPTH OF FIELD
The New Yorker

DEPTH OF FIELD

\"Public Obscenities\" triumphs Off Broadway.

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February 05, 2024
THE NEXT SCENE
The New Yorker

THE NEXT SCENE

Lucian Grainge helped the music industry survive file-sharing. Now he wants to do the same with A.I.

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February 05, 2024
BURN NOTICE
The New Yorker

BURN NOTICE

What's really fuelling the wildfire crisis?

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February 05, 2024
EVERY TEN-BEST LIST
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EVERY TEN-BEST LIST

SHOUTS & MURMURS

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February 05, 2024
A SLIPPERY SLOPE
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A SLIPPERY SLOPE

How a rural ski resort became embroiled in an international fraud.

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February 05, 2024
Personal History – A New Life
The New Yorker

Personal History – A New Life

Becoming a parent, ending a marriage.

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January 22, 2024
NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD
The New Yorker

NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD

The heroine of \"Tótem,\" a new film from the Mexican director Lila Avilés, is a girl by the name of Solecito (Naíma Sentíes), or Sol for short. We are never told her age: seven or eight, perhaps, though she's one of those naturally grave children who seem a little older and wiser than they ought-or would choose to be.

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January 29, 2024
TONE CONTROL
The New Yorker

TONE CONTROL

The sane genius of Emily Mason.

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January 29, 2024
DOUBLE VISION
The New Yorker

DOUBLE VISION

The mystique of twins.

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January 29, 2024
ACID REFLUX
The New Yorker

ACID REFLUX

When America first went tripping.

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January 29, 2024
CAVE WOMAN
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CAVE WOMAN

Beatriz Flamini liked solitude so much that she decided to live underground for five hundred days.

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January 29, 2024
CRÈME DE LA CRÈME
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CRÈME DE LA CRÈME

Sofia Coppola’ path to filming gilded adolescence.

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January 29, 2024
ANNALS OF POLITICS: RULING-CLASS RULES
The New Yorker

ANNALS OF POLITICS: RULING-CLASS RULES

How to thrive in the power élite—while declaring it your enemy.

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January 29, 2024
GOODYEAR
The New Yorker

GOODYEAR

On tires, toenails, and walks with an old friend.

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January 29, 2024
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
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THE TALK OF THE TOWN

As a way of launching the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, the Iowa and New Hampshire contests offer a neat thematic juxtaposition: in the Midwest, candidates fight for the social-conservative vote; in New England, for the support of small-business owners.

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January 29, 2024
The Life of the Mother
The New Yorker

The Life of the Mother

A high-risk pregnancy in a climate of fear about abortion.

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January 15, 2024
Broken and Rebuilt
The New Yorker

Broken and Rebuilt

Bijayini Satpathy and a new understanding of Indian classical dance.

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January 15, 2024
IMPASSE
The New Yorker

IMPASSE

\"Prayer for the French Republic\" comes to Broadway.

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January 22, 2024
GHOST TOWN
The New Yorker

GHOST TOWN

The return of \"True Detective,\" on HBO.

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January 22, 2024
EXIT, VOICE, AND LOYALTY
The New Yorker

EXIT, VOICE, AND LOYALTY

A Libyan can't quit London in Hisham Matar's \"My Friends.\"

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January 22, 2024
WITCHY WOMEN
The New Yorker

WITCHY WOMEN

The surprising persistence of the witch trial.

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January 22, 2024
IS A.I. THE DEATH OF I.P.?
The New Yorker

IS A.I. THE DEATH OF I.P.?

The copyright wars, revised and expanded.

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January 22, 2024
CHANCE THE CAT: DAVID MEANS
The New Yorker

CHANCE THE CAT: DAVID MEANS

Does it matter that a cat story resides solely in the body of a cat, remaining neutral as the creature moves through the landscape, operating on pure instinct, and, no matter what, embodying the projected will of the human?

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January 22, 2024
HOSTAGES
The New Yorker

HOSTAGES

As Benjamin Netanyahu clings to power, his country pays a price.

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January 22, 2024
DO NO HARM
The New Yorker

DO NO HARM

Oregon tried a more humane way to address addiction. Then came the backlash.

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January 22, 2024
MILLENNIAL FABLE
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MILLENNIAL FABLE

Once upon a time, around 2010 or so, there lived a hardworking ant and a carefree grasshopper. The grasshopper was hopping to his heart’s content one sunny morning when the ant trudged by, bearing a large load.

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January 22, 2024
DETAIL ORIENTED
The New Yorker

DETAIL ORIENTED

The precision comedy of Jacqueline Novak.

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January 22, 2024
Shamelessly Dramatic
The New Yorker

Shamelessly Dramatic

In the plays of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, ugly feelings find sophisticated forms.

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January 15, 2024
MIND IN FLUX
The New Yorker

MIND IN FLUX

The viscerally complex music of George Lewis.

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5 mins  |
January 15, 2024
FRESH DIRECT
The New Yorker

FRESH DIRECT

A passion-fruit devotee's pilgrimage west.

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7 mins  |
January 15, 2024