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ACID REFLUX
The New Yorker

ACID REFLUX

When America first went tripping.

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January 29, 2024
CAVE WOMAN
The New Yorker

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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January 15, 2024
FRESH DIRECT
The New Yorker

FRESH DIRECT

A passion-fruit devotee's pilgrimage west.

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January 15, 2024
MAKE IT HURT
The New Yorker

MAKE IT HURT

Amid the ebbing of empire, Frantz Fanon and Ian Fleming agreed on one thing.

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January 15, 2024
THE BEACH HOUSE
The New Yorker

THE BEACH HOUSE

She was hoping he would leave her the beach house, counting on this actually, though he had told her he wasn’t going to.

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January 15, 2024
SHOWING UP
The New Yorker

SHOWING UP

Has school attendance become optional?

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January 15, 2024
THE LONG WAY
The New Yorker

THE LONG WAY

Adventures of a teen-age world traveller.

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January 15, 2024
The Cats of L.A.
The New Yorker

The Cats of L.A.

The "No Kill” movement helps keep cats outdoors. The consequences belie the name.

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January 01 - 08, 2023 (Double Issue)
A Reporter at Large Speed
The New Yorker

A Reporter at Large Speed

The competition to create the world's fastest road cars and the rich people who drive them.

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December 25, 2023
DIVIDED HOUSE
The New Yorker

DIVIDED HOUSE

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's \"Appropriate\" comes to Broadway.

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January 01 - 08, 2023 (Double Issue)
GENGHIS THE GOOD
The New Yorker

GENGHIS THE GOOD

Nomadic warriors like the Mongol hordes, scholars argue, built our world.

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January 01 - 08, 2023 (Double Issue)
WINTER SUN
The New Yorker

WINTER SUN

How Camille Pissarro went from mediocrity to magnificence.

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January 01 - 08, 2023 (Double Issue)