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HEAR NO EVIL
An artist uses audio analysis to investigate violence.
BOT THERAPY
He appeared one day on Instagram. He had noticed my posts and asked if I wanted to talk.
THE POWER OF THE PIRATES
Their flag meant death. What else did it mean?
ANTIHERO
“The Boys,” on Prime Video.
HOW THE WEST WAS LONG
“Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1.”
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Taffy Brodesser-Akner weighs the cost of generational wealth.
TWICE-TOLD TALES
The seditious writers who unravel their own stories.
CASTING A LINE
The hard-bitten genius of Norman Maclean.
TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR
Four years ago, when Ivan Cornejo was a junior in high school, he had a meeting with his family to announce that he was dropping out. His parents were alarmed, of course, but his older sister, Pamela, had a more sympathetic reaction, because she also happened to be his manager, and she knew that he wasn’t bluffing when he said that he had to focus on his career.
THE HADAL ZONE
Arwen Rasmont waits hours at Keflavík International for his flight; they call it as he leaves the men’s room. He walks past the mirrored wall and is assaulted, as usual, by his dead father’s handsome image: high-arched nose, yellow hair.
OPENING THEORY
Ivan is standing on his own in the corner while the men from the chess club move the chairs and tables around.
THE LAST RAVE
Remembering a summer of estrangement.
КАНО
I’ve dated all kinds of women in my life,” the man said, “but I have to say I’ve never seen one as ugly as you.”
THE DRUMMER BOY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
This story was written in the mid-nineteen-fifties, after E. L. Doctorow, then in his twenties, had completed his military service in Germany.
THE BLUE AND THE WHITE
The London imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions makes challenging literature chic.
The Crackdown
Fighting drug gangs, a young President declares war within his own country.
In Search of Lost Time
The strange journey of John Lennon's stolen Patek Philippe watch.
Books – Everything in Hand
The C.I.A.'s covert ops have mattered-but not in the way that it hoped.
UNHOLY TRINITY
“Kinds of Kindness.”
HERO BALL
Who was the main character of the N.B.A. Finals?
MEDIEVAL LONGING
The fourteenth-century love songs of Guillaume de Machaut.
THE NORTH STAR
Harriet Tubman’ radical faith.
THE TAIWAN TANGLE
Can we deter belligerence in the strait without provoking it?
VINCENT'S PARTY
The party was in full swing. Evelyn could hear the sexy blare of the trad jazz almost as soon as she got off the bus at St. Mary Redcliffe and began walking over to the Steam Packet, the pub that Vincent—who was a friend of Evelyn’s older sister, Moira—had commandeered for the evening.
GROWING PAINS
In Phoenix's upscale suburbs, authorities slowly realized that the Gilbert Goons might be a violent teen gang.
JOHN FETTERMAN'S WAR
Is the Pennsylvania senator trolling the left or offering a way forward for Democrats?
BEST INBREED
The rise of canine clones.
DOC HOLLYWOOD
Neal ElAttrache, the surgeon to the stars of sport and screen, can fix anything.
His Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Ye bought a masterpiece by Tadao Ando-and gave it a violent remix.
God Explains the Rules of His New Board Game
Guys, want to play this new board game? It’s called Life. No, it’s not “one of God’s impossible-to-understand games that take three hours to learn.” It’ll be fun, I promise!