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THE MIDDLE VOICE
The woman brings her hands together in front of her chest. Frowns, and looks up at the blackboard.
LETTER FROM UKRAINE: THE COLLABORATORS
Taking sides during the Russian occupation of Izyum.
A REPORTER AT LARGE - STOPPING THE VIOLENCE
Amid a murder crisis, law enforcement isn't enough. What else works?
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT: HISTORIC BATTLES
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
Madison Square Park hosts the acclaimed Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander's first public project, \"Havah... to breathe, air, life,\" a striking pair of female figures, on view through June 4. One sculpture appears on the rooftop of the neighboring Courthouse of the Appellate Division, First Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (pictured above, mid-installation). The second monument graces the park itself, where an augmented-reality component helps visitors locate her soaring companion.
A Reporter at Large – Trust Issues
A disgruntled wealth manager exposes her clients' tax secrets.
A reporter at large- Lula's Restoration
After prison, a fraught election, and a near-coup, Brazil's President wants to remake the country again.
Life is Too Short
Life is short. Why not spend it mired in regret? Why not spend your evenings sitting side by side at the dining room table with your spouse, trying to determine whether your downstairs neighbors’ ceiling fan is making the floor tremble?
THE CURRENT CINEMA- GROWING PAINS
\"When You Finish Saving the World\" and \"Close.\"
PRO CHOICE
\"The Appointment\" skewers the hypocrisy of the abortion debate.
FALLING BEHIND
What's the matter with men?
EAT, PRAY, CONCENTRATE
What monks can teach us about paying attention.
Different People
When Gilly was young, she lied to her diary. It was not a toy diary. She had dutifully filled several of those already, notebooks in girlish colors, with ostentatious locks and miniature keys.
LETTER FROM TBILISI- NOVELS OF EMPIRE
Rereading Russian classics in the shadow of the Ukraine war.
PERSONAL HISTORY- ONE OF A KIND
When you're a medical patient, being unique can have its drawbacks.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESERVATION
Thank you for booking at The Bai-ley. You are confirmed for four people at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 20th. Before we welcome you to our restaurant, a few housekeeping items, to insure that your visit with us is exceptional—and to avoid misunderstandings.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Republicans are, unsurprisingly, in an uproar over the discovery, in three different locations associated with President Joe Biden—his former office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a room in his Delaware home, and his garage—of documents marked as classified.
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
Those fretting over the future of indie rock can rest assured that the music has found stylish caretakers in the bandmates of Horsegirl, who débuted their trio while still in high school, in Chicago—they’re now spending their college years in New York.
A Critic at Large: the American Beast
Accounting for the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Everyone's a Critic
What are literary studies for?
Annals of Innovation Build Better
Can 3-D printing help solve the housing crisis?
TWO FOR THE ROAD
\"The Last of Us,\" on HBO.
THE BOOK OF LOVE
Reimagining the Victorian reformers who defended same-sex desire.
THE ROYAL ME
In \"Spare,\" Prince Harry must be cruel only to be kind.
Wednesday's Child Yiyun Li
The difficulty with waiting, Rosalie thought, is that one can rarely wait in absolute stillness. Absolute stillness?—that part of herself, which was in the habit of questioning her own thoughts as they occurred, raised a mental eyebrow. No one waits in absolute stillness; absolute stillness is death; and when you’re dead you no longer wait for anything. No, not death, Rosalie clarified, but stillness, like hibernation or estivation, waiting for . . . Before she could embellish the thought with some garden-variety clichés, the monitor nearby rolled out a schedule change: the 11:35 train to Brussels Midi was cancelled.
PROFILES A RAUCOUS ASSAULT
How the Iranian American artist Tala Madani sees men and women.
THE SWAMP
Could corruption have led Alex Murdaugh to murder his wife and son?
A Critic at Large – Blood Lines
Seventy-five years after Indian Partition, have we learned how to say what happened?
THE CURRENT: CINEMA COLLUSION
“Saint Omer” and Turn Every Page.”
THE THEATRE: LANDS OF THE LOST
London’ Orlando,” My Neighbour Totoro,” and The Burnt City.”