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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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10+ mins  |
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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10+ mins  |
January 22, 2024
MILLENNIAL FABLE
The New Yorker

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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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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10+ mins  |
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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10+ mins  |
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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5 mins  |
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)
OPEN SEASON
The New Yorker

OPEN SEASON

The rising popularity of polyamory.

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January 01 - 08, 2023 (Double Issue)
Crown Heights North
The New Yorker

Crown Heights North

The dead man decided to try the running app. He hadn’t run for years. Not since his mid-thirties. Now he was in his early fifties. Or he had been in his early fifties, recently enough. Would he be in his early fifties forever? He tapped the gray oblong and waited as the percentage-downloaded dial advanced, slowly. Much has yet to be revealed, he whispered to himself, in a tone he had used more often when he was a kid, when he had expected his life to resemble a tale of adventure, or of horror, or one with a mystery to solve, or a magical stone to obtain.

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

THE VENTRILOQUIST

How Hollywood's most in-demand script doctor found his own voice.

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January 01 - 08, 2023 (Double Issue)
NATURE, WOW
The New Yorker

NATURE, WOW

Spend five minutes in nature and you’ll see what everyone’s talking about, with the mountains and zoos and watermelons. It’s breathtaking.

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January 01 - 08, 2023 (Double Issue)
TIPPING POINTS
The New Yorker

TIPPING POINTS

The path from the tossed coin to the swivelling iPad.

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10+ mins  |
January 01 - 08, 2023 (Double Issue)
UNSAFE PASSAGE
The New Yorker

UNSAFE PASSAGE

A Palestinian poet's perilous journey out of his homeland.

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10+ mins  |
January 01 - 08, 2023 (Double Issue)
Watch This Space
The New Yorker

Watch This Space

The global ambitions of Invader's street art.

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10+ mins  |
December 18, 2023
MUSICAL REVOLUTION
The New Yorker

MUSICAL REVOLUTION

\"Buena Vista Social Club\" and \"How to Dance in Ohio.\"

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5 mins  |
December 25, 2023
ROYAL BLUES
The New Yorker

ROYAL BLUES

The end of \"The Crown,\" on Netflix.

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5 mins  |
December 25, 2023
SPACING OUT
The New Yorker

SPACING OUT

The novelist Samantha Harvey sends astronauts, and readers, into orbit.

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December 25, 2023