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Our Time Is Up Clare Sestanovich
The New Yorker

Our Time Is Up Clare Sestanovich

The mirrors reveal when it’s time to clean again. A thin layer of dust on the one in the bed room, toothpaste and fingerprints on the one in the bathroom, which doubles as a cabinet door. All the windows become mirrors at the end of the day, when it takes a subtle adjustment of the eyes to look through yourself instead of at yourself. But the windows will never be cleaned; the most that can be hoped for is a hard, purifying rain. There’s a yellow streak of bird shit on the glass in the living room, crusted over now, and the kitchen window still bears the ghostly pattern that Angela once traced on the fogged-up surface while waiting for something on the stove, she can no longer remember what: a pot to boil, a formless egg to acquire edges and turn opaque, a single drop of oil to escape its pan and scald her out of her thoughts.

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November 13, 2023
NAPOLEON COMPLEX
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NAPOLEON COMPLEX

Does Ridley Scott see himself in the hero of his epic new film?

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November 13, 2023
CARLOS GOFFMÁN, (EL GUAPO) FACT CHECKER
The New Yorker

CARLOS GOFFMÁN, (EL GUAPO) FACT CHECKER

During a period of incarceration scheduled to last fifty years to life, Carlos (El Guapo) Goffmán, the former drug lord, has started a new career as a fact checker and researcher to earn cigarette money in prison. Authorities have looked the other way at Goffmán’s nonobservance of the rule against inmate cell-phone use, but have recorded his end of the calls.

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November 13, 2023
DEPT. OF SCIENCE REINVENTING THE DINOSAUR
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DEPT. OF SCIENCE REINVENTING THE DINOSAUR

A documentary renews our fascination with our feared and loved precursors.

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November 13, 2023
THE ORGANIZER
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THE ORGANIZER

How Bayard Rustin managed the civil-rights movement.

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November 13, 2023
The Critics – Books– Trapped
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The Critics – Books– Trapped

The life and death of Tupac Shakur

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October 30, 2023
LOOSE LIPS
The New Yorker

LOOSE LIPS

Clandestine affairs in Fellow Travelers.”

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November 06, 2023
MASTERING
The New Yorker

MASTERING

“The Killer” and The Holdovers.”

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November 06, 2023
THE BRUNCH BUNCH
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THE BRUNCH BUNCH

Stephen Sondheim’ last musical, Here We Are,” at the Shed.

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November 06, 2023
THE BELIEVER
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THE BELIEVER

Did Mitt Romney save his soul?

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November 06, 2023
BOXED OUT
The New Yorker

BOXED OUT

The passing of prestige TV

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November 06, 2023
ON THE LINE
The New Yorker

ON THE LINE

The future of American labor politics

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November 06, 2023
The Ghosts of Gloria Lara
The New Yorker

The Ghosts of Gloria Lara

Before that year, I knew nothing about Colombia—nothing real. I was eleven and too focussed on the Dominican Republic I’d left behind and on my own immigrant bullshit to worry about anywhere else

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November 06, 2023
LAST WATCH
The New Yorker

LAST WATCH

In a technological age, lighthouse devotees renew an ancient tradition

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November 06, 2023
THROUGH THE SMOKE
The New Yorker

THROUGH THE SMOKE

The aftermath of the Maui wildfires

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November 06, 2023
"My Name is Barbra," Excerpted
The New Yorker

"My Name is Barbra," Excerpted

With her long-awaited memoir, Barbra Streisand offers a funny and frank look at her career, six decades in

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October 30, 2023
A Reporter at Large: Hot Air
The New Yorker

A Reporter at Large: Hot Air

Carbon offsets are sold as a fix for climate catastrophe—but brands have paid millions for worthless credits.

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October 23, 2023
American Chronicles: The Pitchfork of History
The New Yorker

American Chronicles: The Pitchfork of History

Beyond the myth of rural America.

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October 23, 2023
REORIENTING "BUTTERFLY"
The New Yorker

REORIENTING "BUTTERFLY"

At Detroit Opera, a new production subverts Puccini’ depiction of Japan.

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October 30, 2023
EYE FOR AN EYE
The New Yorker

EYE FOR AN EYE

Henry Taylor and the fraught art of seeing.

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October 30, 2023
DRILLING DOWN
The New Yorker

DRILLING DOWN

“Killers of the Flower Moon.”

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October 30, 2023
CHINA'S AGE OF MALAISE
The New Yorker

CHINA'S AGE OF MALAISE

Facing a grim economy, disillusioned youth, and fleeing entrepreneurs, Xi Jinping turns to the past

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October 30, 2023
THE WRESTLER
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THE WRESTLER

How Jim Jordan prosecutes Trump's conspiracy theories in Congress.

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October 30, 2023
NEEDFUL THINGS
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NEEDFUL THINGS

The raw materials for the world we've built come at a cost.

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October 30, 2023
IF NOT NOW, LATER
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IF NOT NOW, LATER

What gardening offered after a son's death

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October 30, 2023
Personal History – Under the Carpetbag
The New Yorker

Personal History – Under the Carpetbag

A sixty-year friendship.

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October 16, 2023
PREACHER MAN
The New Yorker

PREACHER MAN

Leslie Odom, Jr., stars in \"Purlie Victorious.\"

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October 09, 2023
THIS IS FINE
The New Yorker

THIS IS FINE

Ed Ruscha's calmly collapsing America.

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October 09, 2023
SONGS OF SURRENDER
The New Yorker

SONGS OF SURRENDER

The musical legacy of a notorious Mississippi prison.

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7 mins  |
October 09, 2023
CHICAGO IS BURNING
The New Yorker

CHICAGO IS BURNING

The blaze that ravaged a metropolis, and the lies that it launched.

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October 09, 2023