Night Wander
I stood in the hall / maternity-pants elastic worn thin /The night-light in the bathroom glowed/I whispered into the dark, “I am here.”/You kicked me in the bladder / and then ghosted
“C”-Work
I gave my abs for you/ lying marooned on the bed with swollen breasts, refused/You only want the bottle / in the hand of your dad/ I only ever expected a thank-you
First Memory
My love, will you remember/ the first time you saw me wear shoes?/My love, will you remember/the elevator doors opening, too?/My love, will you remember/my face above the stroller/adjusting the pumpkin hat on your head?/My love, will you remember / when you looked up at me and grinned/because you had just pooped? /My love, I will
Denne historien er fra November 21, 2022-utgaven av The New Yorker.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra November 21, 2022-utgaven av The New Yorker.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
QUARTET ISLAND
Mendelssohn on Mull celebrates chamber music away from urban pressures.
FIX YOU
The self-help positivity of Coldplay.
ILLUMINATIONS
Suzanne Jackson captures the transformative power of light.
RAT PACK
The classic rodent studies that foretold a nightmarish human future.
ROYAL TREATMENT
The unrivalled omnipresence of Queen Elizabeth IL.
WELL, WELL, WELL
Eating—and not-in the epicenter of hype diets.
NEWARK STATE OF MIND
Mayor Ras Baraka's reasonable radicalism.
DOOM SCROLLING
Social media and the teen-suicide crisis.
THE WORKER REVOLT
Harris and Walz try to stop blue-collar Americans from drifting to Trump.
THE CHIT-CHATBOT
Is talking with a machine a conversation?
