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Books – Everything in Hand
The New Yorker

Books – Everything in Hand

The C.I.A.'s covert ops have mattered-but not in the way that it hoped.

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10+ mins  |
June 17, 2024
UNHOLY TRINITY
The New Yorker

UNHOLY TRINITY

“Kinds of Kindness.”

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6 mins  |
July 01, 2024
HERO BALL
The New Yorker

HERO BALL

Who was the main character of the N.B.A. Finals?

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6 mins  |
July 01, 2024
MEDIEVAL LONGING
The New Yorker

MEDIEVAL LONGING

The fourteenth-century love songs of Guillaume de Machaut.

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5 mins  |
July 01, 2024
THE NORTH STAR
The New Yorker

THE NORTH STAR

Harriet Tubman’ radical faith.

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10+ mins  |
July 01, 2024
THE TAIWAN TANGLE
The New Yorker

THE TAIWAN TANGLE

Can we deter belligerence in the strait without provoking it?

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10+ mins  |
July 01, 2024
VINCENT'S PARTY
The New Yorker

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.

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July 01, 2024
GROWING PAINS
The New Yorker

GROWING PAINS

In Phoenix's upscale suburbs, authorities slowly realized that the Gilbert Goons might be a violent teen gang.

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July 01, 2024
JOHN FETTERMAN'S WAR
The New Yorker

JOHN FETTERMAN'S WAR

Is the Pennsylvania senator trolling the left or offering a way forward for Democrats?

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July 01, 2024
BEST INBREED
The New Yorker

BEST INBREED

The rise of canine clones.

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July 01, 2024
DOC HOLLYWOOD
The New Yorker

DOC HOLLYWOOD

Neal ElAttrache, the surgeon to the stars of sport and screen, can fix anything.

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July 01, 2024
His Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The New Yorker

His Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Ye bought a masterpiece by Tadao Ando-and gave it a violent remix.

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10+ mins  |
June 17, 2024
God Explains the Rules of His New Board Game
The New Yorker

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!

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3 mins  |
June 10, 2024
THE SPACE BETWEEN
The New Yorker

THE SPACE BETWEEN

\"Janet Planet.\" The first time we meet Janet in \"Janet Planet,\" a wondrous début feature from the celebrated playwright Annie Baker, she is standing on a rural road a little way from the camera.

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June 24, 2024
LABOR PAINS
The New Yorker

LABOR PAINS

Lucy Kirkwood's \"The Welkin\" assesses women's work.

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5 mins  |
June 24, 2024
OFFLINE
The New Yorker

OFFLINE

Lizzy McAlpine on the power and pitfalls of viral fame.

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7 mins  |
June 24, 2024
HEAT RISING
The New Yorker

HEAT RISING

The era of the line cook.

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7 mins  |
June 24, 2024
UNSHATTERED
The New Yorker

UNSHATTERED

How the philosopher Charles Taylor would reënchant the world.

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10+ mins  |
June 24, 2024
THE PLAGUE DOCTOR
The New Yorker

THE PLAGUE DOCTOR

Anthony Fauci on what's ailing America.

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10+ mins  |
June 24, 2024
the buggy RODDY DOYLE
The New Yorker

the buggy RODDY DOYLE

There were people at the far end of the beach. Some adults, a lot of children.

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June 24, 2024
GHOSTS ON THE WATER
The New Yorker

GHOSTS ON THE WATER

Glass eels are mysterious creatures—and worth a fortune to those who catch them.

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10+ mins  |
June 24, 2024
SMALL WONDER
The New Yorker

SMALL WONDER

How will nanomachines change our lives?

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June 24, 2024
MIDDLE-AGE FANTASIES
The New Yorker

MIDDLE-AGE FANTASIES

You are seated on the examination table when the nurse enters. She’s tall and raven-haired, with enormous blue eyes and candy-red lips. She says hello with a husky Eastern European accent, which reminds you of a recent episode of “The Daily” about Polish elections.

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3 mins  |
June 24, 2024
GREAT MIGRATIONS
The New Yorker

GREAT MIGRATIONS

\"Home\" and \"What Became of Us.\"

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5 mins  |
June 17, 2024
SICK, SAD WORLD
The New Yorker

SICK, SAD WORLD

What COVID did to fiction.

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10+ mins  |
June 17, 2024
MOVE IN FOR THE CULL
The New Yorker

MOVE IN FOR THE CULL

The complicated calculus of killing some wild creatures to protect others.

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10+ mins  |
June 17, 2024
CHICAGO ON THE SEINE CAMILLE BORDAS
The New Yorker

CHICAGO ON THE SEINE CAMILLE BORDAS

I used to tell myself stories on the job, to make it feel exciting—spy stories, exfiltration stories, war stories. I used to come up with poignant little details that turned the repatriation cases I worked on into “Saving Private Ryan,” into “Johnny Got His Gun.”

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June 17, 2024
A SEMBLANCE OF PEACE
The New Yorker

A SEMBLANCE OF PEACE

How life in a co-living community changed after October 7th.

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10+ mins  |
June 17, 2024
SCREEN GRAB
The New Yorker

SCREEN GRAB

How CoComelon conquered children's television.

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10+ mins  |
June 17, 2024
FOND OF FLAGS
The New Yorker

FOND OF FLAGS

My wife is fond of fast food. I am not. My wife is particularly fond of the Wendy’s Baconator. I argue that it’s less expensive to order a Dave’s Double with a side of bacon, then put your own pretzels on top. (I’m fond of the Rold Gold Tiny Twists Original.)

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June 17, 2024