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Books – Everything in Hand
The C.I.A.'s covert ops have mattered-but not in the way that it hoped.
UNHOLY TRINITY
“Kinds of Kindness.”
HERO BALL
Who was the main character of the N.B.A. Finals?
MEDIEVAL LONGING
The fourteenth-century love songs of Guillaume de Machaut.
THE NORTH STAR
Harriet Tubman’ radical faith.
THE TAIWAN TANGLE
Can we deter belligerence in the strait without provoking it?
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.
GROWING PAINS
In Phoenix's upscale suburbs, authorities slowly realized that the Gilbert Goons might be a violent teen gang.
JOHN FETTERMAN'S WAR
Is the Pennsylvania senator trolling the left or offering a way forward for Democrats?
BEST INBREED
The rise of canine clones.
DOC HOLLYWOOD
Neal ElAttrache, the surgeon to the stars of sport and screen, can fix anything.
His Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Ye bought a masterpiece by Tadao Ando-and gave it a violent remix.
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!
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.
LABOR PAINS
Lucy Kirkwood's \"The Welkin\" assesses women's work.
OFFLINE
Lizzy McAlpine on the power and pitfalls of viral fame.
HEAT RISING
The era of the line cook.
UNSHATTERED
How the philosopher Charles Taylor would reënchant the world.
THE PLAGUE DOCTOR
Anthony Fauci on what's ailing America.
the buggy RODDY DOYLE
There were people at the far end of the beach. Some adults, a lot of children.
GHOSTS ON THE WATER
Glass eels are mysterious creatures—and worth a fortune to those who catch them.
SMALL WONDER
How will nanomachines change our lives?
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.
GREAT MIGRATIONS
\"Home\" and \"What Became of Us.\"
SICK, SAD WORLD
What COVID did to fiction.
MOVE IN FOR THE CULL
The complicated calculus of killing some wild creatures to protect others.
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.”
A SEMBLANCE OF PEACE
How life in a co-living community changed after October 7th.
SCREEN GRAB
How CoComelon conquered children's television.
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.)