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MAN CHILD

Raising a boy in a world of male monsters.

YOU GOOD?

Aristotle's guide to human flourishing.

LETTER FROM CHENGDU - A DOUBLE EDUCATION

Educating American twins in China revealed two disparate systems, despite a history of mutual influence.

A TRILLION LITTLE PIECES

How plastics are poisoning us.

THE ANCIENT WORLD DIVINE COMEDY

The godlike aspirations and all too human last moments of Roman emperors.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

COMMENT HAZY DAYS The masks came out again this month-only, contrary to the COVID years, New Yorkers donned them outdoors and slid them off when they stepped inside. As smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires drifted across the northern U.S. border, engulfing much of the eastern seaboard in an orange miasma, it sent New York's air quality to the worst levels on record, and, at one point, the worst in the world. Planes were grounded, outdoor activities were cancelled, and patients with asthma and other respiratory conditions filled emergency rooms. Senator Chuck Schumer called on the Biden Administration to send more American firefighters up North to stave off a \"summer of smoke.\"

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN

The Jamaican-born artist Ebony G. Patterson’s installation “. . . things come to thrive . . . in the shedding . . . in the molting . . . ,” at the New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx (through Oct. 22), is the result of a four-year residency. Dotting the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and its lawn are glittering black-foam vultures and glass sculptures of feet and plants, just some of the pieces with which Patterson probes the garden’s surface. “How do I get people to look beneath the landscape?” she asks. “There’s a secret that’s being concealed.”

What Am I Without You?

Two lives merged by immigration and illness.

The Pandemic Generation

Remote school was devastating for many kids. How can they get back on track?

NOWHERESVILLE

\"Asteroid City\" and \"Maggie Moore(s).\"

LONDON CALLING

\"Operation Mincemeat,\" \"Guys and Dolls,\" and \"The Motive and the Cue.\"

OUT OF PLACE

Megan Fernandes's map of desire.

NOW YOU SEE IT

The curious allure of the heist.

Status in flux

For two years, no one travelled. Countries closed their borders to other countries that had closed their borders first.

BITTER PILL

Dying patients wanted access to a new drug of uncertain benefit. But hasty approval comes at a cost.

SHOW OF SUPPORT

Is the Army Tactical Bra ready for deployment?

READING BODY LANGUAGE LIKE THE EXPERTS

We can understand so much about W people are communicating by simply paying attention to their physical cues. Let's say that you're walking down the street and pass a guy who raises his arm in the air, then swings a knife at you. Body-language-wise, he wants to stab you.

Thursday

Fiction

DANCE OF DEATH

“The Comeuppance,” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

SONIC SIGNATURES

The unique sound worlds of Salvatore Sciarrino and Kaija Saariaho.

MORTAL COIL

Loving and letting go in Lorrie Moore's new novel.

THE STORY OF US

The startling intimacy of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

COMEBACKER

Daniel Bard overcame mysterious control problems to resume his career. Then the problems returned.

BORDERLINE CHAOS

America’s broken immigration system has spawned a national fight, but Congress lacks the will to fix it.

LIVES IN THE BALANCE

Why do \"dowry deaths\" persist?

A PARENTS' GUIDE TO CAMPUS TOURS

Welcome, parents! We are delighted that you have chosen to tour our campus with your offspring today.

THAT WAS AWKWARD

Pilvi Takala and the art of excruciation.

Back From the Dead

The afterlife of Susan Taubes.

A Reporter at Large - One for the Money

How to hire a pop star for your private party.

A Network Executive Writes a Sitcom

Shouts & Murmurs