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The Journalist and the Billionaire
New York magazine

The Journalist and the Billionaire

Walter Isaacson is a man with a golden rolodex, impeccable Establishment credentials, and world-class schmoozing skills. Now he has written a biography of Elon Musk, who despises all those things.

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September 11 - 24, 2023
ABSENCE AFRICAINE
The New Yorker

ABSENCE AFRICAINE

A Prix Goncourt-winning novel about a quest to unearth a literary legend.

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September 18, 2023
HOT AND BOTHERED
The New Yorker

HOT AND BOTHERED

James Ellroy finally takes on Marilyn Monroe.

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10 mins  |
September 18, 2023
OFF THE STREET
The New Yorker

OFF THE STREET

A journey from homelessness to a room of one's of one's own in New York City.

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10+ mins  |
September 18, 2023
GLOW IN THE DARK
The New Yorker

GLOW IN THE DARK

What Kate DiCamillo understands about childhood.

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10+ mins  |
September 18, 2023
THE BELIEVER
The New Yorker

THE BELIEVER

How the Times columnist Ross Douthat translates faith to the secular world.

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September 18, 2023
THE CATALYST
The New Yorker

THE CATALYST

Betty Friedan and the movement that outgrew her.

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September 18, 2023
EUROTRIP
The New Yorker

EUROTRIP

Romy's exuberant solo début.

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5 mins  |
September 18, 2023
THE X-MAN
The New Yorker

THE X-MAN

How Elon Musk became a superhero and then a supervillain.

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10+ mins  |
September 18, 2023
OLD MEN AND SEA
The New Yorker

OLD MEN AND SEA

Plot Summary and Study Guide

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3 mins  |
September 18, 2023
Dangerous Designs
The New Yorker

Dangerous Designs

Gene editing gives us transformative powers. But should we use them?

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September 11, 2023
You've Been Served
The New Yorker

You've Been Served

One lawyer's mission to find the lies in what we eat.

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September 11, 2023
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
The New Yorker

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

Liszt defined musical glamour. But pianists now see substance behind the spectacle.

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September 11, 2023
THE GREAT INDOORS
The New Yorker

THE GREAT INDOORS

How Matthew Wong turned loneliness into a landscape.

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5 mins  |
September 11, 2023
HOLY MATRIMONY
The New Yorker

HOLY MATRIMONY

George Eliot’s secular sacraments.

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September 11, 2023
SIBERIAN WOOD
The New Yorker

SIBERIAN WOOD

The thing about horseradish vodka is that it makes you forget that you’re drinking vodka.

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September 11, 2023
TALK TO ME
The New Yorker

TALK TO ME

Can artificial intelligence allow us to speak to another species?

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September 11, 2023
CLIMATE-CHANGE MYTHS
The New Yorker

CLIMATE-CHANGE MYTHS

SHOUTS & MURMURS

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September 11, 2023
HIGHER CALLING
The New Yorker

HIGHER CALLING

Scammers with ambition in “Telemarketers” and “BS High.”

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5 mins  |
September 11, 2023
THE COUP
The New Yorker

THE COUP

In Ariel Dorfman’s new novel, a billionaire has a scheme to save the planet.

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10 mins  |
September 11, 2023
Animal Magnetism
The New Yorker

Animal Magnetism

Disney takes the high road to profit.

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6 mins  |
September 04, 2023
FARM TO FABLE
The New Yorker

FARM TO FABLE

George Orwell's animal allegory.

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2 mins  |
September 04, 2023
BARK
The New Yorker

BARK

Do dogs have history?

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September 04, 2023
THE ELEPHANT VANISHES HARUKI MURAKAMI
The New Yorker

THE ELEPHANT VANISHES HARUKI MURAKAMI

When the elephant disappeared from our town's elephant house, I read about it in the newspaper. My alarm clock woke me that day, as always, at six thirteen.

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September 04, 2023
BUTTERFLIES
The New Yorker

BUTTERFLIES

The childhood of a lepidopterist.

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September 04, 2023
THE SQUID HUNTER
The New Yorker

THE SQUID HUNTER

Can Steve O'Shea capture the sea's most elusive creature?

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10+ mins  |
September 04, 2023
BUZZED
The New Yorker

BUZZED

To learn more about the biochemistry of addiction, scientists in Australia dropped liquefied freebase cocaine on bees' backs, so it entered the circulatory system and brain.

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4 mins  |
September 04, 2023
HARBORING RATS
The New Yorker

HARBORING RATS

Vermin of the waterfront and beyond.

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September 04, 2023
LITTLE WING
The New Yorker

LITTLE WING

When homing pigeons leave home.

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10+ mins  |
September 04, 2023
PETS ALLOWED
The New Yorker

PETS ALLOWED

Why are so many animals now in places where they shouldn't be?

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September 04, 2023