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THE SUMMER OF SCI-FI
The New Yorker

THE SUMMER OF SCI-FI

1982 and the meaning of moviegoing.

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July 22, 2024
BLOCKING
The New Yorker

BLOCKING

\"Sing Sing.\"

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6 mins  |
July 22, 2024
PARADISE BRONX
The New Yorker

PARADISE BRONX

The borough’ history has always been shaped by its in-between-ness.

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July 22, 2024
INSIDE THE TRUMP PLAN FOR 2025
The New Yorker

INSIDE THE TRUMP PLAN FOR 2025

A network of well-funded far-right activists is preparing for the former President's return to the White House.

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July 22, 2024
HEAR NO EVIL
The New Yorker

HEAR NO EVIL

An artist uses audio analysis to investigate violence.

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July 22, 2024
BOT THERAPY
The New Yorker

BOT THERAPY

He appeared one day on Instagram. He had noticed my posts and asked if I wanted to talk.

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July 22, 2024
THE POWER OF THE PIRATES
The New Yorker

THE POWER OF THE PIRATES

Their flag meant death. What else did it mean?

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July 22, 2024
ANTIHERO
The New Yorker

ANTIHERO

“The Boys,” on Prime Video.

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July 08, 2024
HOW THE WEST WAS LONG
The New Yorker

HOW THE WEST WAS LONG

“Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1.”

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July 08, 2024
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
The New Yorker

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Taffy Brodesser-Akner weighs the cost of generational wealth.

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6 mins  |
July 08, 2024
TWICE-TOLD TALES
The New Yorker

TWICE-TOLD TALES

The seditious writers who unravel their own stories.

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July 08, 2024
CASTING A LINE
The New Yorker

CASTING A LINE

The hard-bitten genius of Norman Maclean.

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July 08, 2024
TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR
The New Yorker

TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR

Four years ago, when Ivan Cornejo was a junior in high school, he had a meeting with his family to announce that he was dropping out. His parents were alarmed, of course, but his older sister, Pamela, had a more sympathetic reaction, because she also happened to be his manager, and she knew that he wasn’t bluffing when he said that he had to focus on his career.

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July 08, 2024
THE HADAL ZONE
The New Yorker

THE HADAL ZONE

Arwen Rasmont waits hours at Keflavík International for his flight; they call it as he leaves the men’s room. He walks past the mirrored wall and is assaulted, as usual, by his dead father’s handsome image: high-arched nose, yellow hair.

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July 08, 2024
OPENING THEORY
The New Yorker

OPENING THEORY

Ivan is standing on his own in the corner while the men from the chess club move the chairs and tables around.

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July 08, 2024
THE LAST RAVE
The New Yorker

THE LAST RAVE

Remembering a summer of estrangement.

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July 08, 2024
КАНО
The New Yorker

КАНО

I’ve dated all kinds of women in my life,” the man said, “but I have to say I’ve never seen one as ugly as you.”

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July 08, 2024
THE DRUMMER BOY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
The New Yorker

THE DRUMMER BOY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY

This story was written in the mid-nineteen-fifties, after E. L. Doctorow, then in his twenties, had completed his military service in Germany.

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July 08, 2024
THE BLUE AND THE WHITE
The New Yorker

THE BLUE AND THE WHITE

The London imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions makes challenging literature chic.

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July 08, 2024
The Crackdown
The New Yorker

The Crackdown

Fighting drug gangs, a young President declares war within his own country.

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June 24, 2024
In Search of Lost Time
The New Yorker

In Search of Lost Time

The strange journey of John Lennon's stolen Patek Philippe watch.

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June 24, 2024
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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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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July 01, 2024
THE NORTH STAR
The New Yorker

THE NORTH STAR

Harriet Tubman’ radical faith.

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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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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