Eleanor Davis is a cartoonist and illustrator. She recently drew the Google Doodle for the first day of spring.
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Goings On
What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week, online, in N.Y.C., and beyond. Paid subscribers also receive book picks.
Letter from San Francisco
What Happened to San Francisco, Really?
It depends on which tech bro, city official, billionaire investor, grassroots activist, or Michelin-starred restaurateur you ask.
By Nathan Heller
Books
How Did Polyamory Become So Popular?
Once the province of utopian free-love communities, consensual non-monogamy is now the stuff of Park Slope marriages and prestige television.
By Jennifer Wilson
The Front Row
In “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper Leaves Out All the Good Stuff
The co-writer, director, and star of the Leonard Bernstein bio-pic omits crucial events, context, and characterization, resulting in an emotionally hollow film.
By Richard Brody
American Chronicles
The Terrifying Car Crash That Inspired a Masterpiece
Fifty years ago, a Kansas family picked up a hitchhiker on their way to Iowa. What happened on that drive became part of literary history.
By Ted Geltner