The New Yorker
How to Live Forever
The simplest, most foolproof way to extend life is to do so backward, by adding years in reverse. David Owen on the power of memory and memorabilia.
Above the Fold
Essential reading for today.
Donald Trump and Michael Cohen Deserve Each Other
At the former President’s hush-money trial, Trump’s ex-lawyer is using his old boss’s playbook to help the prosecution.
The Two-Pronged Attack on a Muslim Judicial Nominee
How the smearing of Adeel Mangi became a bipartisan exercise.
Ilana Glazer’s “Babes” Joins a Lineage of Pregnancy Comedies
In the past decade, pregnancy has proved to be the ideal vehicle for raunch—and for observations on class and social mores.
On Trump and the Elusive Fantasy of a 2024 Election Game-Changer
With a general-election debate and the ex-President’s criminal verdict looming, can anything move the immovable American electorate?
Did She Do It?
Lucy Letby, a British nurse, was found guilty of killing seven babies. Colleagues reportedly called her an “angel of death,” and the Prime Minister condemned her. But, in the rush to judgment, serious questions about the evidence were ignored.
The Political Scene
The Biden Administration’s Have-It-Both-Ways Report on Gaza
A new assessment, produced by the State Department, found that Israel has likely violated international law—though it doesn’t find a reason to cut off military aid.
It’s a Climate Election Now
Trump’s reported billion-dollar offer to fossil-fuel executives shows that this is the key year to save the planet.
Stormy Daniels’s American Dream
Donald Trump’s lawyers tried to portray the scrappy adult-film actress as a lying profiteer. Instead, she emerged as an intelligent, credible witness who is also very good at making money.
The Choice Facing Netanyahu
Amid unsuccessful ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, the Biden Administration is pushing for a larger diplomatic alliance in the region.
The Precarious Future of Big Sur’s Highway 1
How climate change is threatening one of the country’s most famous roadways.
The Critics
Jerrod Carmichael Finds the Outer Limits of Confessional Comedy
Through an uncanny hybrid of access journalism and fourth-wall breaking, the comedian created an HBO series that was impossible to look away from.
Billie Eilish’s Anxious Love Songs
Much of the artist’s new album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” is about wanting a relationship but failing, in some fundamental way, to sustain closeness with another person.
The Chilling Truth Pictured in “Here There Are Blueberries”
Moisés Kaufman’s play dramatizes the discovery of a photo album of Nazis at leisure at Auschwitz, and the reckoning it provoked.
“The Idea of You” and the Notion of the Hot Mom
Anne Hathaway, as Solène, is a vision of relatability, self-sufficiency, and poise, in a film that proves the rom-com isn’t dead.
The Madly Captivating Urban Sprawl of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis”
After a thirteen-year absence, a great American director returns with an ambitious vision of a city—and a world—in need of renewal.
New Releases Make Old Jazz Young Again
Rediscovered archival concerts—and one recent one—offer important revelations.
What We’re Reading This Week
A novel of earth-shaking attraction and the crises of middle age; a history of female pianists and the cost of pursuing art; a convivial exploration of dog-show culture; and more.
Tabula Rasa
John McPhee’s series of essays on the writing life.
Goings On
Recommendations from our writers on what to read, eat, watch, listen to, and more.
Summer in the City
Our culture writers and editors share the upcoming season’s performances and happenings—many al fresco—that they’re most looking forward to.
Hong Sangsoo’s Stories of Artists in Crisis
Richard Brody on the South Korean director’s new film, plus DanceAfrica at BAM, three comedy recommendations from Emma Allen, and more.
Two New True-Crime Shows That Are Stranger Than Fiction
Inkoo Kang on “Baby Reindeer” and “Under the Bridge,” and how the shows grappled with the relationship between victim and perpetrator.
Blanca Is Not for Beginners
Helen Rosner visits the reopened tasting counter—at an offshoot of Roberta’s in Bushwick—where the menu is aesthetically and philosophically rather thrilling, and arguably incredibly cool.
The Wacky and Wonderful World of the Westminster Dog Show
A canine campaign can run to hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention all the brushing, trimming, blow-drying, and styling products. Did you think it was easy being top dog?
Ideas
Who Wins and Who Loses When We Share a Meme
Two new books by art-world authors explore online shareability and come to different conclusions about what creators stand to gain.
Class Consciousness for Billionaires
We used to think the rich had a social function. What are they good for now?
Blurring the Line Between Money and Media
Hunterbrook, a hybrid media-finance company, wants to monetize investigative journalism in the public interest. Is it a visionary game changer or a cynical ploy?
The Hidden-Pregnancy Experiment
An attempt to hide personal news from online ad trackers makes clear how much surveillance we are engaged in, as both subjects and objects, and how insidious the problem is becoming.
The View from Palestinian America
Six months into the war in Gaza, the quiet act of documenting life is a kind of protest against erasure.
Losing the “Right to Hug”
Hundreds of counties around the country have ended in-person jail visits, replacing them with video calls and earning a cut of the profits.
Puzzles & Games
Take a break and play.
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Alice Munro
Selected Stories
The Bear Came Over the Mountain
“He wanted never to be away from her. She had the spark of life.”Dimension
“None of the people she worked with knew what had happened. Or, if they did, they didn’t let on.”Passion
“In Maury’s car, or out on the grass under the stars, she was willing. And Maury was ready, but not willing.”The Albanian Virgin
“I had made a desperate change in my life, and in spite of the regrets I suffered every day, I was proud of that.”
Selected Stories
The Bear Came Over the Mountain
Dimension
Passion
The Albanian Virgin
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