newyorker.comThis Old Man
“I know how lucky I am, and secretly tap wood, greet the day, and grab a sneaky pleasure from my survival at long odds.”
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newyorker.comStart with the Map
Scenes need spaces to happen in. What those spaces look like, and what is in them, can determine how the action unfolds. This is why mapmaking and stage-sketching can be necessary aspects of writing.
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newyorker.comThe New Yorker Recommends: Azari’s “Gotasoul,” a Song That Unites the Church and the Club
On Azari’s slick, exhilarating track, the message is so simple and the beat is so vigorous that it simply sounds like salvation.
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newyorker.comThe 2018 Emmys: Nerd Love and Hannah Gadsby Won the Night
Television is making encouraging strides in representation, but the country’s darkest demons are still popping out of its closets.
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newyorker.com“American Vandal” Season 2 Goes from Poop Jokes to Adolescent Dystopia
The new season is less absurdist than its predecessor, but its central mystery is diverting, filled with nifty twists and perfect for bingeing.
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newyorker.comJuul’s New Adult-Focussed Marketing Ploys
Bumper stickers, coupon organizers, and more ideas for reaching a new demographic.
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newyorker.comThe Nigerian Musicians Changing Pop
The stars of Afrobeats combine local and global styles in a riot of new sounds.
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newyorker.comThe Taco Bell Drawing Club
Friends and fans of the illustrator Jason Polan find inspiration over crunchy tacos.
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newyorker.comWhy Are You So Good at Killing Your Houseplants?
One of the most nefarious myths—a true enemy of modern happiness—is the idea that some of us have green fingers or thumbs.
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newyorker.comCover Story: Bert and Ernie’s “Moment of Joy”
“It’s amazing to witness how attitudes on gay rights have evolved in my lifetime,” said Jack Hunter, the artist behind next week’s cover.
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newyorker.comBrett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Nomination Is in Big Trouble
Republicans have made it clear that Christine Blasey Ford’s decision to go public with sexual-assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee has irrevocably altered the political calculus.
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newyorker.com“Drank a Lot”
Poetry by Leonard Cohen: “We cry for help, as humans do— / Before the truth, and after.”
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newyorker.comThe Day the Economy (Almost) Died
The gravest moment of the 2008 crisis wasn’t the loud crash of Lehman Brothers but a more obscure event: the near-freeze of the commercial-paper market.
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newyorker.comThe Trump Administration Gets a Second Chance to Do Hurricane Recovery Right
Residents of flood-stricken North Carolina and officials at all levels of government hope for a stronger federal response than what came after Hurricane Maria.
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newyorker.comThe Salacious Non-Mystery of “The Real Lolita”
Nabokov cites the Sally Horner case as a possible inspiration for “Lolita” in the novel itself. That’s not enough for a lurid new book.
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newyorker.comMy Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader
African intellectuals tend to blame the West for the slave trade, but I knew that white traders couldn’t have loaded their ships without help from Africans like my great-grandfather.
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newyorker.comThe Word-of-Mouth Resurgence of Arthur Russell
Twenty-five years after his death, the protean musician has become a kind of deity among a new generation of fans.
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newyorker.comCan Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?
The most famous entrepreneur of his generation is facing a public reckoning with the power of Big Tech.
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newyorker.comMerrick Garland Says He’s Still Available
“I haven’t heard from anyone on the Judiciary Committee,” Garland said. “But I just want to let them know that I’ve let bygones be bygones if they’d like to confirm me now.”
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newyorker.comA Search for Superior Rugelach, and the Harlem Baker Who’s Making the Best in New York
Lee Lee’s Baked Goods sells some of the city’s most transcendent rugelach.
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