Inside the Fall Books issue of The New Yorker: nyer.cm/z2F1q72
Jill Lepore reports on how the movement to save African American burial grounds is unearthing deep conflicts over representation and inheritance. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
Thomas Meaney profiles Neo Rauch, the leading German painter of his generation, who recently found himself at the center of debate in the press. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
Hilton Als looks at the work of Gayl Jones, whose fifth novel—the first she’s published in more than 20 years—was recently published. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
In Patricia Highsmith’s diary entries, the author reflects on finishing “Strangers on a Train,” writing “The Price of Salt”—which was adapted for the movie “Carol”—and her romantic involvements with several women. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
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Inside this year’s Fall Style & Design Issue: nyer.cm/OD3ipMn
.@Rebeccamead_NYC profiles Harris Reed, the 25-year-old British-American designer whose emergence as a style icon coincides with a public reconsideration of gender boundaries. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
.@DhruvKhullar writes about long COVID, the challenges of studying an amorphous post-infection syndrome, and the tension between what patients want and what doctors can offer. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
We’re delighted to partner with the @nationalbook Awards to announce this year’s longlists. See all 10 of the contenders in the Young People’s Literature category. nyer.cm/qDz0vqH
Only one nominee long-listed for this year’s @nationalbook Award in Poetry has been previously recognized; the other nine contenders are being honored for the first time. See all of them here. nyer.cm/FDyXBFf
.@bentaub91 follows the trail of Khaled al-Halabi, a Syrian war criminal and double agent who was recruited by Israeli intelligence, and has now disappeared into the shadows of Europe. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
.@jelani9 writes about Derrick Bell, who was involved with one of the civil-rights movement’s most heralded achievements—and whose doubts about the impact of his efforts launched a groundbreaking school of thought. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
The Americans effectively created two Afghanistans: the countryside, mired in endless conflict, and the urban streets of Kabul, prosperous and hopeful. This summer, @Anand_Gopal_ travelled to rural villages in the country to interview dozens of women. nyer.cm/96qzTci
More than 70 per cent of Afghans do not live in cities, and the endless killing of civilians in rural villages has turned many women who live there against the American occupiers who claimed that they were helping. nyer.cm/96qzTci
Shakira, who lives in the Sangin Valley, has lost 16 family members in what some locals call the American War, including a 15-year-old who was killed by a drone while riding his motorcycle. nyer.cm/96qzTci
.@Anand_Gopal_ talks to dozens of women in Afghanistan’s rural villages, where endless killing turned many locals against their American occupiers. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
Gideon Lewis-Kraus profiles the psychologist Kathryn Paige Harden, a prominent geneticist who seeks to convince progressives that, in the fight for social justice, genes matter. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
This week’s issue of The New Yorker is a compendium of culinary delights taken from seven decades of the magazine’s archives. Take a look inside: nyer.cm/ZAb3j6I
Dana Goodyear reports on entomophagy—insect-eating—and the stubborn antipathy that some people display toward it, despite its potential to help feed humanity in a sustainable way. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
In one of Anthony Bourdain’s first essays for the magazine, he chronicles a shift at Les Halles, where he worked as the head chef. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…