It’s trivia time! Our game, Name Drop, challenges you to guess a notable person in as few clues as possible. Play a new round every day, right here. 👇
This person’s production company, 59%, is slated to co-produce a live-action film about Barney the Dinosaur—a “ubiquitous figure in many of our childhoods” before he “disappeared into the shadows.” Who is it? Guess, or see more clues, here. nyer.cm/JdyS2KW
Who, in “The Natural History of German Life,” argued that art and literature can promote sympathy by “extending our contact with our fellow-men beyond the bounds of our personal lot”? nyer.cm/r1saQH7
Lester Bangs, reviewing my début album for Rolling Stone, likened my singing to “Robbie Robertson on Quaaludes with Dylan barfing down the back of his neck.” Who am I? nyer.cm/1btnbpe
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Rachel Aviv investigates Teen Challenge, a network of Christian nonprofits that claims to reform troubled teens—but thousands of young people at its centers have faced isolation, enforced silence, and other strict punishments, with no way to leave. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
Let’s circle back on lunch. Dinner, though, #NewYorkerFest has covered. We’re highlighting New York City chefs from four restaurants—Yellow Rose, Dacha 46, Reverence, and Kimika—in this year’s Dining In series, sponsored by @PwCUS. #ad
Dave and Krystiana Rizo, who moved to New York City from San Antonio, are the chefs at the Texas-inspired East Village restaurant Yellow Rose. “I would cross a frozen tundra for a couple of those bean-and-cheese tacos,” our food critic wrote last year.
Jessica and Trina Quinn, the chefs behind Dacha 46, consider their Eastern European food a love letter to each other. Their pop-up features “menus that span centuries of the region’s history, across countries and cultures.”
.@edcaesar investigates the F.S.O. Safer—a vast, decrepit oil tanker in the Red Sea—that is likely to sink, catch fire, or explode, potentially killing thousands of people. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
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/…
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