James Lasdun chronicles a murder trial in which his own dentist is the defendant.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Sports, Story, Uncategorized
An Audience of Athletes: The Rise and Fall of Feminist Sports
Billie Jean King once tried to find a sustainable business model for feminist sports coverage. Then women’s fitness tried to revive the swimsuit model.
Posted inNonfiction
It’s Like That: The Makings of a Hip-Hop Writer
Hip-hop was a different kind of music that needed a different kind of writer to cover it. This is how Michael A. Gonzales came of age in a time when Black writers began breaking the white ceiling.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Can Kevin Young Make Poetry Matter Again?
For Esquire, Robert P. Baird talks to Kevin Young, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the recently appointed poetry editor at the New Yorker about the future of poetry.
Posted inCurrent Events, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Denial Diaries: On #MeToo Men With No Self-Awareness
In a good story, a character suffers, changes, and grows. In real life, women suffer while men double down on their delusions of virtue.
Posted inBooks, investigations, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘The Most Versatile Criminal In History’
Journalist Evan Ratliff has uncovered the shocking reach of Paul Le Roux’s criminal enterprise — a global network of pawns, most of whom were unaware of the full extent of the empire.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
The Fault in Our Stars: On Fake Celebrity Interviews
Fake celebrity interviews have been around for years, but Germany has seemingly become one of the largest exporters.
Posted inArts & Culture, Uncategorized
Desperately Seeking Daniel Day-Lewis
Is this the end of an era for the brilliant, if reluctant, male movie star?
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The New Yorker Releases a Powerful New Cover
The illustration is called “Liberty’s Flameout,” and it’s by John W. Tomac. “It was the symbol of American values,” Tomac says. “Now it seems that we are turning off the light.”
