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Why facts don’t change our minds.
How an Ivy League school turned against a student.
What was it about Frank Sinatra that no one else could touch?
A young Kennedy, in Kushnerland, turned whistle-blower.
The biggest potential water disaster in the United States.
Fiction by Jhumpa Lahiri: “Gogol.”
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Roz Chast, a New Yorker cartoonist since 1978, will publish her new book, “I Must Be Dreaming,” in October.
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The New Yorker Interview
Kelly Link Is Committed to the Fantastic
The MacArthur-winning author on the worthwhile frivolity of the fantasy genre, how magic is and is not like a credit card, and why she hates to write but does it anyway.
By Katy Waldman
Books
When Marilynne Robinson Reads Genesis
The novelist calls the Bible “a meditation on the problem of evil,” which must reconcile the darker sides of humanity with God’s goodness, and the original goodness of being.
By James Wood
The Theatre
John Patrick Shanley Wrestles with God and Destiny
The playwright stages boxerly confrontations in a revival of “Doubt,” starring Liev Schreiber and Amy Ryan, and in the new show “Brooklyn Laundry,” with Cecily Strong.
By Vinson Cunningham
Page-Turner
Percival Everett’s Philosophical Reply to “Huckleberry Finn”
In his new novel, “James,” Everett explores how an emblem of American slavery can write himself into being.
By Lauren Michele Jackson