The Tree Man Outside My Window
By Matthew Trammell
For the past two summers, a man would nestle in the branches outside my apartment and sing. Then the cops took notice.
Doug Stanhope, Miles from Where the Action Is
By Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Stanhope has created an original comedy career by finding spaces willing to host his social interests, and he has made it lucrative by taking the show on the road.
Where Punk Rock Begins
By Amanda Petrusich
Punk is contingent upon the body, and there are few artists whose physical sacrifice has felt as generative or as essential as Iggy Pop’s.
Oliver Stone’s “Snowden” Reviewed
By Richard Brody
“Snowden” is less about what Snowden did than about why he did it. But what’s left out of the film is the human factor.
Afternoon Cartoon: Thursday, September 15th
By Benjamin Schwartz
“Clinton/Azithromycin 2016.”
Addressing Some of the Conspiracies Concerning My (Hillary Clinton’s) Health
By Blythe Roberson
I thought my double vision had returned, but I was actually just looking at a photo of Trump next to a shrivelled marshmallow circus peanut.
Johannesburg by Pool
By Rosa Lyster
What’s the best way to get to grips with a new city? Go swimming.
My Greatest Gig
By Norm Macdonald
In an excerpt from his upcoming meta-“memoir,” the comedian recounts a show he performed at a hospital—for the criminally insane.
Morning Cartoon: Thursday, September 15th
By David Sipress
“Remember, General—if you can’t say something nice. . .”
The National Book Awards Longlist: Fiction
By The New Yorker
This year’s list includes eight writers who are contending for the award for the first time.
