David Simon is sympathetic to the sex workers he depicts in “The Deuce,” but unambiguously critical of porn’s effect on America. Plus, Karl Ove Knausgaard on life and death in the city.

The growing tensions between the U.S. and North Korea make war sound inevitable; Evan Osnos investigates. Plus, Julia Louis-Dreyfus on President Selina Meyer.

In a long interview with David Remnick, Clinton makes her case that a Trump ally or allies colluded with Russia and WikiLeaks to derail her election.

Hillary Clinton harbors no doubts that allies of Donald Trump, as yet unknown, colluded with Russia and WikiLeaks to derail her election.

When is speech no longer just speech? Unrest in Charlottesville and protests on campuses are testing the liberal consensus on freedom of expression.

A crime reporter and a business writer compare notes on why financial crime doesn’t get prosecuted more aggressively.

Ryan Lizza joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the right-wing war against the Party establishment, and what it means for Trump’s agenda.

Osnos says that, despite the rising tension between Trump and Kim Jong Un, neither country has an appetite for war.

Philip Gourevitch joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what the U.N. and the U.S. have learned about the limits of intervening in human-rights crises, and the dangers of Trump’s policy of “America First.”

Hillary Clinton has no doubt that allies of Donald Trump colluded with Russia and WikiLeaks to derail her election.

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum reads her story from the October 9, 2017, issue of the magazine.

Ben Marcus reads his story from the October 2, 2017, issue of the magazine.

Jonas Hassen Khemiri shares his short story from the September 25, 2017, issue of the magazine.

Allegra Goodman reads her short story from the September 11, 2017, issue of the magazine.

Miranda July reads her short story from the September 4, 2017, issue of the magazine.

Matthew Klam reads and discusses “Twin Beds in Rome,” by John Updike.

Curtis Sittenfeld reads and discusses “The Surrogate,” by Tessa Hadley.

Akhil Sharma reads and discusses “Baster,” by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Gabe Hudson reads and discusses “The Frog Prince,” by Robert Coover.

Colm Tóibín reads and discusses “In the Middle of the Fields,” by Mary Lavin.

Mitchell reads and discusses Richard Wilbur’s poem "Two Voices in a Meadow," and his own translation of “The Death of Argos,” from Homer’s Odyssey.

Erica Jong joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss John Updike’s poem “The City Outside,” and her own poem “Dear Keats.”

Purpura joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Phillips’s poem “White Dog” and her own poem “First Leaf.”

Sleigh joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Heaney’s poem “In the Attic” and his own poem “The Fox.”

Andrew Motion joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Alice Oswald’s poem “Evening Poem” and his own poem “Waders.”