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Profiles
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The Colorful Worlds of Pipilotti Rist

The Swiss video artist wants her groundbreaking work to be like women’s handbags, with “room in them for everything: painting, technology, language, music, lousy flowing pictures, poetry, commotion, premonitions of death, sex, and friendliness.”

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Svetlana Alexievich Is Not Going Anywhere

The Nobel Prize winner seeks to represent the will of protesters in Belarus, despite intimidation by Alexander Lukashenka’s regime.

Medical Dispatch
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It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19

Vaccines are making progress, but they may not defeat the virus completely. Luckily, other therapies are on the way, too.

Cultural Comment
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The Whitewashing of Black Music on TikTok

The optics of the app—where the mostly white star users have embraced musical styles like Jersey club—play into a long, infamous history of white appropriation of Black arts.

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Annals of Politics
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Is Russian Meddling as Dangerous as We Think?

The spectre of foreign manipulation looms over the coming election. But in focussing on the ­tactics of the aggressors we overlook our weaknesses as victims.

Books
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Yaa Gyasi Explores the Science of the Soul

In her second novel, Gyasi examines the forces of repression through a mother and daughter’s shared loss.

Annals of Gastronomy
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The Soothing Pleasures of “The Victorian Kitchen Garden”

Watch a master gardener attempt to revive a long-fallow garden.

Cultural Comment
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“Mulan” ’s Troubling Relationship with China’s Past and Present

The new Disney film, which has sparked international calls for a boycott, is an Americanized celebration of Chinese nationalism.

Video Dept.
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How to Draw a City

In a new video, a cartoonist shares the secrets of depicting the little moments of urban life, both before and during a pandemic.

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A Moderately Challenging Puzzle

“Begun, the Clone War has” speaker: four letters.

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What to Stream: “Tales from a Hard City,” a Turbulent British Documentary About a Trio of Struggling Performers

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Kim Flitcroft’s unseen presence is manifest throughout his 1995 film because his young performers are all openly interacting with his camera, putting on a show for it—albeit a show that’s inseparable from the stuff of their daily lives.

7:21 P.M.

An Appreciation of My Fingies

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Yes, I’m gross. I’m a real animal, but I can’t seem to stop.

2:00 P.M.

Department of Justice to Pick Up Trump’s Laundry

US Attorney General William Barr speaks.

Attorney General William Barr said that the D.O.J. would assume full responsibility for dropping off and picking up “items including but not limited to President Trump’s shirts, suits, slacks, socks, and undergarments.”

1:34 P.M.

Trump Threatens to Move to Suburbs If Biden Wins

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The President tweeted, “If you wonder what kind of neighbor I would be, just ask Canada and Mexico.”

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Tragedy and Compassion at the Opera

Joyce DiDonato’s performance in the Metropolitan Opera’s streaming series “Met Stars Live in Concert,” on September 12th, is well suited to our year of high drama.

The Current Cinema
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“Tenet” is Dazzling, Deft, and Devoid of Feeling

Christopher Nolan’s latest film bears the hopes of an industry desperate to get people back in theatres, but grandeur is no guarantee of impact.

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Roger Angell at a Hundred

Raising a glass to The New Yorker legend—born five years before the founding of this magazine, and a contributor for the past seventy-six—as he celebrates a milestone birthday.

Fiction
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“The Englishman”

“His eyes travelled up my bare leg as it emerged from the sleep-twisted sheets. I pretended to be asleep.”

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A New Yorker Cartoonist Demonstrates How to Draw a City

Jeremy Nguyen discusses how to capture the feel of a neighborhood in an illustration, and how that’s changed during the pandemic.

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Podcasts

Bette Midler on “Coastal Elites”

An illustrated portrait of Better Midler as her character in the show "Coastal Elites"

The actress, along with the screenwriter Paul Rudnick, talks about playing a character close to their hearts: a New Yorker who is educated, funny, and losing her mind over Donald Trump.

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