The Magazine
June 24, 2024
Goings On
Goings On
T-Pain’s Redemption Arc
Also: Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, Carnegie Hall celebrates Juneteenth, the film “Naked Acts,” and more.
The Food Scene
A Pitch-Perfect Ode to Korean “Drivers’ Restaurants”
Kisa is a brand-new spot on the Lower East Side that does an astonishingly good job of seeming like it’s been there forever.
The Talk of the Town
Adam Gopnik on Europe’s rightward shift; healing cashmere; the Gottlieb house; Welsh stars; new titles from Hypocrisy Press.
Comment
After the European Elections, President Macron Makes a Gamble
The rise of the far right in Europe might help Americans deprovincialize their own crisis. The single wave has struck many coastlines.
Apparel Dept.
Brad Pitt Likes It Softer
A holistic celebration of God’s True Cashmere, Brad Pitt and Sat Hari’s line of “quiet luxury” shirts with gemstone buttons. Gong bath, anyone?
Legacy Dept.
Deaccessioning the Delights of Robert Gottlieb
The eminent editor’s wife and daughter sift through a lifetime’s worth of collectibles: quirky plastic purses, a porcelain Miss Piggy, and many, many books.
Dept. of Idols
Matthew Rhys Was Into Dylan Thomas Before It Was Cool (Again)
The actor, who starred in the play “Dear Mr. Thomas,” tours the poet’s old haunts with his partner, Keri Russell, and finds them disappointingly not crummy.
Sketchpad
The Best Scammy Self-Help Books of the Summer!
“Let’s Save Our Trees” (hardback edition!), the minimalist shopping guide, and other best-sellers by hypocrites.
Reporting & Essays
Annals of Celebrity
The Strange Journey of John Lennon’s Stolen Patek Philippe Watch
For decades, Yoko Ono thought that the birthday gift was in her Dakota apartment. But it had been removed and sold—and now awaits a court ruling in Geneva.
Brave New World Dept.
Rise of the Nanomachines
Nanotechnology can already puncture cancer cells and drug-resistant bacteria. What will it do next?
Letter from Ecuador
Ecuador’s Risky War on Narcos
Does President Daniel Noboa’s campaign against drug gangs imperil the democracy he claims to defend?
U.S. Journal
Ghosts on the Water
Glass eels are mysterious creatures—and worth a fortune to those who catch them.
Shouts & Murmurs
Shouts & Murmurs
Middle-Age Fantasies
Which is hotter? Talking geopolitics with the sexy nurse, or finding that the alluring young babysitter likes your unpublished novel?
Fiction
Fiction
“The Buggy”
The next wave or the one after, the buggy was going to be on its side and the baby—if there was one—would be strapped in and helpless.
The Critics
Books
Anthony Fauci’s Side of the Story
The former NIAID director has been both lauded and demonized for his work during the COVID pandemic, but his autobiography insists that his career needs to be seen whole to be understood.
Books
How the Philosopher Charles Taylor Would Heal the Ills of Modernity
Enlightenment liberalism fragmented the world by neglecting the social nature of the self, Taylor contends, but the Romantics can tell us how to restore a shared sense of meaning and purpose.
On and Off the Menu
The Era of the Line Cook
In a dinner series called the Line Up, line cooks, sous-chefs, and chefs de cuisine from buzzy New York restaurants get to be executive chefs for a night.
Pop Music
Lizzy McAlpine Wants to Go Offline
The artist, who got famous by going viral, discusses refusing to play the TikTok game with her new record, turning to a life of slowness and privacy, and maybe auditioning for a musical.
The Theatre
Sandra Oh and a Cast of Downtown All-Stars Illuminate a Period Thriller
The British playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Welkin” exorcises the jury-room drama.
The Current Cinema
Annie Baker’s “Janet Planet” Is an Exquisitely Moving Film Début
Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler play a mother and her eleven-year-old daughter in a story that quietly sidesteps coming-of-age drama conventions.
Poems
Cartoons
1/12
“I’m not leaving you—I’m spending the day at the beach.”
Cartoon by Ali Solomon
Cartoon Caption Contest
Puzzles & Games
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