The New Yorker2022-01-17
4 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
11 THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jelani Cobb on Dr. King and democracy;
Macbeth’s limber witch; David Byrne regroups;
math dinner theatre; tributes to 1/6.
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS
D. T. Max 16 Interiors
Hanya Yanagihara’s uncompromising path.
Nate Odenkirk SHOUTS & MURMURS
and Bob Odenkirk 23 covid’s Lesser Variants
FAMILY LIFE
Ariel Levy 24 Mother Superior
Preaching a hands-off parenting philosophy.
LETTER FROM SIBERIA
Joshua Yaffa 30 The Great Thaw
Melting permafrost and the climate crisis.
PROFILES
Hilton Als 40 The Dream Catcher
The cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
FICTION
Graham Swift 50 “Fireworks”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS
Caleb Crain 54 Stanisław Lem’s grim past and epic futurism.
59 Briefly Noted
Ian Buruma 61 The evolution of China’s writing system.
ON TELEVISION
Doreen St. Félix 66 Friendship and survival in “Yellowjackets.”
THE CURRENT CINEMA
Anthony Lane 68 “A Hero,” “The Tender Bar.”
POEMS
Charles Simic 36 “Could This Be Me?”
Kimiko Hahn 45 “On Pleasing”
COVER
Ronald Wimberly “King Arrested for Loitering, 1958”
DRAWINGS Mark Thompson, Dan Misdea, David Sipress, Ellis Rosen,
Kate Curtis, Jason Adam Katzenstein, Edward Steed, Emily Flake,
Victoria Roberts, Adam Douglas Thompson, Brendan Loper, Roz Chast,
Jeremy Nguyen, Dahlia Gallin Ramirez SPOTS Tucker Nichols
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