The New Yorker2022-05-30
4 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
13 THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on Buffalo and gun laws;
Andrey Kurkov’s pathological optimism; antique finds;
driver’s ed, supersized; a brother act at the Friars Club.
DEPT. OF GAMING
Neima Jahromi 18 The Great Pretenders
A journey aboard Disney World’s Galactic Starcruiser.
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Jack Handey 25 My Torture Ideas
LETTER FROM VICHY
Lauren Collins 26 Soaking It In
The French passion for thermal-spa treatments.
THE SPORTING SCENE
William Finnegan 32 Big Breaks
When the surf is huge, Kai Lenny is catching a wave.
PROFILES
Jennifer Gonnerman 44 Highflier
Sara Nelson’s rise from flight attendant to union leader.
FICTION
Claire-Louise Bennett 54 “Invisible Bird”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS
Jill Lepore 60 Why the bicycle still dominates global transportation.
Adam Gopnik 65 Reckoning with rhyme.
69 Briefly Noted
Nicholas Lemann 70 How problematic is philanthropy?
THE THEATRE
Alexandra Schwartz 74 “Golden Shield,” “A Case for the Existence of God.”
THE CURRENT CINEMA
Anthony Lane 76 “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Men.”
POEMS
Barbara Hamby 38 “Ode on Luck”
Camonghne Felix 51 “Why I Loved Him”
COVER
Cannaday Chapman “Open Vistas”
DRAWINGS Ellie Black, Michael Maslin, Liana Finck, Robert Leighton, Sam Gross, John Cuneo, Frank Cotham, Edward Koren,
Roz Chast, Julia Suits, P. C. Vey, Harry Bliss, Amy Hwang, Justin Sheen, Jeremy Nguyen SPOTS Daniele Castellano
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