The New Yorker2022-09-12
4 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
13 THE TALK OF THE TOWN
David Remnick on the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev;
diplomacy at a snail’s pace; new kids on the (jazz) block;
tokenizing Anthony Hopkins; a day at the pool.
LIFE AND LETTERS
Jennifer Homans 20 The Return
George Balanchine’s 1962 tour of the Soviet Union.
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Seth Reiss 27 Ranking My COVID Testers
ANNALS OF NATURE
D. T. Max 28 Fish Kebabs
On the hunt for invasive lionfish.
A REPORTER AT LARGE
Rachel Aviv 34 Impaired Judgment
A sexual encounter results in conflicting claims.
SKETCHBOOK
Roz Chast 39 “Food ‘Poems’”
LETTER FROM EL SALVADOR
Jonathan Blitzer 44 Strongman of the People
President Nayib Bukele’s tough stance on crime.
FICTION
Joan Silber 56 “Evolution”
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE
Adam Gopnik 64 Can democracy be more democratic?
BOOKS
Leslie Jamison 70 Kathryn Scanlan and the art of reduction.
73 Briefly Noted
THE THEATRE
Helen Shaw 74 A reimagining of “As You Like It.”
ON TELEVISION
Doreen St. Félix 76 “Katrina Babies,” “Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist.”
POEMS
Andrea Cohen 52 “Roosevelt Dargon”
Harkaitz Cano 61 “Reasons”
COVER
John Cuneo “Top Dog”
DRAWINGS Amy Hwang, Akeem Roberts, Edward Steed, Bruce Eric Kaplan,
P. C. Vey, Frank Cotham, Drew Dernavich, E. S. Glenn and Colin Nissan, Ellis Rosen, Paul Noth,
Liana Finck, David Sipress, Mads Horwath SPOTS Rose Wong
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