| |  Profiles How Samuel R. Delany Reimagined Sci-Fi, Sex, and the CityA visionary novelist and a revolutionary chronicler of gay life, he’s taken American letters to uncharted realms. By Julian Lucas | | | | | This Week’s Cover | Cover Story “On the Same Page”The artist of this week’s cover, Sergio García Sánchez, discusses motion, stillness, and his love of libraries. By Françoise Mouly | | | | | | Shop this cover and others from The New Yorker in the Condé Nast Store » | | | | The Fiction Issue | | A collection of celebrated and emerging literary voices. In addition to short fiction, this year’s issue features a series of memoirs by Rebecca Curtis, Mary Gaitskill, Jamil Jan Kochai, Sam Lipsyte, and Souvankham Thammavongsa on the theme of coming together. | | | | Fiction “P’s Parties”“Who was that woman? Why had she been so open with me, so unguarded, instantly bridging the solitary distance between two strangers?” By Jhumpa Lahiri | | Fiction “Colorín Colorado”“I should have said earlier that Addie died last summer, while filming the last part of the trilogy that made her famous.” By Camille Bordas | | Fiction “The Kitchen God”“Stucco tastes great, but it doesn’t fill me up.” By Hiromi Kawakami | | | | |  | Trivia Break: Who wrote that “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction"? Play our Literary Icons quiz pack. | | | | Reporting and Criticism |  Life and Letters On Killing Charles Dickens I did everything I could to avoid writing my historical novel. When I finally started “The Fraud,” one principle was clear: no Dickens. By Zadie Smith |  Onward and Upward with the Arts After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox In an era when “pre-awareness” rules Hollywood, the company is ginning up plots for everything from Hot Wheels to UNO. By Alex Barasch | |  Books How Thomas Lanier Williams Became Tennessee A collection of previously unpublished stories offers a portrait of the playwright as a young artist. By Casey Cep |  Musical Events The Love Song of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera San Francisco Opera hosts the première of a haunting new work by Gabriela Lena Frank. By Alex Ross | | | | | Humor and Games from The New Yorker | Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the IssueFunny drawings from this week’s magazine. | | Name Drop Play Today’s QuizCan you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Andy Kravis | | Crossword A Challenging PuzzlePursuit for a group of eight: eleven letters. By Kameron Austin Collins | | | | | More from The New Yorker |  The Weekend Essay Could Putin Lose Power? Regime stability is a funny thing. One day it’s there; the next day, poof—it’s gone. By Keith Gessen |  Our Columnists What Does California’s Homeless Population Actually Look Like? Politicians and commentators spend a disproportionate amount of time talking about a small subset of the homeless population. By Jay Caspian Kang | | | | | | | | |
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