Diane von Furstenberg Will See You Now

Plus: the Biden-Trump debate; the drama of LeBron and Bronny James; and new fiction from Tessa Hadley. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, June 23, 2024 The New Yorker Interview Diane von Furstenberg Will See You Now The fashion icon is still starring in the story of her life, dispensing wisdom on our age of prudishness, the “three types of women,” and why “only losers don’t feel like losers.” By Michael Schulman From the News Desk Comment What Can We Expect from the Biden-Trump Debate? Until recently, it wasn’t clear that the two men would ever share a stage again. Now there’s a potential for even greater stakes and strangeness than four years ago. By Evan Osnos If you know someone who would enjoy the daily, please share it. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up. Dept. of Diversions The Sporting Scene The Father-Son Drama of LeBron and Bronny James At the upcoming N.B.A. draft, perhaps the biggest question is where a likely role player—whose dad is one of the greatest athletes of all time—will end up. By Louisa Thomas The Current Cinema “Green Border” Confronts the Horror and Heroism of the Refugee Crisis With pulse-pounding sweep and moral fury, the veteran Polish director Agnieszka Holland turns her camera on injustice at the Polish-Belarusian border. By Justin Chang Goings On South Africa Mirrors the American West in “Dark Noon” Also: Cynthia Erivo sings Sondheim, “The Bikeriders” reviewed, the still-lifes of Laura Letinsky, and more. Culture Dept. Fiction “Vincent’s Party” Probably she’d get in trouble for this tomorrow, but she didn’t care; she was too full of agitated happiness. Anything could happen between now and tomorrow. By Tessa Hadley This Week in Fiction Tessa Hadley on Channelling Postwar Britain The author discusses “Vincent’s Party,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Poems “Moonlight” “Even now, what do I know?” By Peter Balakian Poems “Suite for Voices” Three poems. By Joyce Carol Oates Fun & Games Dept. 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 Talking geopolitics with the sexy nurse, or finding that the alluring young babysitter likes your unpublished novel? By Yoni Brenner Name Drop: Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues? Play our trivia game » P.S. On this sweaty weekend, spend some time indoors—maybe host a movie marathon! Richard Brody recommends a vision of summer in the city; a Hitchcockian French thriller; and what might have been the first mumblecore film. What did you think of today’s newsletter? Let us know. If you like the daily newsletter, browse more New Yorker newsletters. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for the daily newsletter from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.