Elizabeth Warren Sells Populism to Professionals

Plus: A Kashmiri novelist on the state of the region, and Dayton’s mayor emerges as a national figure in the conversation on gun control. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists Elizabeth Warren Sells Populism to Professionals The Massachusetts senator’s campaign rests on the theory that the past decade has transformed the way class is felt in America. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Q. & A. A Kashmiri Novelist on a State Under Siege Mirza Waheed discusses India’s history of repression in the region and the toll that the suspension of constitutional autonomy will take on civil society. By Isaac Chotiner Politics and More Podcast Dayton’s Mayor Takes the National Stage In the wake of tragedy, Nan Whaley was rocketed into prominence as a figure in the national conversation about gun violence. More from The New Yorker Newsletters Sign Up for John Cassidy’s Newsletter Get the latest on politics and the economy. Culture and More The Front Row Bruce Springsteen’s Music Saves a Teen in “Blinded by the Light” The comedic drama presents a dream of inclusion in which the universal solvent turns out to be not culture but celebrity and money. By Richard Brody Musical Events The Opera Composer Who Went Hollywood Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s melodic gift rivalled Puccini’s. Now the classical world is giving him a fresh listen. By Alex Ross Books and Fiction Books The Transgressive Thrills of Charles Bukowski The author, who was born ninety-nine years ago today, accomplished something rare: he produced a large, completely distinctive, widely beloved body of work. By Adam Kirsch Flash Fiction “Wish” “I want you to promise me that they’ll live. The children. My husband. I want them to live.” By Linda Boström Knausgård Sketchbook Blitt’s Kvetchbook Nicknames for His Hair Caramel Blizzard, Helmet of Fog, and other epithets. By Barry Blitt Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Commercial-Casting Breakdowns Seeking forty- to sixty-year-old man or woman. Professorial type. Will be throwing Skittles at therapy clients instead of providing help. By Keaton Patti Daily Cartoon Friday, August 16th By Peter Kuper Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.