Ronan Farrow’s Black Cube Chronicles: The Private Investigators

How two operatives became embroiled in a plot to suppress allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Also: Can a machine learn to write for The New Yorker? View in browser | Update your preferences The story below is the first installment of a three-part series, drawn from Ronan Farrow’s forthcoming book, “Catch and Kill.” Check your in-box on Tuesday and Wednesday for Parts II and III. Annals of Espionage The Black Cube Chronicles: The Private Investigators How two operatives tasked with surveilling reporters became embroiled in an international plot to suppress sexual-assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. By Ronan Farrow A Reporter at Large Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker? How predictive-text technology could transform the future of the written word. By John Seabrook Cultural Comment How We Came to Live in “Cursed” Times On the Internet, “cursed energy” refers not just to creepy images—the word has come to signify increasingly generalized feelings of anxiety and malaise. By Jia Tolentino The Ban Gossipeuse to Press Agent: Drop Dead! Inside the feud between the Post’s Cindy Adams and Sy Presten, the oldest P.R. man in town. Only in New York, kids. By Eric Lach More in Culture Books An Omani Novel Exposes Marriage and Its Miseries In “Celestial Bodies,” a multigenerational narrative of women is sliced by the patriarchy’s violent edge. By James Wood This Week in Fiction Joyce Carol Oates on Environmental Collapse The author discusses “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” her story from this week’s issue. By Deborah Treisman Puzzles Dept. The Weekday Crossword TV show that produced two hundred and seven singles on the Billboard Hot 100: four letters. By Anna Shechtman Cover Story Edward Steed’s “Inside Baseball” The English artist talks about how America’s pastime inspired his cover for this week’s issue. By Françoise Mouly Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Meanwhile, in Kiev What happened after Trump hung up. By Yoni Brenner Daily Cartoon Monday, October 7th By Jason Adam Katzenstein 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.