The Search for Alien Life

Plus: the increasing power of conspiracy theories in the White House, Richard Serra on show, and a case for New Age music as American folk art. View in browser | Update your preferences Elements Intelligent Ways to Search for Alien Life Is there a more rational way to scan the heavens for extraterrestrials? By Adam Mann News Desk How Disinformation Reaches Donald Trump Former Administration officials say that the President and his aides traffic in conspiracy theories. The pursuit of one could lead to his impeachment. By David Rohde Dispatch Max Rose Ends His Holdout on the Impeachment Inquiry “The President of the United States may be willing to violate the Constitution to get reëlected,” the congressman from Staten Island said. “I will not.” By Eric Lach PAID POST A profound, beautifully realized memoir from Just Kids author Patti Smith From the iconic musician and National Book Award-winning author, a captivating, dreamlike new memoir of one transformative year. "Glimpsed moments of truth and beauty, challenges and victories, captured in poetic prose and snaps of her trusty Polaroid camera." –LA Times Culture and More The Art World Richard Serra Will Jolt You Awake The minimalist sculptor, with current shows at three Gagosian galleries, keeps the dynamic of the sublime in splendid tension. By Peter Schjeldahl Under Review The Anxiety of Authorship How Leslie Jamison, the essayist of uncertainty, found a new way into meaning. By Katy Waldman The Front Row Shirley Clarke Saw the Future of Cinema The filmmaker sought to unify documentarians with their onscreen subjects in a more comprehensive and politically confrontational way. By Richard Brody Culture Desk A Case for New Age Music as American Folk Art J. D. Emmanuel’s work feels transcendent, not just for its ethereal qualities but also for its quarantine from success and crippling careerism. By Nathan Taylor Pemberton Photography Photo Booth Life in the Darkness of Polar Night In Mark Mahaney’s photographs of Utqiagvik, Alaska, the northernmost city in the United States looks abandoned, though there are hints of humanity. By Coralie Kraft Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts What “Sweater Weather” Is When your torso feels like a cat’s tongue: warm but slightly scratchy. By Julie Vick and Sarah Garfinkel Daily Cartoon Thursday, October 3rd By Brendan Loper 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 insure delivery to your in-box (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.