How Loneliness from Coronavirus Isolation Takes Its Toll

Plus: Chaos inside New York’s hospitals, Animal Crossing, and D-Nice’s Club Quarantine. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists How Loneliness from Coronavirus Isolation Takes Its Toll “Just like we’re worried about an economic recession, we should worry about a social recession,” a neuroscientist says. By Robin Wright Our Local Correspondents The Growing Chaos Inside New York’s Hospitals With more than ninety-six hundred confirmed cases in New York City as of Sunday, hospitals are already struggling to keep pace. By Lizzie Widdicombe Campaign Chronicles Turning Texas Blue Depends on Latino Voters Latinos are poised to become the majority in Texas, and many voting-rights advocates are raising awareness that they should make their voices heard. By Stephania Taladrid Video Dept. A Capital Under Quarantine in “Rome, Closed City” The filmmaker Mo Scarpelli moved to Rome at the beginning of the month, and walked the city’s normally bustling streets with her camera as the coronavirus surged across Italy. By Sara Joe Wolansky PAID POST In a time of crisis, one woman brought people together “The riveting story of a town on the brink of its own existence. I teared up reading it, getting to know Genie Chance, a perfectly named hero—grateful to brush up against the extraordinary and unforgotten.” —Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror Culture and More Culture Desk Finding Connection During Quarantine with Animal Crossing Players can enjoy the experience of visiting neighbors, browsing fully stocked shop shelves, and hopping on a plane to visit a friend, without fear of infection. By Simon Parkin Culture Desk D-Nice’s Club Quarantine Is What You Need For nine hours on Saturday night, the rapper and d.j. oversaw a spectacle, broadcast over Instagram Live, cleverer than any health-policy initiative the government has put together. By Jelani Cobb Postscript The Beloved Kenny Rogers Runs Out of Aces The country singer, who died on Friday, and sold more than a hundred million records in his lifetime, had a voice made more dynamic by the tiniest bit of grit—a little sand in the suntan lotion. By Amanda Petrusich Books The Curious Creation of Anna Kavan More than fifty years after Kavan’s death, the preoccupations of her fiction—opioid addiction, female oppression, extreme weather—have become topics of burning interest. By Leo Robson Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Adages for the Age of Quarantine A journey of a thousand miles just isn’t gonna happen anytime soon. By Emily Flake Daily Cartoon Monday, March 23rd By Maddie Dai 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 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.