The Loneliness and Solidarity of Treating COVID-19

Plus: the empty streets of New York City; quarantine culture recommendations; and the challenges facing a Philadelphia mosque. View in browser | Update your preferences Medical Dispatch “A Disembodied Voice”: The Loneliness and Solidarity of Treating the Coronavirus In New York, treating the virus requires a dual duty: keeping apart and staying together. By Dhruv Khullar Editors’ Picks On Religion An Imam Leads His Congregation Through the Pandemic In most states, religious institutions are exempt from shutdowns, and leaders have struggled with whether to close their doors. By Eliza Griswold A Son’s Story Texts from my Father, in Elmhurst Hospital “Families were shut out of the hospital, to prevent further infection; we could communicate only via his cell phone.” By Victor Zapana, Jr. Video Dept. New York City’s Empty Streets A new video offers a visual tour of the city’s public spaces, which are all but deserted as residents stay at home. By Rachel Riederer PAID POST “A moving portrait…evokes the work of Larry McMurtry and John Sayles.”* Don’t miss Valentine: “Brilliant, sharp, tightly wound, and devastating.... These are some of the most fully realized, unforgettable female characters I’ve ever met.” —Elizabeth Gilbert (*Publishers Weekly, starred review) START READING NOW Culture and More On Television The Crass Pleasures of “Tiger King” The hit Netflix true-crime series revels in its subjects, human beasts and their prey. By Doreen St. Félix Dispatches from a Pandemic The Pandemic as a Kind of Zombie Apocalypse Is a virus not a kind of zombie, a quasi life-form moving in and out of inertness? By Lorrie Moore Personal History When Your Inheritance Is to Look Away My parents, immigrants from China, depicted our pre-America lives as mere prologue. What I got was a mythology of the future. By C Pam Zhang Culture Desk Quarantine Culture Recommendations New Yorker writers suggest what to read, watch, and listen to in a time of social distancing. By The New Yorker Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts I’m Your Dog and I’m Worried About You Fetching balls is fun and all, but don’t you have anything better to do? By Evan Waite Daily Cartoon Wednesday, April 8th By Mort Gerberg This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.