This Fourth of July, Consider Trump’s Lobster Fib

Plus: fiction by Hari Kunzru, life before air-conditioning, and today’s crossword puzzle. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment This Fourth of July, Consider Trump’s Lobster Fib No one will die because of Trump’s dishonest lobster tweet. But the stuff he makes up about the coronavirus is killing people. By Louis Menand Cover Story Kadir Nelson’s “Distant Summer” The artist talks about painting children and summer, the fight against racism, and the inspiration behind his cover for the current issue. By Françoise Mouly Fiction “A Transparent Woman” “She asked if she was under arrest. No, what made her think that? They were just going to have a little chat. The threat hidden in that twee bloodless phrase.” By Hari Kunzru Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Crossword-Puzzle Newsletter Never miss another New Yorker crossword again. From the Archive Photo Booth The Colors of American Patriotism in the Age of Trump In the series “Bored on the 4th of July,” the photographer Chris Maggio uses a flat, snapshot style that makes his subjects look equal parts lurid and lonely. By The New Yorker American Summer Before Air-Conditioning The city in summer floated in a daze that moved otherwise sensible people to repeat endlessly the brainless greeting “Hot enough for ya? Ha-ha!” By Arthur Miller Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Other Jobs That Need Term Limits Man’s best friend, cuckoo clocks, and tech C.E.O.s could all benefit from planned obsolescence. By Ginny Hogan and Chandler Dean Blitt’s Kvetchbook A Man of Substance In this case, pudding. By Barry Blitt Crossword Today’s Crossword Author and journalist who wrote “The Case for Reparations” (2014): fourteen letters. By Wyna Liu This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure 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.