The Malign Fantasy of Donald Trump’s Convention

Plus: a transit worker’s survival story, a New Orleans chef navigating disaster, and Charles Dickens at the movies. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Trump’s Washington The Malign Fantasy of Donald Trump’s Convention Using the White House as his prop, the President makes war on Joe Biden and pretends the pandemic is all but defeated. By Susan B. Glasser Our Columnists A Spectacle Fit for a Would-Be King Trump’s R.N.C. seemed designed to assert the existence not of a government, which begins and ends with elections, but of a Trump regime. By Masha Gessen From the Magazine Our Local Correspondents A Transit Worker’s Survival Story Driving a New York City bus during a pandemic and an uprising. By Jennifer Gonnerman Culture and More Annals of Gastronomy A New Orleans Chef Navigates Disaster Nina Compton’s adopted city knows how to ride out a storm. The coronavirus pandemic plays by different rules. By Helen Rosner The Current Cinema Charles Dickens at the Movies Armando Iannucci’s “The Personal History of David Copperfield” has a Dickensian knack for gratifying popular taste while yanking the audience toward emotional truth. By Anthony Lane Books A “Beowulf” for Our Moment Maria Dahvana Headley’s revisionist translation infuses the Old English poem with feminism and social-media slang. By Ruth Franklin The Art World Returning to Storm King Few installations at the Hudson Valley sculpture park are new, but in this pandemic summer the park’s breeze, changing light, and theatre of clouds are novelty enough. By Peter Schjeldahl Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Escaping the City I see that the bunny has invited a couple of his friends over. They probably want more carrots. By Elaine Friedman and Claire Friedman Daily Cartoon Friday, August 28th By Lars Kenseth 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.