An Ex-White House Aide on Trump’s Narcissistic Mishandling of COVID-19

Plus: the Boeing 737 MAX catastrophe; the National Book Awards longlist for fiction; and James Baldwin. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Trump’s Washington Olivia Troye on Trump’s Narcissistic Mishandling of the Coronavirus The first staffer on the coronavirus task force to go public tells The New Yorker that America’s pandemic response was “derailed by the person at the very top.” By Susan B. Glasser Our Columnists How Boeing and the F.A.A. Created the 737 MAX Catastrophe The ultimate cause of the disaster was the drive to raise profits at any cost—and the cult of the stock price, to which so many venerable companies have conceded. By John Cassidy The National Book Awards Longlist Page-Turner The 2020 National Book Awards Longlist: Fiction The list includes three débuts and only one repeat nominee. By The New Yorker PAID POST New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett “The Evening and the Morning” takes us on an epic journey into a historical past rich with ambition and rivalry, death and birth, love and hate, that ends where mega-bestseller “The Pillars of the Earth” begins. Read or listen now. Culture and More The Current Cinema “Kajillionaire” Challenges Miranda July’s Aptitude for Whimsy Starring Evan Rachel Wood and Gina Rodriguez, July’s film radiates a transcendentalism of the humdrum. By Anthony Lane Video Dept. When James Baldwin Went South The documentary “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” followed the writer along the stations of the civil-rights movement, as he reflected on what had yet to be gained in the struggle for justice. By The New Yorker The Front Row Highlights from Week One of the New York Film Festival This year’s festival, which will be watched mainly at home, will be different—though the differences will be distinct for each film. By Richard Brody Tables for Two Touchstones of El Salvador in New York At Pupusas Ridgewood, in Queens, and Mirna’s Pupuseria, in Brooklyn, find griddled masa cakes, cashew-fruit juice, and other transportative treats. By Hannah Goldfield Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian: Gulfstreaming the Emotional Distance Pandemic isolation is tough, even for us natural loners, because it’s compelled and long-lasting, like a juice cleanse that never ends. By Kim Kierkegaardashian Daily Cartoon Friday, September 18th By Emily Flake 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.