How Trump Could Win

Plus: “How My Mother and I Became Chinese Propaganda”; Susanna Clarke’s fantasy world; and Roger Angell. View in browser | Update your preferences The Political Scene How Trump Could Win The President consistently trails Joe Biden in polls, but political strategists from both parties suggest that he still has routes to reëlection. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Letter from Trump’s Washington Bob Woodward Finally Got Trump to Tell the Truth About COVID-19 Whatever the political consequence, hearing the President’s cynical interview on tape is a revelation. By Susan B. Glasser Personal History How My Mother and I Became Chinese Propaganda As COVID-19 threatened, Chinese nationalists began calling us traitors to our country. By Jiayang Fan From the Archive A Reporter at Large The Real Heroes Are Dead “Stop crying,” Rick Rescorla told his wife on the phone, on 9/11. “I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I’ve never been happier.” By James B. Stewart Paid Post The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of HOMEGOING An "absolutely transcendent" portrait of a Ghanaian family in America (Roxane Gay) and an intimate examination of faith, science, suffering, and love, Yaa Gyasi's TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM is "poised to be the literary event of the fall" (EW). Culture and More Onward and Upward with the Arts Susanna Clarke’s Fantasy World of Interiors Fifteen years after an illness rendered her largely housebound, the best-selling writer is releasing a novel that feels like a surreal meditation on life in quarantine. By Laura Miller Dept. of Hoopla Roger Angell at a Hundred Raising a glass to the New Yorker legend—born five years before the founding of this magazine, and a contributor for the past seventy-six—as he celebrates a milestone birthday. By Mark Singer Books How Can We Pay for Creativity in the Digital Age? There’s still money to be made, but it’s mostly not the creators who are getting rich. By Hua Hsu Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts I’m a Fairy Unicorn Ballerina, and This Job Is a Nightmare Twirling makes you dizzy after a while. By Kerry Elson and Sarah Garfinkel Daily Cartoon Friday, September 11th By Akeem Roberts 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.